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Eighth Annual Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament Raises $30,596 for NOSM Student Bursaries
A Banner Fundraising Year for Volunteer Employees of Essar Steel Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie From January 20-25, 2014, volunteer employees and retirees of Essar Steel Algoma Inc. came together for their eighth annual Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. Since its inception in 2006, the Bring a Doctor Home Tournament has raised over $160,000 student bursaries that support medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) who hail from the Sault. A volunteer appreciation event was held on Thursday, January 23, 2014 to celebrate the $30,596 raised for the Bri...
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NOSM Hosts International Recruit and Retain Conference
Northern European Countries to Learn From Canada's Strategies to Attract Health Professionals to Underserviced Areas Recruiting and retaining health-care professionals for rural and remote communities is an ongoing challenge in many parts of the world. Beginning today, Canada's Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is hosting an international conference aimed at sharing strategies for attracting health-care professionals and other public sector workers to underserved areas. The conference will conclude on Friday, January 17, 2014. The Canadian Recruit and Retain Conference, taking place in Thunder Bay, Ontario, brings togethe...
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NOSM Faculty Conduct Research to Improve Patient Care
On Thursday, November 28, 2013, faculty of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) presented their innovative research projects at a provincial showcase in Toronto. Titled "Innovation Fund Showcase 2013: From Innovation to Practice," the showcase featured a selection of research projects being led by academic physicians committed to transforming healthcare delivery in Ontario. The conference was a joint initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, and the Ontario Medical Association. The showcase highlighted projects that have been funded by the Innovation Fund - a pool of funding that was established to enc...
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