Northern Routes
The Year of Artificial Intelligence
It was with great sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of our friend, colleague and NOSM University Dryden Site Administrative Coordinator (SAC), Chuck Schmitt. From the early years of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the development of the MD program’s third-year Comprehensive Community Clerkship in Dryden, Chuck was eager to get involved. Over the years, he warmly welcomed hundreds of medical students, residents and other health learners to the community and made them feel at home. A great mentor to physician recruiters and NOSM University’s SACs across the North, Chuck was always thrilled to share his wealt...
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Making a List
Phew: what a year! The latest President’s Report is all about momentum, of which we certainly had plenty this year. In some traditions around the holidays, people keep a running list of “naughty and nice.” In reflecting on the year that was, I have made a list of all the excellent things we achieved together in 2023. Established our first Board of Governors and our first Senate. Appointed our first Provost and inaugurated our first Chancellor at our first convocation. Achieved full eight-year accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) for our MD program. Learned ...
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Is summer over already?
We’re back to class. Whether you are a new MD, dietetic, Master of Medical Studies student or continuing your studies with NOSM University, we welcome you. You are starting on a great adventure of learning and exploring; you are now part of a community that values inclusion and health equity. I hope you have a wonderful journey here at Canada’s first and only independent medical university. As we head into fall, it is nice to reenter the work world with a renewed sense of energy and purpose. Summer was swift. Taking advantage of these last few weeks of sun and avoiding the end of summer blues, I asked myself: Did I make it thro...
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