Addiction Statistics
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47,000 Canadian deaths are linked to substance
abuse annually
Arrest rate in Thunder Bay for intoxicated persons is
2,608/100,000 (the highest in all of Ontario!) 42%
of Ontario students have used an illicit
substance in the last year
 Top 4 used substances by Ontario
students:
 Alcohol – 58% (64% in Thunder Bay)
 Cannabis – 25% (33% in Thunder Bay)
 Non-prescribed use of prescription
pain relievers – 17%
 Tobacco 11.7%
What do you know about …
Methadone treatment?
 Safe withdrawal?
 Counselling for smoking cessation?
 Street drug use?
 Special health concerns of IV drug
users?
 Antabuse, Chantix, and other
medications?
 Careers and research in addictions?
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What We’ll Do
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Providing sensitive care
Screening tools and advances
Treatment tools and resources
Emerging research
Book recommendations
Listen to speakers/leaders in the field
Addictions from a patient perspective
 We welcome ideas from members!
Contact:
Hillary Bohler: hbohler@nosm.ca
 Logan McGinn: logan.mcginn@nosm.ca
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Inspire a student. Support their growth. Change a life.
Become a mentor.
What is Altitude’s mission?
To empower students from
underrepresented populations to pursue a
career in healthcare, by nurturing high
quality mentoring relationships, and to help
these students realize their potential as the
next generation of bright, confident and
compassionate healthcare professionals.
The Program
Goal: help students, brimming with potential, reach a
summit perceived to be insurmountable - a career in
healthcare.
1-on-1 mentorship:
Mentors meet with mentees (in-person, Skype, or
telephone)
Team mentorship:
Group mentorship sessions for mentors and mentees
---Topics include Learning Styles & Strategies, Financial
Aid, and Career Development
Interest Group Members
We would like you involved in Altitude
Healthcare Mentorship as:
• Outreach officers
• Social media contributors
• Junior roles (Regional Director, Site
Coordinator, Outreach Coordinator) --First year students!
Sessions open to everyone:
• Physician-lead sessions
• Team mentorship sessions
Questions?
More Information?
Altitude: Healthcare Mentoring
Regional Coordinator
Hillary.Bohler@nosm.ca
Like us on facebook!
Site Coordinator, Thunder Bay
Valerie.Nicholls@nosm.ca
Site Coordinator, Sudbury
Melanie.Boulay@nosm.ca
Goals
Explore various types of disabilities (ie.
cognitive, physical, and developmental)
 Understand the implications of set
disabilities
 Learn how to care for patients with
disabilities
 Examine current research in the field
 Support the local disability community
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Topics of Discussion
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
 Cystic Fibrosis
 Muscular Dystrophy
 Paraplegia
 Brain injury
 Anything else you are interested in
exploring
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Contact:
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West:
Sean Bryan: sean.bryan@nosm.ca
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East:
Angela Coccimiglio: acoccimiglio@nosm.ca
Goals
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Provide guest speakers
 “Night in the ER”
 FM +1 vs. PGY5 ER (February with LA)
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Host workshops
 IV, ECG, Airway, Suturing
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Give exposure into Emergency Medicine
 Ridealongs (air/land ambulance)
 Emergency Department tour (East)
 Rural SEEs
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Attend external Conferences
 Rural Emergency Med in Banff, AB
Foster interest in ER
Positively represent NOSM in the community
 Find the adrenaline junkies in the class!
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Upcoming events
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Ridealongs with Superior EMS
 12 hour weekend night shift
 4 scheduled weekends between Oct-Dec
 2 students per shift
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SIG/EMIG Suturing Workshop
 November
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For more event information, join our
Facebook Group!
 Search up “NOSM EMIG”
Caep mentorship
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The goal of the program is to pair medical students
with emergency residents. The Mentor/Mentee
relationship will serve to provide students with a
resource for questions and guidance as they pursue
their interest in Emergency Medicine.
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To participate in the program, please email the
following information to caep.secretary@gmail.com:
Name
Year
University
E-mail Address
Specific areas of interest if applicable
Contact:
West Campus (Kayla Berst,
kberst@nosm.ca)
 East Campus (Zsolt Toth, ztoth@nosm.ca)
 Join our Facebook group (NOSM EMIG)!
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Co-Presidents:
East Campus – Mel Patrie, Katy Shaw
West Campus – Krista Clark
About Us
The Family Medicine Interest Group is
created for students who are interested in any
aspect of family medicine.
Our sessions will include:
-Workshop on starting a practice
-Guest speakers presentation about diverse
options in family medicine
-Rotational dinner with local family physicians
Get Involved:
1st year representatives (East and West)
 2nd year representatives (East and
West)
 Finance (East and West)
 Vice-president (West)
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Contact:
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East:
Mel Patrie: melanie.boulay@nosm.ca
Katy Shaw: katshaw@nosm.ca
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West:
Krista Clark: kclark@nosm.ca
Background
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There has been a growing interest from all years of
learners with regards to having more opportunities to
practice speaking French and interacting with French
speaking patients.
The club will have a clinical focus and would rely on
French speaking preceptors that have much
experience in working with francophone patients.
Specific cases will be discussed and club members
will be able to gain a better understanding of the
differences between office French and common
spoken French, all while practicing their history
taking and physical exam skills.
Objectives
The purposes and objectives of the FLCS
are:
 To practice history taking skills in French
 To practice physical exam skills in French
 To learn about common French medical
terminology
 To be given concrete examples or scenarios
of language barriers that may arise in clinical
practice
Membership
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The FLCS Interest Group is open to all learners, however
the sessions will be offered in French.
Most preceptors are bilingual and can clarify in English
if need be.
We will try to provide the sessions in parallel with the
content of the current module (for either Yr 1 or Yr 2).
Contact:
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West:
Amanda Richer: amanda.richer@nosm.ca
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East:
Patrick Legault: plegault@nosm.ca
Goals
To foster awareness of geriatric health
and wellness issues
 To improve knowledge of the multiple
dimensions of geriatric care
 To improve understanding of working
with the geriatric population in the
healthcare system
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Why join?
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Canadian population demographics are
shifting
 In 2005, seniors made up 13% of the Canadian
population and this number is projected to
increase to 25% by 2031 (StatsCan, 2010)
Most of us will interact a lot with the
geriatric population in practice
 Limited time devoted to geriatric issues in
school’s curriculum
 Knowledge and understanding of geriatric
care is as needed and as important as ever
now!
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Past Events
Movie and pizza lunch
 Guest speaker presentation and
discussion on Careers in geriatrics
 Geriatric Skills Day:
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 Interactive workshops & sessions on
dysphagia, polypharmacy, gait assessment,
dementia, etc. to hone your geriatric
medicine skills.
Other Initiatives
Provided additional geriatric resources
for students (eg. osteoporosis resource
which was helpful for MSK module)
 Provided updates on geriatric
conferences
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Contacts:
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East:
Emily Yeung: emily.yeung@nosm.ca
Krista Whitney: krista.whitney@nosm.ca
Patricia Bouchard: patricia.bouchard@nosm.ca
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West:
Valerie Nicholls: vnicholls@nosm.ca
Hillary Bohler: hbohler@nosm.ca
Dannica Switzer: daswitzer@nosm.ca
Events for 2012-2013
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World Aids Day (December)
International Women’s Day (March)
Day of Pink
Various talks (maternal mortality, global
issues in reproductive health, immigrant
and refugee health)
Letter writing campaigns
Rich man poor man dinner
Journal club/seminars
And much more!! Sign up for more details!
Types of Internal Medicine
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Cardiology
• Clinical Immunology &
Allergy
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Critical Care Medicine
• Endocrinology &
Metabolism
• Gastroenterology
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Geriatric Medicine
• Hematology
• General Internal
Medicine
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Occupational
Medicine
• Medical Oncology
• Respirology
• Rheumatology
Current Objectives
• Facilitate
lectures/workshops with local
(Sudbury/Thunder Bay) internal medicine
specialists (video-conferenced).
• Expand
membership.
• Develop
awareness of IMIG among local
physicians; encourage communication,
networking.
• Steal
other groups’ good ideas.
• Your
input is most welcome!
Contact:
Sabrina Badio: sbadio@nosm.ca
Why Join?
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To read something other than a textbook and expand
your knowledge
Enjoy relevant literature to your future profession and
discuss it among your peers
Limited exposure compared to other schools in medical
literature
To have fun and foster a culture of reading at NOSM
The goal of our group is to learn about student, patient, and
physician experiences through contemporary literature and
foster communication and critical thinking through group
discussion
Events Planned
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October:
 Vote on Books to read
November:
 Distribute book 1
December/early January:
 Read book 1
January:
 Discuss book 1
 Distribute book 2
February/early March
 Read book 2
Late March
 Discuss Book 2
Contact:
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WEST:
Valerie Nicholls (vnicholls@nosm.ca)
Dannica Switzer (daswitzer@nosm.ca)
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EAST:
Katherine Knight (kknight@nosm.ca)
Disclaimer !
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We are not an official club of the
NOSMSS and are only offered (for now)
on the East Campus
What we do
Volunteer at the Sudbury Mission on
pre-determined dates from 5:15-8PM
 This is a great opportunity to give back
to the community!
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Contact:
Katy Shaw: katshaw@nosm.ca
Michela Febbraro: mifebbraro@nosm.ca
Ben Love: blove@nosm.ca
Student Organizing
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Annual meetings:
 UPCOMING: St. Louis (Nov. 10-11, 2012)
 Previously in Baltimore & Chicago
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Regional meetings:
 UPCOMING: Montreal (Mar 2013)
 Previously in Montreal & Toronto
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Medical school chapter events
 In 2008, MSFC student groups hosted 800
campus events about abortion and family
planning!
NOSM Chapter Events
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Presentations by or about:
 Contraception options
 Abortion providers in Sudbury
 Myths of abortion
 Options counselling
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Workshops on:
 IUD insertion
 No-scalpel vasectomy
 Endometrial biopsy
Attendance at
National
and Regional
Meetings!!
Reproductive Health Externship
"Working at the clinic was a really great
experience because they welcomed me with
open arms and were very willing to teach.
This experience has really opened my eyes
to the importance of abortion providers. A
particularly high point of my experience was
being able to really help with some of the
procedures.
The fact that the doctors had such confidence
in my abilities helped to instill confidence in
myself. It made me wake up in the morning
proud to show up and be a part of the
abortion providing community."
Contact:
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West:
Dannica Switzer: daswitzer@nosm.ca
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East:
Kristy Luopa: krluopa@nosm.ca
What We Do
Each meeting we look at a prepared
case for a specific complaint
 As a group we work through test results,
differentials, and clinical reasoning to
find a diagnosis
 We try to keep cases relevant to the
modules
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Our First Event!
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Presentation on October 31st on GI !
Contact:
Brandon Webber: bwebber@nosm.ca
Purpose
The importance of the history and physical
exam as diagnostic tools is frequently
emphasized throughout the NOSM
curriculum. Unfortunately, beyond SCS
sessions students do not have much
opportunity to hone these skills. This group
provides students with the ability to
practice both history and physical exams
pertaining to relevant modules in a format
that mirrors the formative OSCE.
What we do
Students collaborate as interviewer and
interviewee and provide constructive
feedback to each other moving everyone
forward.
Contact:
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East:
Logan McGinn: lmcginn@nosm.ca
Ben Reitzel: breitzel@nosm.ca
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West:
Stacy Tokar: stacey.tokar@nosm.ca
Nick Tkaczyk: ntkaczyk@nos.mca
Do you love pharmacology?
 Do you struggle with pharmacology?
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REGARDLESS … we’ve got an interest
group for you !!
Who we are?
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An interest group that aims to broaden
students’ understanding of
pharmacology through case based
learning
How will topics be decided?
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Each session will include MODULESPECIFIC case based presentations
and workshops from group members
and guests!
Do I need a pharmacology
background?
The sessions will aim to start with basics
and build upon principles
 ALL backgrounds are welcome!
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Contact:
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East:
Krista Whitney: kwhitney@nosm.ca
Adam Bignucolo: abignucolo@nosm.ca
Brandon Webber: bwebber@nosm.ca
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West:
Nick Tkaczyk: ntkaczyk@nosm.ca
The Radiology Interest Group at NOSM will
complement Phase 1 and prepare students for
electives and clerkship.
With exciting guest speakers and workshops
throughout the year our goal is to enhance our
skills to effectively interpret images.
Members will learn the basics. Whether you
plan on specializing in Surgery, ER, or a Family
Practice, appreciating an image is important.
Radiology 101 (our first session) is scheduled
for December 2012.
Contact:
Janine Pintar: janine.pintar@nosm.ca
James Callaghan: jacallaghan@nosm.ca
Contact:
Jon Ramkumar: jramkumar@nosm.ca
Practical Skills Sessions
Winter Camping
Upcoming Events
MedWARs: January 2013
 Speakers: Dr. Bryce Brown
 Winter camp: Polar Bearing
 Hikes
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Contact
Robbie Bates: rbates@nosm.ca
Co-Presidents: Danelle Martin & Katie Murphy
Vice President: Joseph Oliver
About Us
 A venue
for networking and support of
students in all years interested in the
fields of women and children’s health
 Monthly/bi-monthly
journal club
meetings
2
guest speakers (OB/GYN, Peds)
Get Involved!!!
After today’s sign-up we will be in touch
via email in regards to first journal
club date as well as first guest
speaker date.
Contact:
Danelle Martin: danelle.martin@nosm.ca
Katie Murphy: kamurphy@nosm.ca