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NOSM CEPD Program Receives Continued Full Accreditation for Five-Year Term
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's (NOSM) is pleased to announce the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) has voted to continue full accreditation of the School's Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) program for a five-year term. The Office of CEPD underwent an Accreditation Site Visit at both NOSM's East Campus in Sudbury and the West Campus in Thunder Bay in November 2011. NOSM Dean Dr. Roger Strasser recently received a letter from CACME confirming the positive outcome, which reinforces the calibre of the program. The program will be reassessed in 2017. "Upon presentation of ...
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NOSM Holds Face-to-Face Board Meeting in North Bay
Members Tour North Bay Regional Health Centre, Join Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) for Dinner The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its annual Board of Directors face-to-face meeting in North Bay, Ontario from May 10 to May 11, 2012. On the first morning together, NOSM Board members enjoyed a tour of the North Bay Regional Health Centre, where every year NOSM learners undertake training as part of the School's distinctive distributed, community-engaged learning and research model. The new, state-of-the-art hospital provides acute care services to North Bay and surrounding communities, and speci...
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Third Consecutive Year NOSM Receives Honour
On Friday evening, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was presented with its third Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) Rural Medical Education award. This year's award was given to the Canadian medical school program that has matched the most graduates to rural family medicine programs in the 2011 Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) process. NOSM Dean, Dr. Roger Strasser accepted the award on behalf of the School at a dinner held by the SRPC in Whistler, British Columbia. In 2011, 44% of NOSM's graduating MD class matched to a rural family medicine residency program. Many Northern-trained physicians who hav...
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