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Nine New Members Appointed to NOSM Board of Directors
Outgoing Members Thanked for Outstanding Service Using a combination of web- and teleconference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its Annual Members and Board of Directors meetings on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Board members Dr. Roger Couture, Dr. George Doig, Dr. Lori Livingston, Dr. Krista Marcotte, Ben Petersen, Tim Pile, Angela Robson, and Carolyn Sinclair were thanked for their significant contributions to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, as their terms completed at this meeting. At the recommendation of the Board’s Governance Committee and Nominations an...
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NOSM Partners with HealthForceOntario to Improve Access to Health Care in the North
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and HealthForceOntario Marketing and Recruitment Agency (HFO MRA) have signed a collaboration agreement in order to increase access to health professionals in Northern Ontario. The goal of this collaboration agreement is to help create sustainable health systems in the communities of Northern Ontario, resulting in better health outcomes for patients in the North. Specifically, NOSM and HFO MRA will look to: Increase health professionals in Northern Ontario, especially physicians practising in high needs areas, including Indigenous, Francophone, remote, rural, and underserved communit...
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NOSM and AFMC Launch New Portal for Medical Electives
Yesterday, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) joined the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)’s Student Portal, an online system through which Canadian and international undergraduate medical students can apply for unique medical electives in Northern Ontario. A national information hub and centralized application service, the AFMC Student Portal provides a one-stop shop for medical students looking for electives in Canada. Visiting Canadian and international undergraduate medical students are now able to visit the Student Portal to learn about placements across Canada—including clinical placemen...
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NOSM to Host an MD Program Information Session
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will be hosting an information session for individuals interested in applying to the MD Program. Learn about the admission requirements and application process at the following information sessions: Date: Thursday, July 7, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST Location: Northern Ontario School of Medicine Laurentian University Medical School Building, Room 107 935 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, Ontario Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST Location: North...
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NOSM-European Health Professional Recruitment and Retention Project Receives Funding
Recruiting and retaining health-care professionals for rural and remote communities is an ongoing challenge in many parts of the world. Today, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) announced that, together with partners from four European countries (Sweden, UK [Scotland], Iceland, and Norway), it would participate in a project to advance recruitment and retention of health and other public sector workers in the Northern Periphery and Arctic region. The project, titled Recruit and Retain 2: Making it Work, has received €2 million from the European Union. Within Canada, the project activities will focus on recruitment and r...
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NOSM Hosts International Conference to Discuss Putting ‘Communities in the Driver’s Seat’ to Promote Rural and Remote Health
From Monday, June 20 to Saturday, June 25, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will host an international conference in Sault Ste. Marie, titled the International conference on Community Engaged Medical Education and Research in the North (ICEMEN) 2016 along with three partner events: Conference on the Move, the Indigenous Research Gathering, and the Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). More than 300 guests from around the world will meet in Sault Ste. Marie for ICEMEN 2016, which is the fifth in a biennial series of conferences co-hosted by Flinders University School of Medicine and the Training for Health Equi...
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NOSM to Celebrate 10th Anniversary in Sault Ste. Marie
The 2015-2016 academic year marks 10 years since the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOSM) welcomed its inaugural class of medical students. Over the last decade, the School has worked with communities across the region to build a healthier Northern Ontario. From June 20-25, 2016, NOSM will be hosting the International conference on Community Engaged Medical Education in the North (ICEMEN), which will attract over 300 leading researchers from Canada and around the world to Northern Ontario. Held in Sault Ste. Marie, the city is one of over 90 communities across the region to host NOSM learners. It is very significant that the S...
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NOSM Reports on Your Medical School at the 10-Year Mark
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is a medical school made in the North, for the North. As the School celebrates its 10th anniversary, we want to let you know what we’ve been doing for the last decade, and how we’ve been working with our many partners to build a healthier Northern Ontario. To this end, NOSM is excited to announce the release of a fully bilingual document—“A Report to Northern Ontario”—which provides information about how your medical school is working to improve the health of people and communities in the North. In this report (attached), you will find: Facts and figures about new gradua...
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