Northern Routes

We are in this for the Long Haul: The Reality of COVID-19 in Northern Ontario

It is now clear that the COVID-19 crisis will go on for much longer than any of us thought. We are adjusting our daily routines and our lives in all kinds of ways, learning to self-isolate, work from home and endure anxiety about our health, our families and for the health-care providers with whom we work at NOSM. In a region as large as this, we know the critical importance of relying on one another for support. Read More...

Coming Together. Stronger than Ever.

We have an outstanding NOSM community. In the last 12 days, I have witnessed incredible acts of kindness and compassion as we pull together to understand and address the unprecedented challenges that COVID-19 presents to our medical school, our Northern Ontario communities and indeed the world. There are plenty of concerns, worries and unknowns. Read More......

The value of accreditation to NOSM

If you’ve been at the NOSM medical school buildings recently, you’ve likely seen posters for our upcoming MD program Accreditation Full Site Visit. Accreditation is the most important certification for a medical school and, while this particular full site visit focuses on the School's MD program, accreditation really is an ongoing exercise in institutional quality improvement. Read More....