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Northern Ontario Medical Journal
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View Article: NOSM serves as model for med school reform - The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is one of six medical schools in North America under the microscope as part of a U.S.-based study examining new models of medical education for the 21st century. NOSM serves as model for med school reform
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is one of six medical schools in North America under the microscope as part of a U.S.-based study examining new models of medical education for the 21st century.
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View Article: Booklet tells patients who’s who - Who are all these people and why are they asking me all these questions? Booklet tells patients who’s who
Who are all these people and why are they asking me all these questions?
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View Article: High school students gown up - Thirty-eight high school students from across Northern Ontario were introduced to the possibility of a career in health care this summer at camps hosted by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).High school students gown up
Thirty-eight high school students from across Northern Ontario were introduced to the possibility of a career in health care this summer at camps hosted by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).
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View Article: New program combines biology, computer science - A unique new program at Lakehead University is helping pave a path to a better way to manage biological data, which could lead to more effective drugs and medical treatments.New program combines biology, computer science
A unique new program at Lakehead University is helping pave a path to a better way to manage biological data, which could lead to more effective drugs and medical treatments.
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View Article: From dream to reality - Nineteen members of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) charter class are celebrating their graduation from the school’s two-year Family Medicine Residents program this summer.From dream to reality
Nineteen members of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) charter class are celebrating their graduation from the school’s two-year Family Medicine Residents program this summer.
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View Article: First cohort of PA students in clinical rotations - Eight students from the first cohort of the University of Toronto’s physician assistant program began a 20-week series of clinical rotations in Sudbury and Thunder Bay in January. First cohort of PA students in clinical rotations
Eight students from the first cohort of the University of Toronto’s physician assistant program began a 20-week series of clinical rotations in Sudbury and Thunder Bay in January.
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View Article: Sault College partners with York University and Garden River for diabetes prevention - Sault College has partnered with York University and the Garden River First Nation to deliver a pre-diabetes detection and physical activity delivery program called PRE-PAID. Sault College partners with York University and Garden River for diabetes prevention
Sault College has partnered with York University and the Garden River First Nation to deliver a pre-diabetes detection and physical activity delivery program called PRE-PAID.
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View Article: Addiction medicine authority joins NOSM - The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's new associate dean of community enagagement is looking forward to advancing the school's social responsibility mandate and working with the region's Aboriginal communities.Addiction medicine authority joins NOSM
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's new associate dean of community enagagement is looking forward to advancing the school's social responsibility mandate and working with the region's Aboriginal communities.
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View Article: Studentship Program reels ‘em in - Sault Ste. Marie has recruited 15 new doctors through its Summer Studentship Program since it was created in 1999. Designed to entice Sault Ste. Marie medical students to return home and practice medicine when they graduate, the summer employment program offers students an opportunity to gain valuable learning experience from preceptors in various medical specialties.Studentship Program reels ‘em in
Sault Ste. Marie has recruited 15 new doctors through its Summer Studentship Program since it was created in 1999. Designed to entice Sault Ste. Marie medical students to return home and practice medicine when they graduate, the summer employment program offers students an opportunity to gain valuable learning experience from preceptors in various medical specialties.
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View Article: NOSM bursary to address health-care gaps - The family of the late Sudbury orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Kenneth Alan McCluskey, is calling on the Northern Ontario medical community to help grow a scholarship fund in their father's memory.NOSM bursary to address health-care gaps
The family of the late Sudbury orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Kenneth Alan McCluskey, is calling on the Northern Ontario medical community to help grow a scholarship fund in their father's memory.
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View Article: Salute to NOSM Graduates - Meet six members of the 2010 NOSM graduating classSalute to NOSM Graduates
Meet six members of the 2010 NOSM graduating class
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View Article: Physician assistant program up and running - The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has teamed up with the University of Toronto and the Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences to introduce the province's second physician assistant (PA) degree program.Physician assistant program up and running
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has teamed up with the University of Toronto and the Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences to introduce the province's second physician assistant (PA) degree program.
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View Article: PA students steeped in health-care experience - If Christopher Abbey and Bonnie Lynn Young are any indication of the quality of students enrolled in the University of Toronto-led physician assistant (PA) program, Ontario patients have nothing to be concerned about.PA students steeped in health-care experience
If Christopher Abbey and Bonnie Lynn Young are any indication of the quality of students enrolled in the University of Toronto-led physician assistant (PA) program, Ontario patients have nothing to be concerned about.
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View Article: Distance learning targets RPN shortage - Sault College and the Blind River District Health Centre have found a creative way to relieve the shortage of registered practical nurses (RPN) affecting smaller communities in Northern Ontario.Distance learning targets RPN shortage
Sault College and the Blind River District Health Centre have found a creative way to relieve the shortage of registered practical nurses (RPN) affecting smaller communities in Northern Ontario.
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View Article: Aboriginal curriculum promotes understanding - Laurentian University's School of Nursing will be developing an Aboriginal cultural safe curriculum manual for its nursing students.Aboriginal curriculum promotes understanding
Laurentian University's School of Nursing will be developing an Aboriginal cultural safe curriculum manual for its nursing students.
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View Article: Francophones hail articulation pact - More opportunities exist in health studies for francophones at Laurentian University following the recent negotiation of articulation agreements with French-language community colleges.Francophones hail articulation pact
More opportunities exist in health studies for francophones at Laurentian University following the recent negotiation of articulation agreements with French-language community colleges.
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View Article: Medical-School-awarded-CEPD-accreditation - The recent accreditation of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) Continuing Education and Professional Development program will allow it to be more responsive to the needs of health-care professionals across the North.Medical-School-awarded-CEPD-accreditation
The recent accreditation of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) Continuing Education and Professional Development program will allow it to be more responsive to the needs of health-care professionals across the North.
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View Article: Aboriginal research chair established - The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario and the provincial government have each kicked in $1.5 million to establish a research chair in aboriginal and rural health at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).Aboriginal research chair established
The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario and the provincial government have each kicked in $1.5 million to establish a research chair in aboriginal and rural health at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).
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View Article: Film stresses AIDS prevention - A young aboriginal woman answers the phone and is told by an employee of the local health centre that she may have come in contact with someone with HIV/AIDS. Terrified, she schedules an appointment to be tested for the virus that afternoon. Film stresses AIDS prevention
A young aboriginal woman answers the phone and is told by an employee of the local health centre that she may have come in contact with someone with HIV/AIDS. Terrified, she schedules an appointment to be tested for the virus that afternoon.
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View Article: Videoconferencing revolutionizes care for developmentally disabled adults - Eight organizations serving the developmentally disabled in Northern Ontario are no longer limited to the specialized resources within their own communities. Local organizations such as Community Living Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie and Options Northwest in Thunder Bay are now able to arrange consultations with psychologists, psychiatrists, speech pathologists and a variety of other professionals across the region and beyond through videoconferencing. Videoconferencing revolutionizes care for developmentally disabled adults
Eight organizations serving the developmentally disabled in Northern Ontario are no longer limited to the specialized resources within their own communities. Local organizations such as Community Living Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie and Options Northwest in Thunder Bay are now able to arrange consultations with psychologists, psychiatrists, speech pathologists and a variety of other professionals across the region and beyond through videoconferencing.
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View Article: LU keeps radiation therapists at home - Laurentian University’s Radiation Therapy program has accomplished two of its primary goals: making training in this profession more accessible to students in Northern Ontario, and retaining health-care professionals in northern and rural settings. LU keeps radiation therapists at home
Laurentian University’s Radiation Therapy program has accomplished two of its primary goals: making training in this profession more accessible to students in Northern Ontario, and retaining health-care professionals in northern and rural settings.
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View Article: Alzheimer’s videoconference promotes self-care - It is not easy taking care of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, but for caregivers, self-care is of the utmost importance. Alzheimer’s videoconference promotes self-care
It is not easy taking care of a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, but for caregivers, self-care is of the utmost importance.
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View Article: Sault Ste. Marie to host nursing student conference - Sault College nursing students are organizing the Canadian Nursing Student Association’s (CNSA) regional conference to be held in Sault Ste. Marie on October 24 to 26. Hosted for the first time in Northern Ontario, the event is an opportunity for students to showcase the college as well as the community.Sault Ste. Marie to host nursing student conference
Sault College nursing students are organizing the Canadian Nursing Student Association’s (CNSA) regional conference to be held in Sault Ste. Marie on October 24 to 26. Hosted for the first time in Northern Ontario, the event is an opportunity for students to showcase the college as well as the community.
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View Article: Graduate guarantee eases nurses into workforce - The province’s Nursing Graduate Guarantee program is helping to provide mentoring and training opportunities for new graduates. As of late summer, the program has placed 4,700 Ontario nursing graduates with 276 health-care employers. Graduate guarantee eases nurses into workforce
The province’s Nursing Graduate Guarantee program is helping to provide mentoring and training opportunities for new graduates. As of late summer, the program has placed 4,700 Ontario nursing graduates with 276 health-care employers.
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View Article: Science fair project could lead to new cancer drug - What started out as a high school science fair project examining the breast cancer fighting properties of flaxseed oil could one day result in the development of a new type of chemotherapy drug, according to a career research scientist at the Sudbury Regional Hospital’s Regional Cancer Program. Science fair project could lead to new cancer drug
What started out as a high school science fair project examining the breast cancer fighting properties of flaxseed oil could one day result in the development of a new type of chemotherapy drug, according to a career research scientist at the Sudbury Regional Hospital’s Regional Cancer Program.
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View Article: Podcasts useful for continuing ed - Could iPods and other MP3 players be the wave of the future when it comes to continuing education for health-care professionals? Podcasts useful for continuing ed
Could iPods and other MP3 players be the wave of the future when it comes to continuing education for health-care professionals?
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View Article: Laurentian students brave Zimbabwe - Canadians love to gripe about physician shortages, emergency room wait times and long queues for MRIs, but three Laurentian University students have a better appreciation for how good we have it after volunteering at a hospital in Zimbabwe earlier this year.Laurentian students brave Zimbabwe
Canadians love to gripe about physician shortages, emergency room wait times and long queues for MRIs, but three Laurentian University students have a better appreciation for how good we have it after volunteering at a hospital in Zimbabwe earlier this year.
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View Article: Handbook outlines elders’ role - The way Ian Peltier sees it, 60 years of life experience is worth just as much or more than a PhD, which takes only eight years to complete. Peltier, the acting director of aboriginal affairs at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, has written a handbook outlining how to work with aboriginal elders as advisors and teachers within the medical school.Handbook outlines elders’ role
The way Ian Peltier sees it, 60 years of life experience is worth just as much or more than a PhD, which takes only eight years to complete. Peltier, the acting director of aboriginal affairs at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, has written a handbook outlining how to work with aboriginal elders as advisors and teachers within the medical school.
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View Article: Librarians join fight against cancer - Cancer patients and their families in rural and remote communities across northeastern Ontario don’t have far to go to learn about the disease they’re battling. Librarians join fight against cancer
Cancer patients and their families in rural and remote communities across northeastern Ontario don’t have far to go to learn about the disease they’re battling.
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View Article: NOSM welcomes first wave of residents - The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has succeeded in recruiting a strong contingent of residents in its first year of assuming responsibility for postgraduate placements and program delivery.NOSM welcomes first wave of residents
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has succeeded in recruiting a strong contingent of residents in its first year of assuming responsibility for postgraduate placements and program delivery.
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View Article: Sault hospital tackles team building in obstetrics - Statistics featured on the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada website for its MOREOB professional development program explain the health-care sector’s current emphasis on patient safety.Sault hospital tackles team building in obstetrics
Statistics featured on the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada website for its MOREOB professional development program explain the health-care sector’s current emphasis on patient safety.
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View Article: Delivering babies in Red Lake falls to GPs and nurses - Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital serves a population of approximately 5,000 people in the town of Red Lake, 555 kilometres west of Thunder Bay and 475 kilometres east of Winnipeg. Delivering babies in Red Lake falls to GPs and nurses
Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital serves a population of approximately 5,000 people in the town of Red Lake, 555 kilometres west of Thunder Bay and 475 kilometres east of Winnipeg.
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