Strategic Direction # 3
Innovate Health Professions Education
GOAL
To be recognized across Northern Ontario for developing innovative models of education in Northern, Indigenous, Francophone, rural and remote medicine that lead to well-trained health-care practitioners who stay in the communities of the North.
ASPIRATION
Innovation drives the education of NOSM’s next generation of physicians, registered dietitians, physician assistants, medical physicists, other health professionals and scientists.
OUTCOMES
Excellence in Health Professions Education
Maintain the highest standards of accreditations across all our programs
Maintain the highest standards of accreditations across all our programs
Prepare our students for certifying and national examinations.
Prepare our students for certifying and national examinations.
Leading-edge Curricula
Address emerging technology, incorporating virtual care (particularly for remote communities), innovative online curriculum, artificial intelligence, digital health, virtual reality.
Address emerging technology, incorporating virtual care (particularly for remote communities), innovative online curriculum, artificial intelligence, digital health, virtual reality.
Develop life-long learning to enhance faculty clinical practice skills
Develop life-long learning to enhance faculty clinical practice skills
Program Expansion
Expand enrolment in the UME and PGME programs.
Expand enrolment in the UME and PGME programs.
Create Regional Campus Hubs
Create Regional Campus Hubs
New Pathways to health education
Explore new degrees such as combined degrees (BA MS, BSC MD, Engineering MD, JD MD).
Explore new degrees such as combined degrees (BA MS, BSC MD, Engineering MD, JD MD).
Establish new pathways to education
Establish new pathways to education
Establish defined outreach to Northern Ontario communities and schools at primary, secondary and postsecondary levels.
Establish defined outreach to Northern Ontario communities and schools at primary, secondary and postsecondary levels.
Admissions program that meets the needs of Northern Ontario communities
Admission standards and processes are reflective of Northern Ontario
Admission standards and processes are reflective of Northern Ontario
Build upon and lead socially responsive opportunities
Build upon and lead socially responsive opportunities
A healthy and safe learning and working environment