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Community recruiters connect with first year medical students
Debbie Inman has been a Human Resources Manager for the NorWest Community Health Centres for the past 34 years. Recruiting for the communities of Longlac, Thunder Bay, Armstrong and Kakabeka, Debbie says it has become harder to recruit physicians to rural towns. Longlac, with a population of 1,316 people, requires one full-time physician and one nurse practitioner. They have been without a physician since June 2024, when their physician of 10 years moved to a larger urban centre. While Longlac has locum physician support, it is insufficient to cover all the health care needs of the town. To encourage medical stud...
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Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament Scores Big
More than $520,000 raised to support NOSM U medical students in Sault Ste. Marie From January 20-25, 2025, the 19th annual Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament brought together 28 teams at the John Rhodes Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Volunteer employees and retirees of Algoma Steel came together with a shared goal to raise funds for future doctors in the Algoma Region. With an incredible total of $520,652.79 raised since the tournament’s inception, the impact and community engagement continue to grow. The Bring a Doctor Home Bursary has awarded more than $130,000 to 27 medical students since 2006, helping to alleviate the f...
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New Bursary Opportunities for the Dietetic Practicum Program
Starting in Fall 2025, students in NOSM University’s Dietetic Practicum Program (DPP) will be eligible for bursaries totaling $8,000. These bursaries mark the first time funding has been available for students entering DPP, thereby reducing financial barriers to completing the program. The bursaries were generously created by Dr. Marion Briggs, the Director of Health Sciences and Interprofessional Education at NOSM University from 2012 and 2018. As part of her role, Dr. Briggs managed the Dietetic Practicum Program—formerly known as the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program, or NODIP—of which she is an enthusia...
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