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NOSM Unveils Simbulance at Northern Constellations Conference
Over 215 health-care professionals from across the North are participating in the Northern Ontario School of Medicine's (NOSM) third annual Northern Constellations 2014 Faculty Development Conference on April 4-5, 2014. This weekend, NOSM faculty members will rotate through a series of four interactive workshops with a wide range of topics covering their roles and responsibilities in the areas of teaching and preceptoring; research and scholarly activities; and, educational leadership. Over 30 workshop options will provide each participant with an opportunity to attend a combination of educational sessions addressing their own persona...
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NOSM Responds to High Suicide Rates in the North
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has incorporated suicide awareness training into NOSM's MD curriculum in an effort to respond to the high rates of suicide in the region. First-year students at NOSM now undergo safeTALK training, a three-hour program created by LivingWorks that trains participants to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and to connect them with suicide first aid resources. NOSM is also developing and piloting other tools designed to help medical students deal with suicide in their future practice as physicians. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine was the first medical school in Canada establ...
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Community-Based Emergency Care Empowers Northern Communities
A community-based approach to establish emergency care services in isolated and remote First Nation communities has been identified in a new report from researchers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). "The majority of NAN First Nations are remote and residents do not have paramedics or first responders to call when emergencies arise, leaving people to fend for themselves in what are often life-threatening situations," said Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, who holds the health portfolio. "Community-based emergency care will go a long way to improving the health and safety of residents of isol...
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