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NOSM Announces New Assistant Dean, Learner Affairs
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Laura Piccinin to the role of Assistant Dean, Learner Affairs. Dr. Piccinin, who has been actively involved in medical education in Northern Ontario for more than a dozen years, is an MD graduate of McMaster University and completed Family and Emergency Medicine residency training in Northeastern Ontario. Dr. Piccinin has taught extensively at the medical undergraduate and postgraduate levels, both academically and clinically in the Emergency Department at Health Sciences North. At NOSM, Dr. Piccinin has been the Assistant Director and Prog...
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NOSM CEPD Program Receives Continued Full Accreditation for Five-Year Term
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's (NOSM) is pleased to announce the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) has voted to continue full accreditation of the School's Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) program for a five-year term. The Office of CEPD underwent an Accreditation Site Visit at both NOSM's East Campus in Sudbury and the West Campus in Thunder Bay in November 2011. NOSM Dean Dr. Roger Strasser recently received a letter from CACME confirming the positive outcome, which reinforces the calibre of the program. The program will be reassessed in 2017. "Upon presentation of ...
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NOSM Holds Face-to-Face Board Meeting in North Bay
Members Tour North Bay Regional Health Centre, Join Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) for Dinner The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its annual Board of Directors face-to-face meeting in North Bay, Ontario from May 10 to May 11, 2012. On the first morning together, NOSM Board members enjoyed a tour of the North Bay Regional Health Centre, where every year NOSM learners undertake training as part of the School's distinctive distributed, community-engaged learning and research model. The new, state-of-the-art hospital provides acute care services to North Bay and surrounding communities, and speci...
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