Two years ago Moose Jaw became the training ground for four budding doctors when the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine's training program concluded Moose Jaw fit the criteria for a residency program. 

Rob Haver, Brent Janzen, Heather Konkin and Amanda Waldner were introduced as the first set of medical residents to ever receive their postgraduate training in the Friendly City.

Now, Haver, along with his peers are excited to be finished their training and begin working here.

"We all came here as the first group of four.. and we're just finishing up now. There's a number of satellite sites in Saskatchewan for residents, obviously the big ones are in Saskatoon and Regina, and then there's other locations in La Ronge, North Battleford, prince Albert and Swift Current. And we were happy and excited to be the first four to come to Moose Jaw."

After finding success in the program and saying they found their footings, Haver said they all plan to start growing some roots and are looking forward to working here as Doctors.

"My wife actually works here, so it certainly didn't hurt things, but like I said the support from the other physicians, the other health care staff, the people of Moose Jaw actually. We're from different locations, all four of us, but when we came here I think all of us felt comfortable working in the hospital, working in the clinics around Moose Jaw, people that we've grown to meet. We've all developed our lists of patients, and become comfortable with the people of the community."

Haver said one highlight of the past two years was the move from the Union to the Wigmore hospital.

"Our attending physicians had told us at the time, this was a once in a career opportunity to have that experience. The four of us were very used to the Union hospital, and to have that transition was certainly unique and it was good to have. There was obviously a lot of challenges that came with that, but I mean we appreciate some of the aspects of the old hospital and aspects of the new hospital. As we continue to work at the new hospital a lot of the bugs are being worked out and we're happy to be apart of the process."

The four new doctors received their certificates earlier this week.