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NOSM to Host Francophone Symposium During Rendez-Vous 2012 in Thunder Bay
Francophone Health From Service Learning to Research: A Global to Regional Perspective On October 10, 2012, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will host its 4th NOSM Francophone Symposium as part of the Rendez-Vous 2012 International Conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This one-day symposium convenes stakeholders and conference registrants with an interest in Francophone Health. Participants will examine current best practices and resulting impact of service, education, and research on the health status of Francophones in Northern Ontario and around the world. Throughout this interactive day, conference participants wi...
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NOSM’s MD Program Receives Full Accreditation
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the educational program leading to the MD degree has received full accreditation for the maximum allotted time of eight years. This outcome, made official to NOSM last week, arrives after a rigorous review process that included site visits by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) to NOSM's two campuses at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) and Laurentian University (Sudbury), and one of NOSM's teaching sites (Kapuskasing) in March. The accreditation process reviews all levels of a m...
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Research Awards Totaling $54,000 Presented to NOSM Medical Students
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has awarded eight medical students with NOSM Dean's Summer Medical Student Research Awards, valued at $6,000 each. This is the seventh year that NOSM has awarded Summer Medical Student Awards to qualifying MD students. "At the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, we encourage our medical students to undertake as many learning opportunities as possible, and one of these opportunities is the ability to undertake research projects that are directly relevant to the health issues impacting people across Northern Ontario," explained Dr. David Marsh, NOSM's Associate Dean, Community Engagement. ...
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Sudbury Release: Physician Assistant Program Celebrates Accreditation Status with Clinical Partner Sites Across Northern Ontario
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's (NOSM) is pleased to announce the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), which accredits Physician Assistant (PA) programs in Canada, has recently undertaken the inaugural accreditation review of the PA program and has accorded accreditation status as of December 2011. The Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant (BScPA) degree is a full-time professional, second-entry undergraduate degree program conferred by the University of Toronto (U of T), and delivered by The Consortium of PA Education. The Consortium is a collaboration between U of T's Department of Family and Community Medicine, NOSM, and...
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Thunder Bay Release: Physician Assistant Program Celebrates Accreditation Status with Clinical Partner Sites Across Northern Ontario
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), which accredits Physician Assistant (PA) programs in Canada, has recently undertaken the inaugural accreditation review of the PA program and has accorded accreditation status as of December 2011. The Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant (BScPA) degree is a full-time professional, second-entry undergraduate degree program conferred by the University of Toronto (U of T), and delivered by The Consortium of PA Education. The Consortium is a collaboration between U of T's Department of Family and Community Medicine, NOSM, and T...
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NOSM Celebrates Milestone Achievement for First Royal College of Physician’s and Surgeon’s Residency Program
On June 24, 2012, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) celebrated the completion of training of the School's first Public Health and Preventive Medicine resident, Dr. Janet DeMille. DeMille, who will be working out of the Thunder Bay District Health Unit, is also the first resident to complete a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon's residency at NOSM. "This really is a defining milestone for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. We've continued to have physicians successfully completing medical school, but this is our first resident completing a specialty residency program other than family medicine," explained Dr. Ro...
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NOSM Announces New Anesthesia Residency Program
On July 1, 2013, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will welcome its first class of Anesthesia residents training in the School's newest Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) program. The five-year program will be based in Sudbury, with learning opportunities in communities including Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, and North Bay, as well as other smaller communities. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's Anesthesia Program will be a great benefit to the people of Northern Ontario," explained Dr. Catherine Cervin, Associate Dean of Postgraduate Education at NOSM. "Having highly-trained Anesthetists p...
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Medical Council of Canada Celebrates Centenary Year
On May 29, 2012, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was honoured to host a special reception and faculty development workshop in celebration of the Medical Council of Canada's (MCC) centenary year. To mark this milestone, the MCC is sponsoring events at each of Canada's medical schools. NOSM was the first to be able to congratulate the MCC on 100 years. Representing the MCC at the reception, which included the viewing of a celebration video, was MCC President Dr. Michael Marrin, and MCC Executive Director Dr. M. Michael Ian Bowmer. A workshop titled "The Art of Writing Good Multiple Choice Questions for High-Stakes Exam...
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