{"id":411419,"date":"2026-01-15T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411419\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:54:08","slug":"where-will-the-school-of-medicine-launch-in-the-sault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411419\/","title":{"rendered":"Where will the School of Medicine launch in the Sault?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to Algoma Public Health, Group Health Centre and Sault Area Hospital, there\u2019s a fourth location where NOSMU could set up when it opens here in 2027<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Matthew Shoemaker says his lips are sealed on where NOSM University could end up in the Sault.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Algoma Public Health, Group Health Centre and Sault Area Hospital, there\u2019s a fourth location where Northern Ontario School of Medicine University could set up when it opens here in September 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is another possible location being looked at. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s public information yet,\u201d Shoemaker said yesterday after the province announced that the Sault is one of 16 communities receiving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sootoday.com\/local-news\/school-of-medicine-expanding-to-the-sault-11738897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">teaching clinic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each\u00a0clinic will get up to $500,000 to support planning work, said a news release issued\u00a0by the Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The clinics will train family medicine residents in a team-based model alongside other health-care professionals, such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered nurses.<\/p>\n<p>They will offer training that combines direct patient care with hands-on learning in team-based environments, all while providing primary care for an additional 300,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sootoday.com\/local-news\/three-locations-reviewed-for-sault-campus-of-northern-ontario-school-of-medicine-10598034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A $100,000 feasibility study<\/a> aimed at bringing a clinical campus to Sault Ste. Marie helped identify the three potential locations last May.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of planning and advocacy went into preparing the report, Shoemaker said.<\/p>\n<p>The report described the community&#8217;s needs and how the school could help the Sault \u201cbe more well placed to attract physicians in the future,\u201d Shoemaker said.<\/p>\n<p>The report laid the groundwork for this week\u2019s announcement, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is just evidence of a well-thought-out and well-planned report, but in relatively short order . . . that report was only completed mid-last year and we&#8217;ve already seen results from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shoemaker said this process began roughly two years ago when Group Health Centre derostered thousands of patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat really was the impetus for this report because of the situation \u2013 and the critical need for the attraction and retention of physicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city \u201csaw this as the path forward to make sure that we&#8217;re getting more learners here, who will then decide that this is the place they want to live and practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seed that was planted two years ago is starting to grow and bear fruit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When NOSMU launches here, it will start with eight students.<\/p>\n<p>Shoemaker says he hopes it will continue to grow from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to Algoma Public Health, Group Health Centre and Sault Area Hospital, there\u2019s a fourth location where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392,173079],"class_list":["post-411419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-saultnorthern-ontario-school-of-medicinenosmu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}