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NOSM University and McMaster to strengthen rehabilitation care in the North
A new pathway will support occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology students with placements, housing, and relocation support in Northern Ontario. McMaster University’s School of Rehabilitation Science and NOSM University are launching a new pathway that will help rehabilitation sciences students from Northern Ontario train closer to home and build careers in the region. The Northern Practice Pathway builds on a long-standing partnership between the two universities and responds to ongoing shortages in rehabilitation services across Northern Ontario. The pathway will support students in occupation...
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NOSM University’s CampMed Marks 20 Years of Encouraging Youth to Dream Big
For 20 years, NOSM University’s CampMed has inspired high-school students to choose careers in health care. Designed for youth from Northern, rural, and remote parts of Ontario, the annual summer camp gives grades 10 and 11 students a hands-on preview of careers in a variety of health-care fields and medical specialties. This year, CampMed takes place July 6-10 in Sudbury and July 13-17 in Thunder Bay. “My time at CampMed reinforced my passion for medicine and set me up for a lifelong career in health care,” says Dr. Alyssa Labelle, who is from Sudbury. A previous camper and volunteer at CampMed, Dr. Labelle went on to graduat...
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Expanding access to health care in the North
$123K invested in Physician Assistant training in Northern Ontario The Consortium of Physician Assistant Education—a collaboration between the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (U of T) and NOSM University—has received $123,000 from the Ontario Ministry of Health to establish a dedicated Northern Stream for Physician Assistant (PA) training in Northern Ontario. Having welcomed its first class in 2010, the Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant (BScPA) program is a full-time undergraduate degree program at the University of Toronto. The program, delivered through this unique partnership, combines acad...
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