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NOSM Holds Face-to-Face Board Meeting in Kenora
Members Tour Health Centres, Participate in Interactive Learning Sessions, and Interact with Community Members The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its annual Board of Directors face-to-face meeting in Kenora, Ontario on May 7 and May 8, 2015. On the first morning together, NOSM Board members enjoyed tours of Kenora's Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig Health Access Centre (WNHAC), led by physician and NOSM faculty member Dr. Laurel Snyder and Anita Cameron, Executive Director, and the Sunset Country Family Health Team (SCFHT), led by Randy Belair, Executive Director and Heidi Stepanik, Site Administrative Coordinato...
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NOSM Hosts Tenth Annual Health Sciences Summer Camp
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, Aboriginal, and Francophone youth about health careers. This year marks NOSM's tenth annual Health Sciences Summer Camp. The camps take place July 6 - 10, 2015 in the modern and technologically advanced settings of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. These week-long programs provide students with an opportunity to explore health-care careers, obtain hands-on experience, and find a mentor. Camp activities include: casting and x-rays, CSI, phys...
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NOSM Board Approves New Five-Year Strategic Plan
NOSM Board Approves New Five-Year Strategic Plan Official launch of plan in September 2015 Using a combination of web- and tele-conference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held a regular meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. At this meeting, the Board approved the NOSM Strategic Plan 2015-2020, the development of which was informed by strong staff, faculty, partner organization, and community participation. A Strategic Planning Project Team and a 28-member Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (representing diverse perspectives from across the regio...
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