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NOSM Faculty and Learner Receive National Accolades
In Ottawa on April 26 and 27, 2014, two faculty members and one learner from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) were lauded with national awards at the Canadian Conference for Medical Education (CCME), the premier medical education conference in Canada which hosts the largest annual gathering of medical educators in the country. Dr. Sarah Mary McIsaac , NOSM-Ottawa Anesthesiology resident was awarded the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) Sandra Banner Student Award for Leadership . The purpose of this annual award is to encourage the development of future leaders in medicine. The $5,000 award is given a...
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NOSM Seeks Input into the School’s Development
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is a made-in-the-North solution, developed to address shortages of health professionals across Northern Ontario. A cornerstone of the School's innovative approach to health professional education and research is community engagement: the process of working collaboratively with groups of people to address issues affecting the well-being of those people. NOSM is spending the year 2014 developing its next Strategic Plan (2015-2020). In order to ensure that the School remains accountable to the needs of Northern Ontarians, NOSM invites you to publish the column below, written by the Dean, Dr....
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NOSM Receives Honour for Fifth Consecutive Year
On Friday, March 28, 2014, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was presented with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) Rural Medical Education Award. Each year, the SRPC awards an undergraduate medical program that has excelled matching the most graduates to rural family medicine programs through the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) process. In 2013, 64% of NOSM's graduating MD class matched to a rural family medicine residency program. NOSM Dean, Dr. Roger Strasser, accepted the award on behalf of the School at a dinner held by the SRPC in Banff, Alberta. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is...
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