Curriculum & Academics
Academic Program
The NOSM program also provides financial support for residents to obtain certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and Acute Critical Event Simulation (ACES). Residents are also provided with some financial support to attend conferences such as Family Medicine Forum and Society of Rural Physicians Rural and Remote Medicine Conference.
Residents meet annually for Family Medicine Program and/or All Resident retreats, which offer interactive learning, guest speakers and unique content specifically suited to practicing medicine in the North, and connecting with resident colleagues.
Professionalism Competencies
Scholarly Activities
Clinical Curriculum
The NOSM Family Medicine Clinical Curriculum incorporates a diversity of experience and proficiency in areas integral to community-based Family Practice. Each resident will spend significant time in the community practice of Family Medicine preceptors. Residents participate in all aspects of the practice, including provision of continuous care to their own patients within the practice and participation in the care of all in-hospital patients within the practice whenever possible. Participation in the care of the practice’s patients in multiple environments including the hospital, patient’s home and other scenarios is encouraged.
Domains of Care | Curriculum Objectives |
Across the Life Cycle
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Care of Underserved Patients
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Procedural Skills |
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Other Curriculum Objectives
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Throughout the program, elective rotations provide additional flexibility and enable residents to tailor their training to achieve competence in the domains of care and their individual learning objectives not met by immersions in the regular core rotations. Diversity of experience during elective rotations is encouraged and recognized as being extremely valuable.
Rotation | Duration |
Family Medicine | 16 weeks** |
Family Medicine Rural | 8 weeks |
Internal Medicine | 4 weeks |
Emergency Medicine | 4 weeks / 16 shifts |
OBS/Women’s Health | 4 weeks |
Mental Health | 4 weeks |
Pediatrics | 4 weeks |
Electives | 8 weeks |
Total: 52 weeks |
Rotation | Duration |
Family Medicine | 16 weeks** |
Family Medicine Rural | 8 weeks |
Internal Medicine | 4 weeks |
Emergency Medicine | 4 weeks / 16 shifts |
OBS/Women’s Health | 4 weeks |
Surgical Selective | 4 weeks |
Electives | 12 weeks |
Total: 52 weeks |
This is the typical Family Medicine Clinical Curriculum; however, due to the needs of the communities, some of the Family Medicine Program Streams will demonstrate slight differences in Curriculum. PGY2 variations: Obs/Women’s health rotation in PGY2 may be exchanged for a FM-OBS rotation; Emergency Medicine in PGY2 may be done in a rural community.
**Note: Family Physicians (preceptors) who do not do hospital rounds – the resident is required to do 3 additional weeks of Internal Medicine.