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Northern Constellations 2019
NOSM will host its 8th annual Faculty Development Conference Northern Constellations 2019, on May 3-4 in Sudbury, Ontario. The annual Northern Constellations Faculty Development Conference welcomes faculty from across Northern Ontario for a two-day conference that offers a wide variety of innovative and interactive workshops planned to meet the learning needs of each individual faculty member. These workshops give faculty multiple forums to share experiences and challenges along with opportunities to improve specific skills in the areas teaching and preceptoring, educational and administrative leadership, along with scholarly and r...
Northern Constellations 2019
Save the date: NHRC 2018
The next Northern Health Research Conference is being held in Kenora, Ontario on September 21-22, 2018. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's Northern Health Research Conference—more commonly known as the NHRC—has been held annually since 2006. It is hosted in communities across NOSM's wider campus of Northern Ontario and provides an opportunity for researchers in the region to present their research and exchange research ideas. This conference demonstrates NOSM’s commitment to research, health care, and education to the people of Northern Ontario and beyond. The NHRC explores research activities arising from community-ba...
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Registration for NOSM’s CampMed Now Open
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, Indigenous, and Francophone youth about health careers. This year, will mark the thirteenth time that NOSM has hosted week-long summer camps for high school students interested in a career in health care. Formerly known as NOSM’s Health Sciences Summer Camp, CampMed features new branding and a renewed focus on four core learning areas: interprofessionalism, leadership, culture, and clinical skills. Held July 9 – 13, 2018 at NOSM at Laurentian University in Sudbury and from July 16 – 20, 2018 at NOSM at Lakehead ...
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NOSM’s Indigenous Reference Group and Ogichidaang Gagiigatiziwin Meet
Using a combination of web- and teleconference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its quarterly meeting of the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) and Ogichidaang Gagiigatiziwin—NOSM’s Circle of Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers—on Tuesday, February 20. Members began their one-day meeting with an opening prayer from Elder Phyllis Shagaubay, followed by a welcome from Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM Dean. Dr. David Marsh, Associate Dean, Community Engagement, who is stepping down from his administrative role at the School as of February 28, 2018, thanked the Indigenous Refe...
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NOSM to Host 6th Francophone Symposium
Research at the Heart of Francophone Vitality The Francophone Affairs Unit of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is hosting the School’s 6th Francophone Symposium from April 5-7, 2018 at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. This symposium, a collaborative effort between NOSM, ACFAS-Sudbury (anciennement l’Association canadienne française pour l’avancement des sciences), and the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) Laurentian University chapter, will focus on research in the Francophone minority context, with an overarching theme being Research in the Minority Francophone Context: Widening Ou...
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Inuit Youth to Participate in Nunavut-Based Health Careers Camp
The week of February 12-16, 2018, 20 Inuit students from six communities across Nunavut will participate in a Health Careers Camp. The camp’s home base will be at Nunavut Arctic College(NAC) in Iqaluit, with camp activities taking place at Qikiqtani General Hospital and in NAC’s simulation lab and classrooms. Students from Arviat, Naujaat, Taloyoak, Clyde River, Pond Inlet, and Iqaluit—accompanied by a mentor from their communities—will have an opportunity to: Learn about the many possible health careers they could pursue; Experience hands-on clinical skills, such as putting on casts and suturing; Meet health-car...
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Summit Creates “Made in the North” Strategies to Strengthen the Physician Workforce in the North
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), HealthForceOntario (HFO) and the North East and North West Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) joined forces to host Summit North: Building a Flourishing Physician Workforce on January 24. With more than 130 health system partners in attendance, the summit focused on solutions in the short and long-term to help build a sustainable physician workforce, with a focus on family physicians in rural and remote communities. Representatives from communities across the North, including Indigenous and Francophone, were in attendance with those from hospitals, family health teams, the No...
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NOSM Board Holds Face-to-Face Meeting in Thunder Bay
Highlights include a Tour of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute The Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) Board of Directors held its annual face-to-face meeting in Thunder Bay on November 30 and December 1, 2017. This two-day meeting provided a valuable opportunity for Board members to contribute their expertise and experience to a variety of meaningful conversations related to NOSM’s strategic priorities, including: The financial state of the School, sustaining NOSM’s success, and revenue generation. “Enshrining NOSM in the system,” as the School is more than just a medical school—it’s a ...
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