Addressing the health concerns of the next 50 years will require the collaboration, commitment and vision of faculty, students, alumni and staff. Environmental, social and economic issues will continue to challenge our ingenuity and our conscience.
To be effective, we will need to strengthen our consultative partnership with the B.C. government, UBC, the teaching and affiliated hospitals, regional health boards and citizens of the province. And of course, our vision depends on securing the resources needed to sustain our contributions.
Our new medical undergraduate curriculum has been carefully designed to meet the needs of the 21st-century physician, patient and health-care system. In addition to preparing doctors for conventional city practice, residency programs located in smaller communities around the province prepare doctors for practice in remote and rural areas. Other residents train in disadvantaged communities such as Vancouver's East End.
Fifty years of accomplishment would not have been possible without strong support from our donors, both individual and organizational. We could not have been so successful without this endorsement of our abilities.
Our goal of 50 years ago is our goal today -- securing the future quality of B.C.'s health-care system. The Faculty of Medicine belongs to the citizens of B.C. and we will focus first on their needs.