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Developing Faculty to Lead Innovative Education and Research for a Healthier North
On January 20-21, 2012, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its first annual faculty development conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Entitled " Northern Constellations,"the conference was designed by three planning committees to include an extensive program of workshops and interactive sessions aimed at addressing the professional development needs of NOSM faculty members. Conference learning objectives included comparing and contrasting current practices at NOSM and continuing to move towards excellence; reviewing best practices of medical education, academic leadership, and scholarship; and, providing recommended ch...
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Volunteer Essar Steel Employees and Retirees Lace Up For Annual Hockey Tournament
Tournament Supports theBring a Doctor Home Student Bursary at NOSM From January 15 - 21, 2012, volunteer staff members and retirees of Essar Steel sharpen and lace up their skates in support of a medical student bursary at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). The annualBring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament began in 2006, and since then, has raised more than $100,000 to support medical students that hail from the community of Sault Ste. Marie. In 2011, over $23,000 was raised - the most money in a single year collected for theBring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament . Tournament Executive Director Hal Mogg attributes t...
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TVO and Production Partners Announce New “Off-the-Grid” Medical Drama Set in Northern Ontario
Sudbury, December 9, 2011 - Extracting buckshot from the back of a hunter’s head in a mosquito-infested tent by a peat bog may not sound like medical school. Nor does a four-hour snowmobile ride to a remote cabin in the bush. But that’s the day-to-day reality at Hard Rock U, a fictional medical school at the heart of an upcoming television series announced today in Sudbury, Ontario. Hard Rock Medical is a new, offbeat half-hour drama that follows a diverse group of medical students navigating their way through the school’s four-year program. Multiple plotlines will gravitate towards one ultimate question: Do these stude...
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