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Registration for NOSM’s Virtual CampMed Now Open

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is excited to announce that CampMed will be offered entirely online from July 12 to July 23, 2021, marking the second year of virtual CampMed.

NOSM’s 16th annual summer camp is designed for high-school students interested in a career in health care. CampMed focuses on four core learning areas: interprofessionalism, leadership, culture, and clinical skills. The experience provides Northern youth with an opportunity to explore a variety of health-care careers and be mentored by post-secondary students.

This year’s virtual CampMed will be led by a team of 27 university student volunteers as well as staff, faculty, and learners from NOSM. Sessions will include CSI, immunology and virology, medical imaging, Francophone and Indigenous health and culture, and much more.

CampMed is open to all Northern Ontario high school students in grades nine through twelve. Students must have completed grade nine to register. Pre-registration is required and there is no cost to participate. Register at nosm.ca/campmed.

For information on CampMed, contact NOSM’s Office of Admissions and Learner Recruitment toll-free at 1-800-461-8777 or by email to campmed@nosm.ca.

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The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is an award-winning socially accountable medical school renowned for its innovative model of distributed, community-engaged education and research. With a focus on diversity, inclusion, and advocacy for health equity, NOSM relies on the commitment and expertise of the peoples and communities of Northern Ontario to educate health-care professionals to practise in Indigenous, Francophone, rural, remote and underserved communities.

For information regarding NOSM’s CampMed, please contact:

The Office of Admissions and Learner Recruitment
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Phone: 1-800-461-8777
Email: campmed@nosm.ca

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In the Spotlight

NOSM’s Founding Dean Emeritus receives Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Dr. Roger Strasser, Founding Dean Emeritus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada at an award ceremony held on April 27, 2021.

In the 17 years Dr. Strasser served as NOSM’s Founding Dean, he played a fundamental role in creating a medical school grounded in social accountability and with a specific mandate to educate physicians to practise in areas of need in Northern Ontario. He was instrumental in establishing the School to function as an independent, non-profit corporation with its own board of directors, receiving funding directly from the Ontario government for its health professional education and research programs.

As the first Canadian medical school established with an explicit social accountability mandate, Dr. Strasser’s influence at NOSM has had a lasting impact on both health care delivery in Northern Ontario and other medical schools in Canada and internationally that have since adopted the value of social accountability.

“I think one of the keys to the development of the School and its success is the social accountability mandate,” Dr. Strasser told the Royal College. “The founding documents that established the Northern Ontario School of Medicine were very specific about the social accountability mandate to the people of Northern Ontario. That’s very important. The School has always measured it’s success in terms of improving the health of the peoples and communities in Northern Ontario.”

An article from the Royal College says NOSM graduates laud his contribution to rural, socially responsible medicine. “By bringing this expertise to the Sudbury and Thunder Bay campuses of NOSM, he demonstrated to the region and to the country what innovation and determination can do,” says Dr. Jeniva Donaleshen, NOSM Alumna (MD, 2012). “After all, he initiated and implemented a strategy that would ultimately populate the northern, rural, and remote communities of Northern Ontario with family physicians and specialists alike.”

Up to four Honorary Fellows can be appointed per year by the Royal College Council. There is a long-standing tradition of offering Honorary Fellowship to the Governor General of Canada, the patron of the Royal College, at the commencement of the term of office.

 

In the Spotlight

Discovery Day at NOSM inspires curious and enthusiastic Northern youth

Nearly 250 curious and enthusiastic youth from across Northern Ontario met virtually on May 18 to explore exciting career options in medicine and research. This year, a select group of students from 31 high schools across the region were chosen to join hundreds of others who are interested in medicine and science.

During this half day, online event, the students heard from award-winning faculty members, took part in interactive workshops demonstrating real-world medical and health science research skills, and got a clear picture of the work of health professionals. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) saw a significant increase in the number of participants who took part since the last in-person Discovery Days hosted 140 youth in 2019.

Keynote speaker, Dr. Naana Jumah, Assistant Professor at NOSM, obstetrician-gynecologist, Regional Cervical/Colposcopy Lead at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and alumna of Harvard University Medical School, addressed the students and shared insights about her medical career. Students also participated in the “Health Pros Tell All” career panel and Q&A.

“NOSM continues to reach prospective students, an important step in encouraging students to pursue a career in health sciences during this significant time in history,” says Miriam Cain, NOSM’s Director, Admissions and Learner Recruitment. “The School is drawing record-high numbers of student participants through increasingly more accessible virtual formats and continuously expanding our reach across Northern Ontario.”

“Improving health in Canada and around the world is vital to everyone’s lives—and encouraging our youth to choose a career in a field where they can do this has never been more relevant,” explains Lissa Foster, Executive Director of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. “More than 85% of students who participate in this program tell us this day helps solidify their plans to pursue a health sciences career.”

Supported nationally by MD Financial Management Inc. Discovery Day was co-hosted by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and NOSM with Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and Laurentian University in Sudbury.

 

 

 

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