The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will be hosting an information session for individuals interested in applying to the MD Program. These sessions are held annually, in conjunction with the opening of the new admission cycle.

Learn about the admission requirements and application process at the following information sessions:

NOSM at Lakehead University

Date:            Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Time:           6:30 p.m. EST

Location:    Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Lakehead University
Medical School Building, Room 1011
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario

NOSM at Laurentian University

Date:            Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Time:           6:30 p.m. EST

Location:    Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Laurentian University
Medical School Building, Room 107
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario

No Registration Required.

Cannot attend in person? 

No problem….you can still attend. NOSM offers a WebEx enabled interactive videoconference that allows you to watch the live presentations on your phone or computer. You will be able to type questions that the moderator will ask on your behalf.

Please email admissions@nosm.ca to receive WebEx instructions. In your email please indicate if you will attend the June 27, 2017 or July 5, 2017 session.

Not available on June 27 or July 5? 

An archived video of the Admissions Information session will be available for your viewing after July 12, 2017 at your convenience, please visit nosm.ca and click on the “Live and Archived Webcasts” button under “Stay Connected.”

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, Indigenous, and Francophone youth about health careers.

This year, the School will host its annual Health Sciences Summer Camp from July 10 – 14, 2017 at NOSM at Laurentian University in Sudbury and from July 17 – 21, 2017 at NOSM at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. These week-long programs provide high school students with an opportunity to explore health-care careers, obtain hands-on experience, and find a student-mentor.

Camp activities include: casting and x-rays; CSI; physiology and anatomy; suturing, Francophone and Indigenous health and culture, and, so much more!

NOSM is currently seeking interested high school students who will be attending Grade 10 and 11 in September 2017. The application deadline has been extended to April 21, 2017. Accepted applicants will be contacted by NOSM by April 28, 2017 and will be required to submit a non-refundable registration fee of $400.

Students interested in participating in either camp are encouraged to contact Véronique Poirier, Health Sciences Summer Camp Coordinator, toll free at
1-800-461-8777 ext. 7198 or by email to camp@nosm.ca.

Using a combination of video- and tele-conference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held a regular meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

At the meeting, NOSM Dean Dr. Roger Strasser presented an update on NOSM’s Performance Goals, highlighting recent achievements in the areas of educational excellence, outstanding research, whole school culture, faculty empowerment, and community engagement. These areas reflect the School’s priorities relative to NOSM’s social accountability mandate and address the strategic goals set out in the NOSM’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan.

In addition, the Board heard about the recent successful collaboration with Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and Health Sciences North (HSN) to establish an accredited Medical Physics Residency Education Program (MPREP) to train medical physicists in the North, for the North. Medical physicists are health-care professionals with specialized training in the medical application of physics, and most often work in hospital diagnostic imaging departments, cancer treatment facilities, and hospital-based research establishments.

Another highlight brought forward was the launch of the NOSM’s Library Endowment Fund at the School’s I ❤ NOSM Open House held at Lakehead University and Laurentian University on February 15, 2017. The Endowment Fund was established to offset the rising costs of the School’s Health Sciences Library, which provides an essential service to the more than 900 learners and 1400 faculty across Northern Ontario. All Northern Ontarians are invited to invest in high quality patient care by donating to NOSM’s Health Sciences Library Endowment Fund at nosm.ca/donate.

Board members were reminded of an important upcoming event being hosted by NOSM. The sixth annual Northern Constellations, a conference that brings together NOSM faculty from across Northern Ontario to share experiences, network, and participate in workshops related to educating future health professionals, will take place April 21 – 22 in Sudbury.

The Board approved the Financial Report for the period ending January 31, 2017.

The next meeting of the Board of Directors is the Annual Board Face-to-Face Meeting, this year scheduled for May 11 – 12, 2017 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

For a complete list of Board members, please visit our website at nosm.ca.

Contact: news@nosm.ca