NOSM Continuing Education and Professional Development Program Receives Continued Full Accreditation for Five-Year Term
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) is pleased to announce the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) has voted to continue full accreditation of the School’s Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) program for a five-year term. The Office of CEPD underwent an Accreditation Site Visit at both NOSM’s East Campus in Sudbury and the West Campus in Thunder Bay in November 2011. NOSM Dean Dr. Roger Strasser recently received a letter from CACME confirming the positive outcome, which reinforces the calibre of the program. The program will be reassessed in 2017.
NOSM Hosts First Service Learning Symposium
On May 8, 2012, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) hosted the inaugural Service Learning Symposium. The Symposium, which discussed service learning opportunities in medical education across Northern Ontario, was attended by more than 50 individuals in Sudbury and Thunder Bay. Service learning is a learning experience that is structured to combine community service with preparation and reflection. Students are engaged by providing community service in response to community identified concerns and learn about the context in which service is provided, the connection between their service and their academic coursework, and their roles as citizens. At NOSM, service learning not only helps to fulfill the School’s social accountability mandate, but it is also now a medical school accreditation requirement.