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My heritage is very important to me

Source: Northern Ontario Medical Journal |2018/03/09 Written by: Nadine Robinson | Photo courtesy of Sarah Marie Webster “My heritage is very important to me. I believe the fact that I am Aboriginal is where my resiliency comes from… and my determination to succeed.” – Dr. Elaine Innes. When Moose Factory native Elaine Innes found out she was pregnant at the age of 16, she thought that her dreams of becoming a nurse were finished. Fortunately, her mother and father wouldn’t let her quit school, or give up on her dreams, telling her that education opens doors to many opportunities. She went on attain her nursing...

Room to Breathe

Promoting Medical Student Wellness at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Two new wellness rooms at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine are offering students and learners a space to help them cope with the day-to-day stresses of academics as well as home and family life. “When you go into medicine, there are rewards, but there are also occupational hazards,” says Cathy Schroeder, Senior Learner Affairs Officer at NOSM. “Students may have dealt with or seen things that have affected them, or they could be feeling burned out from a combination of academics, clinical and volunteer work.” This includes burnout, depression...

Out of the Classroom and Into the Kitchen

A new initiative at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine is taking medical students from the classroom to the kitchen. During the 2017-18 academic year, optional Culinary Medicine Labs were offered to undergraduate medical students with an interest in learning more about nutrition. “Research shows that the greatest predictor of patient nutrition counselling by physicians is the physician’s own perceptions of nutrition and eating habits,” says Lee Rysdale, Registered Dietitian (RD), Associate Professor in the Clinical Sciences Division and Practice Education Research and Evaluation Lead in the Health Sciences and Interprofessi...