Northern Rural Medical School becomes a reality: Plans to create a medical school in the North will be a shot-in-the-arm for Northern Ontario's ailing health care system. (Fednor Update).The official announcement -- the first new medical school to be created in Canada in more than 30 years -- was made this past spring, following a concentrated lobbying effort by numerous partners and stakeholders across the North. As part of this effort, FedNor contributed more than $250 000 to fund the development of the model and proposal for a Northern Rural Medical School (NORMS), and an international symposium. "It's very exciting to be involved in building a new medical school for Northern Ontario," says Mary Louise Hill, Vice-President (Academic) and Provost, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. "Doctors who are trained in the North are more likely to choose to practise here, and will be better prepared to thrive as professionals in our northern communities. In time, everyone in Northern Ontario will benefit from this initiative." The new medical school is a positive step forward in more ways than one, according to Miriam McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of the Northeastern Ontario Medical Education Corporation (NOMEC). "Not only will we be able to keep our northern medical students here after graduation, a new medical school will undoubtedly help with the recruitment of physicians who are seeking opportunities in research and teaching," says McDonald. "The success of NOMEC's family medicine residency program is proof that targeted training works!" A rural health symposium, held in Sudbury May 17, 2001, featured a number of international experts on northern and rural medicine who provided valuable information and direction for the project. According to Geoff Tesson, Executive Director of Health Initiatives at Laurentian University, this endeavour is new to Canada. "Other countries are willing to share their knowledge of best practices and what has worked for them," says Tesson. "This invaluable consultation will allow us to design the delivery model in more detail." "I think it's important to note that it was a collaborative effort that got this entire process started," says Richard Adams, President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities. "The role northern municipalities played in banding together in support of the medical school was absolutely vital. The government listened to that collective voice and responded." It is expected that students will begin to enrol in the program in 2004. RELATED ARTICLE: L'idee d'une ecole de medecine rurale dans le Nord Nord (nôr), department (1990 pop. 2,533,000), N France, bordering on the North Sea and Belgium. Lille is the capital. se concretise: Les plans visant la creation d'une ecole de medecine dans le Nord constitueront une bouffee d'oxygene pour le systeme de sante affaibli du Nord de l'Ontario. Au printemps, on a announce officiellement la creation de la premiere ecole de medecine au Canada depuis plus de 30 ans, suite aux activites soutenues de pressions politiques d'un bon nombre de partenaires et d'interesses dans le Nord. Dans le cadre de ces activites, FedNor a verse plus de 250 000 $ pour financer la conception du modele et la proposition de l'Ecole de medecine rurale du Nord de l'Ontario de meme (philosophy) meme - /meem/ [By analogy with "gene"] Richard Dawkins's term for an idea considered as a replicator, especially with the connotation that memes parasitise people into propagating them much as viruses do. Memes can be considered the unit of cultural evolution. Ideas can evolve in a way analogous to biological evolution. qu'un symposium international. C'est tres excitant de pouvoir participer a l'etablissement d'une ecole de medecine pour le Nord de l'Ontario, declare Mary Louise Hill, vice-presidente (corps enseignant) et doyenne de l'Universite Lakehead a Thunder Bay. Si les medecins sont formes (language, music) Formes - An object-oriented language for music composition and synthesis, written in VLISP. ["Formes: Composition and Scheduling of Processes", X. Rodet & P. Cointe, Computer Music J 8(3):32-50 (Fall 1984)]. dans le Nord, il est plus probable qu'ils y etabliront leur pratique et ils seront mieux places pour reussir sur le plan professionnel dans les communautes du Nord. A La longue, tous les Nord-Ontariens profiteront de cette initiative. D'apres Miriam McDonald, directrice generale de la Corporation d'education medicale du Nord-est de l'Ontario (CEMNO), l'etablissement de l'ecole de medecine constitue un pas en avant a plusieurs niveaux. L'ecole de medecine permettra non seulement de garder les etudiants en medecine dans le Nord une fois leurs etudes terminees, mais egalement de faciliter le recrutement de medecins en quete de possibilites en recherche et en enseignement, affirme [M.sup.me] McDonald. Le succes du programme de formation en medecine familiale de la Corporation prouve. que la formation ciblee fonctionne! Un symposium sur les soins de sante en milieu mi·lieus or mi·lieux (-ly rural, tenu Sudbury le 17 mai 2001, a mis en vedette de nombreux experts en medecine dans le Nord et en milieu rural qui sont venus d'un peu partout dans le monde pour offrir des renseignements utiles ainsi qu'une direction pour le projet. ![]() ) 1. The totality of one's surroundings; an environment. 2. The social setting of a mental patient. Selon Geoff Tesson, directeur general du Bureau des Initiatives en matiere de sante de l'Universite Laurentienne, il s'agit d'un processus processus /pro·ces·sus/ (pro-ses´us) pl. proces´sus [L.] process; used in official names of various anatomic structures. tout fait nouveau pour le Canada. Les autres pays partagent volontiers leurs pratiques exemplaires et ce qui a fonctionne pour eux, explique M. Tesson. Grace ces conseils inestimables, nous serons en mesure de concevoir le modele de prestation en detail. Je crois qu'il convient de noter qu'un effort conjoint a permis de faire demarrer tout ce processus, affirme Richard Adams, president de la Federation des municipalites du Nord de l'Ontario. Les municipalites du Nord ont contribue de maniere importante en s'unissant pour appuyer l'etablissement de l'ecole de medecine. Le gouvemement a entendu la voix collective et y a repondu. Les premieres inscriptions au programme sont prevues pour l'an 2004. |
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