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NOSM Holds Francophone Symposium at Rendez-Vous 2012
Community Stakeholders and Conference Delegates from Around the World Consider Francophone Health On Wednesday, October 10, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) welcomed community stakeholders and Rendez-Vous 2012 conference delegates with an interest in Francophone health to the School's fourth Francophone Symposium, held in Thunder Bay. This one-day event encouraged participants to examine current best practices and the resulting impact of service, education, and research on the health status of Francophones in Northern Ontario and around the world. Introduced by Jacqueline Gauthier, Chair of NOSM's Francoph...
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First Response Addressing Health Emergencies in Remote Aboriginal Community
Counter to a tide of reports on health crises in remote First Nations communities, one isolated Ontario community is partnering with Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) researchers to develop the skills and resilience to manage health emergencies locally. "Members of the Sachigo Lake First Nation are gaining skills that are usually only made available only to paramedic professionals. Call 911 in Sachigo Lake and you get a busy signal, no sirens and no paramedics," says Dr. Aaron Orkin, a NOSM researcher who led the project with Dr. David VanderBurgh. "In an emergency, survival in Sachigo Lake depends on laypeoples' skills...
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Canada’s Newest Medical School to Welcome Over 850 Delegates from 45 Countries to Northern Ontario for Rendez-Vous 2012
Next week, beginning Tuesday, October 9, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will host a major six-day world conference-Rendez-Vous 2012-in Thunder Bay and in communities across Northern Ontario. Over 850 delegates are expected to attend from 45 different countries, including 150 health professional schools, to share experiences, opportunities, and challenges of community participation in education, service, and research. Among many topics, conference delegates will explore issues related to rural, remote and underserviced health care, social accountability as it relates to health professional education, and the engagement ...
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