Transfers & Careers

RPM prepares you for further education in a variety of health care professions

• Pharmacy
• Medicine
  • University of British Columbia (UBC)
  • University of Calgary (U of C)
  • U of C admission criteria for Selkirk RPM students
  • Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
  • Memorial University (MUN)
  • University of Ottawa (U of Ottawa)
  • McMaster University
• Dentistry
• Optometry
• Veterinary Medicine

Laddering and Transfer Options

Students who complete the RPM program will receive an associate of science degree in rural pre-health and an advanced diploma in Rural Pre-Medicine. We have developed or are in the process of completing a number of block transfer agreements.  For more career of transfer information, please contact a Selkirk College counsellor.

• Thompson Rivers University
  • Students can transfer 90 credits into Thompson Rivers University and complete a Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) degree in two semesters
  • Articulation Agreement - Selkirk College RPM / Thompson Rivers University
• Royal Roads University
  • Students can take the three years of credits at Selkirk College and within 12 months complete a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Environmental Science or Environmental Management.
  • MOU - Selkirk College / Royal Roads block transfer
• UBC, UVIC, SFU, UNBC, etc
  • Many BC post secondary institutions have a 60 credit residency requirement and will only transfer in the 60 credit of the associate of science/advanced diploma which an RPM student would have. This would mean that currently a RPM student who wanted to obtain a BSc degree or BA from one of these institutions would need to complete a further 60 credits at that institution. We are hoping to work with these institutions to develop a transfer into fourth year (where 90 credits are accepted) but cannot guarantee that at this time.
• Selkirk College
  • A student can finish the RPM advanced diploma/associate of science degree and transfer into fourth year of a bachelor degree in Geographical Informations Systems (BGIS).
• Nursing at UBC
  • After completing RPM, a student can apply to the UBC accelerated BSc in Nursing program and become an RN in less that two years.