Info night for future docs

NEWS RELEASE

SSM PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT & RETENTION OFFICE

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Medical School Information Night – June 19, 2012

On Tuesday, June 19, at 7 p.m., local medical students will give a presentation to high school and university students, and their parents, at the Water Tower Inn – West Hall. 

The presentation provides valuable information on the medical school application process and steps that can be taken to improve an applicant’s acceptability into a medical school.

Ten medical students are in Sault Ste. Marie for the Summer Studentship Program sponsored by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). 

It is currently offered to local residents attending Canadian medical schools. 

The program gives the medical students an incentive to return home to work during their training, with the intent to have them return to the community to practice medicine after their training has been completed. 

Twenty-two (22) physicians have been recruited to-date who participated in the Summer Studentship Program over the past 12 years. 

This program is made possible through the volunteer supervision of the medical students provided by our local physicians and allied healthcare professionals and is organized by the SSM Physician Recruitment & Retention office.

These paid jobs are available through NOSM for employment in communities across Northern Ontario. 

The work is varied and serves to enhance the students’ current knowledge of healthcare in the North. 

In Sault Ste. Marie, the program is structured to include small group teaching sessions and clinical opportunities situated at both the Sault Area Hospital and the Group Health Centre.

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