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NOSM Holds Integrated Clinical Learning Retreat in Elliot Lake
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its first Integrated Clinical Learning (ICL) retreat, entitled “Moving Towards an Integrated Clinical Learning Approach in Your Teaching Practice,” in Elliot Lake on October 23 and 24, 2009. All NOSM learners undergo clinical training at learning sites in communities where they receive instruction in practical and integrated approaches to health-care delivery. The retreat brought together learner representatives, NOSM staff, faculty members, and physician teachers. Participants explored effective strategies for teaching and learning in these environments and sought to articulate ...
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Two New Members Appointed to NOSM Board of Directors
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its Annual Members and Board of Directors meetings on Wednesday. These meetings were video-linked between the School’s West Campus at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and its East Campus at Laurentian University in Sudbury, with other Directors participating via teleconference. At the Annual Members Meeting, which involves one representative each of Laurentian University and Lakehead University, the audited financial statements for the year ending April 30, 2009 were approved, and members of the Board of Directors for 2009 – 2010 were appointed. NOSM M.D. student Paul Miron (no...
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NOSM Celebrates Graduates of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program
On Friday, August 21, 2009, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) celebrated the graduation of the second class of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program (NODIP). A videoconferenced graduation celebration linked the four principal community sites – Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, and Thunder Bay. Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM Dean, congratulated the interns at the graduation earlier today. “The Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program’s graduation marks the end of an exciting year of milestones at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. The success of the program is spectacular. I would like to congratulat...
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