Oceania University Medicine’s scholarship program is providing a pathway for aspiring Samoan doctors and will boost the capacity of the medical profession in Samoa.
Amid public concerns in recent weeks at the dwindling number of medical practitioners working in public hospitals in Samoa, Samoans who have dreamt of being doctors recently graduated from the OUM as fully-fledged doctors or are in the process of getting their studies underway, thanks to the university’s scholarship program.