medical school receives provisional accreditation

dr. gilbert, left, with dr. strasser

(thunder bay and sudbury -- june 8, 2004) the northern ontario medical school is pleased to announce that the school has been granted a provisional accreditation status for year i by the liaison committee of medical education (lcme) and the committee on accreditation of canadian medical school (cacms).

"we are very pleased to hear the news, which was confirmed to us by the committee," says dr. roger strasser, the school's founding dean. "this is a critical milestone for us. it has been a demanding process, well accomplished by faculty and staff. it confirms we are ready to welcome the charter class of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in august 2005."

dr. fred gilbert, president of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and chair, board of directors of the school, says, "the tremendous efforts of the dean, staff, and faculty of the medicalschool have produced a critically important result. accreditation will ensure that we attract prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to study, stay and work in northern ontario. communities all over the north now can be assured that not only will we offer the best in medical education, but also, we will provide a supply of future physicians for them."

dr. judith woodsworth, president of laurentian university and vice chair, board of directors of the school comments, "we take pride in our medicalschool's achievement and the progress it has made in such a short time. accreditation is a stamp of approval that declares the school will offer quality medical education that compares with the best in canada."

in march of this year, a review team from lcme and cacms conducted the accreditation survey for the medicalschool. accreditation is a rigorous certification process that involved a site visit by the review team to the two campuses at lakehead and laurentian universities (thunder bay and sudbury) and examination of all elements of the organization that will support the delivery of a medical program.

having completed the first stage of accreditation, the school will proceed with recruiting and teaching year i, as well as preparing for the subsequent stages in the process for accreditation of new medical schools.

a new medical school for the whole of northern ontario, the northernontariomedicalschool is a joint venture of lakehead and laurentian universities. with main campuses in thunder bay and sudbury, the school will have multiple teaching and research sites distributed across northern ontario, in large and small communities. the school contributes to improving the health of people in northern ontario.

click here to visit the northern ontario medical school website

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