Commentary
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The realization of a dream - Roger Strasser
You have to give credit to the Charter Class of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) M.D. program. These students are a remarkably courageous group of people who signed on for a brand new medical school, with brand new faculty members, a brand new curriculum, and buildings which, when the students started, were still construction projects.
Date Published | April, 2009 - More.... |
NOSM’s commitment to continuing ed - Roger Strasser
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has created a unique model of medical education that seeks to address the specific health-care needs of
all Northerners. One cornerstone is our community-engaged distributed model of medical education.
Date Published | Dec. 15, 2008 - More.... |
A year of milestones for medical school - Roger Strasser
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has been extremely fortunate to attract participants from communities across Northern Ontario to assist in delivering our unique model of distributed medical education. In fact, the ongoing enthusiasm and participation of our many partners has been essential for the school’s success.
Date Published | Oct. 1, 2008 - More.... |
Physicians across North contribute to NOSM success - Roger Strasser
If you ask medical students, they will tell you that what makes their medical education so great is the enthusiasm and vitality of the physician clinical teachers. In Northern Ontario, we are blessed with an outstanding group of physicians who have stepped up to help make the Northern Ontario School of Medicine such a great success.
Date Published | Jun. 1, 2008 - More.... |
A busy spring for Northern health professionals - Roger Strasser
As I write this, I am quite literally half a world away from Northern Ontario – in Calabar, Nigeria – attending the 8th Wonca World Rural Health Conference.
Date Published | Mar. 20, 2008 - More.... |
Mystery of the missing geriatricians
You have asked a number of questions primarily relating to whether there is a difference between Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) certification and specialist recognition by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
Date Published | Mar. 20, 2008 - More.... |
Putting Northern Ontario on the global medical map
A couple of years ago, Dr. Dan Hunt, who was then NOSM Vice Dean, Academic Activities, was invited to attend a gathering of North American medical educators in Miami Beach. Specifically, he was invited to make a presentation about our new Medical School, only to discover, to his chagrin, that his talk had been scheduled for 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning!
Date Published | Dec. 20, 2007 - More.... |
CPE @ NOSM:
Calling all Northern health professionals
All too often, medical schools have a reputation for elitism and exclusivity. But as we create Canada’s first new medical school in more than three decades, I hope we’re breaking down some of those negative stereotypes here at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Date Published | Sept. 20, 2007 More.... |
A distinct, distributed community of interest
Great accomplishments have their origins in the enterprising spirit of men and women who tirelessly pursue dreams that others might dismiss as unrealistic and impractical.
Date Published | Sept. 20, 2007 More.... |
A medical journal for Northern Ontario - Patricia Mills
This premiere issue of the Northern Ontario Medical Journal is a natural extension of the evolving health-care community in Northern Ontario.
Date Published | April 20, 2007 More.... |
Shaping our own future:a pan-northern vision
When I arrived in Northern Ontario nearly five years ago, I encountered two perplexing psychological obstacles in my assignment of helping to establish Canada’s first new medical school in 30 years. The first has been put to rest. But the second roadblock haunts us still.
Date Published | April 20, 2007 More.... |
