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A decade of making a difference: City of Lakes Family Health Team celebrates 10th anniversary

In 2008, the new City of Lakes Family Health Team (CoLFHT) clinic in Val Caron had its first patient walk through the doors. Ten years later, that patient is one of 20,000 who are served by the CoLFHT in one of four clinics in Sudbury, Val Caron, Walden and Chelmsford. “Many of the patients we’ve rostered over the past ten years didn’t have a family physician, so we’ve been able to help close the gaps in access to primary care in the Greater Sudbury community,” says David Courtemanche, the Executive Director of the CoLFHT. As the clinic celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Courtemanche and the team at CoLFHT are re...

New residency stream trains doctors in Eabametoong First Nation

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine , Matawa First Nations Management and Eabametoong First Nation signed an agreement in 2016 to create a new Remote First Nations Family Medicine Residency stream. The new stream allows medical school graduates to complete their Family Medicine residency in a remote First Nation community in Northern Ontario. It also includes a return of service commitment to serve in Eabametoong or another Matawa community for four years following the completion of the residency. The residency stream began as a pilot in December 2016 with the selection of the first resident, Dr. Deepak Murthy who began in July 20...

Building A Community of Practice: NOSM Hosts First Pan-Northern Physician Leadership Forum

In February 2018, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine hosted Northern Lights, Northern Ontario’s first PanNorthern Physician Leadership Forum. Northern Lights was the result of collaborations involving NOSM, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), and the Associated Medical Services (AMS) Phoenix Fellowship Program, all of which share a commitment to physician leadership development. “Developing leaders focuses on individuals, but leadership development is when we develop models of leadership within organizations,” says Dr. James Goertzen, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education and Professional Development at NOSM and AMS Phoeni...