A5037791492- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Global Health and Surgery
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Risk Perception and Management
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Laurentian University
2016-2025
NOSM University
2016-2023
Lakehead University
2019
Northern Health
2013-2018
University of Alberta
1992
Opioid use disorder has been declared a public health crisis across North America and opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is the standard of care for these patients. Despite increasing adoption telemedicine as delivery method OAT, its effectiveness not yet evaluated against traditional in-person treatment. This study compared treatment outcomes versus telemedicine-delivered OAT.We conducted non-randomized cohort comparison using an administrative database patients who commenced OAT between 2011...
Background: The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has a social accountability mandate to contribute improving the health people and communities Ontario. NOSM recruits students from or similar backgrounds provides Distributed Community Engaged Learning in over 70 clinical community settings located region, vast underserved rural part Canada.Methods: Centre for Rural Health Research (CRaNHR) used mixed methods studies track medical learners dietetic interns, assess socioeconomic...
Northern Ontario is a region in Canada with approximately 775,000 people communities scattered across 803,000 km(2). The Telemedicine Network (OTN) facilitates access to medical care areas that are often underserved. We assessed how OTN utilization differed throughout the province.We used service data collected through Health Insurance Plan and provided by Ministry of Long Term Care. Using census subdivisions grouped Southern as well urban rural areas, we calculated rates per fiscal year...
Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) serves as the Faculty Lakehead and Laurentian Universities, views entire geography its campus. This paper explores how community engagement contributes to achieving social accountability in over 90 sites through NOSM's distinctive model, Distributed Community Engaged Learning (DCEL).Studies involving qualitative quantitative methods contribute this paper, which draws on administrative data from NOSM external sources, well surveys interviews...
To describe the admissions process and outcomes for Indigenous applicants to Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), a Canadian medical school with mandate recruit students whose demographics reflect service region's population.The authors examined 10-year trends (2006-2015) self-identified through major admission stages. Demographics (age, sex, northern rural backgrounds) scores (grade point average [GPA], preinterview, multiple mini-interview [MMI], final), along score-based ranks,...
Drought and fire, which may increase in frequency severity because of global warming, were simulated mid-boreal wetlands by transplanting soil blocks upslope to a lower water table prescribed burns. In the 2 years after treatments applied seasonally flooded vegetation zones Peace–Athabasca Delta, Alberta, drought treatment did not significantly change stem density height dominant hygrophytes Calamagrostis canadensis Carex atherodes. Dicotyledonous species' richness increased 3- 36-fold on...
The "rural pipeline" suggests that students educated in rural, or other underserviced areas, are more likely to establish practices such locations. It is upon this concept the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was founded. Our analysis answers following question: Are physicians who were at NOSM practice rural and northern compared with Canadian medical schools? We used data from College Physicians Surgeons Ontario. locations certified family had graduated vs. schools 2009 later....
Abstract Objective: To determine if selecting rural background students into the Monash Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) program affects vocational training location intended practice after training. Design: Retrospective cohort mail survey. Setting: Australia. Participants: Rural‐background at 1992–1994 ( n = 24/40) 1995–1999 59/120) urban 36/93 104/300, respectively). Overall study population: 62% female, average age 28 years; 79% Australian‐born; 60% married/partnered....
Physician specialists are under-represented in communities northern Ontario, even larger of approximately 100 000 population. The positive association between postgraduate training or rural areas and eventual practice these locations has been well documented the literature, but only for family medicine/general practice. Few, if any, studies have explored other specialties. objective this study was to determine there an location physicians who were enrolled Northeastern Ontario Postgraduate...
Introduction The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has a social accountability mandate to serve the healthcare needs people Ontario, Canada. A multiyear, multimethod tracking study medical students and postgraduate residents is being conducted by Centre for Rural Health Research (CRaNHR) in conjunction with NOSM starting 2005 when first enrolled students. objective understand how NOSM's selection criteria education programmes set rural northern communities affect early career...
To test predictors of practice location fully qualified Monash University Bachelor Medicine, Surgery (MBBS) graduates.Cohort survey, 2011.Australia.Rural (n = 67/129) and urban 86/191) background doctors starting at 1992-1999. Approximately 60% female, 77% married/partnered, 79% Australian-born, mean age 34 years, 31% general practitioners, 72% 80% training/practising in major cities.First current once qualified. Intended 5-10 years.Logistic regression found that rural versus was a...
Understanding the impact of selection and medical education on practice intentions eventual is an essential component training a fit-for-purpose health workforce distributed according to population need. Existing evidence comes largely from high-income settings neglects contextual factors. This paper describes entry exit cohorts students across low high income correlation student characteristics with these intentions. The Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet) Graduate Outcome Study...
Previous studies have suggested that there may be a lack of French language healthcare services in the province Ontario. The purpose this study was to determine if physicians Ontario who expressed proficiency providing are located 'Francophone communities'.Responses from 10,968 Ontario-based family (FPs) certified by College Family Physicians Canada and uncertified general practitioners (GPs) responded 2007 Surgeons Annual Membership Renewal Survey were analysed compared 2006 census...
Introduction: The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) uses technology to help make medical services more accessible people in medically underserved rural and remote parts of Ontario, Canada. We examined access OTN-enabled health Northern which has 775,000 communities scattered across an area 803,000 km2. Materials Methods: used ArcGIS Analyst (Esri, Redlands, CA) conduct a service analysis with travel time as measure potential care. road distance speed limits estimate between the nearest OTN...
RRH: Rural and Remote Health. Published article number: 5835 - Retaining graduates of non-metropolitan medical schools for practice in the local area: importance locally based postgraduate training pathways Australia Canada
A Canadian project (the National Initiative for Telehealth Guidelines) was established to develop telehealth guidelines that would be used by health professionals, providers as benchmarks standards of service and accrediting agencies accreditation criteria. An environmental scan conducted, which focused on organizational, human resource, clinical technological issues. literature review, a stakeholder survey (245 mail-outs, 84 complete responses) 48 key informant interviews were conducted....
Abstract Background Medical schools with distributed or regional programs encourage people to live, work, and learn in communities that may be economically challenged. Local spending by the program, staff, teachers, students has a local economic impact. Although impact of DME been estimated for nations sub-national regions, community-specific is often unknown. Communities contribute success have an interest knowing this participation. To provide information, we Northern Ontario School...