Access to medical education in Canada : Accès à l'enseignement médical au Canada : les différences entre les régimes de droits de scolarité influent-elles sur l'accès aux études postsecondaires et les choix de carrière?

Members of pated, and the usefulness of the results was affected the Research Working Group established at the outset by low response rates in two of the three surveys of the original project in 2003 were instrumental in associated with the project. [...] Moreover, the interest the development of the original survey instruments that sparked the original project in 2003 was muted and the myriad steps needed to have students and by the imposition of tuition freezes in many parts of graduates participate in the survey. [...] A number of the country and the introduction of a number of these individuals devoted considerable time to the major changes and improvements to student assist- original project, and their contributions are acknow- ance at the federal and provincial levels. [...] Despite having the Accordingly, the results from the 2004 NPS and 2007 lowest tuition in Canada and relatively generous NPS should become a valuable resource for research- student assistance programs, the socio-economic ers interested in understanding the complexities profile of students in the Quebec medical schools associated with access and affordability issues and participating in the survey ( [...] Students in the medium- and high-tuition categories Six of the 11 universities provided institutional finan- indicated that government loans would fund about cial assistance information—specifically, four of the one-third of the anticipated increase in debt, with high-tuition institutions (Queen’s University, the bank loans covering the remainder.