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Book SynopsisThe Northern Ontario School of Medicine provides a blueprint for those interested in an innovative approach to medical education. This collection provides an account of the challenges and rewards faced by those who insisted on creating a patient-centred, community-based, and culturally sensitive learning environment for the physicians of tomorrow.
Table of ContentsPreface; Chronology; Acronyms; part one: the context; 1 For the North, by the North, in the North; From Dream to Reality; Geoffrey Tesson and John Whitfield; 2 A New Medical School in the Big Picture: Setting the Scene; Raymond Pong; 3 Learning Medicine in Rural and Remote Community; Settings; Roger Strasser; 4 The Rural Physician and Medical Education; John Mulloy; part two: the content; 5 Designing an Admissions Process for the Northern Ontario; School of Medicine; Jill Konkin; 6 Building a New Curriculum; Joel Lanphearvi; 7 The Students; Geoffrey Tesson, Hoi Cheu, and Ray Pong; 8 Governance and 0rganization; Arnie Aberman and Dorothy Wright; part three: the lessons: the role; of community-based medical education; in solving rural underservicing; 9 The Northern Ontario School of Medicine and Social; Accountability; Geoffrey Hudson and Dan Hunt; 10 Beyond nosm: Lessons for Others; Geoffrey Tesson and Roger Strasser References; Index