Summit Creates “Made in the North” Strategies to Strengthen the Physician Workforce in the North

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), HealthForceOntario (HFO) and the North East and North West Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) joined forces to host Summit North: Building a Flourishing Physician Workforce on January 24. With more than 130 health system partners in attendance, the summit focused on solutions in the short and long-term to help build a sustainable physician workforce, with a focus on family physicians in rural and remote communities. Representatives from communities across the North, including Indigenous and Francophone, were in attendance with those from hospitals, family health teams, the No...