Bell Let’s Talk Supports Creation of Wellness Peer Networks for NOSM’s Residents | NOSM U
Summary
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to receive a $30,000 grant from the Bell Lets TalkCommunity Fund. The funds will support an initiative to educate and promote wellness and resilience for the Schools residents (physicians in their post-MD training yearssee backgrounder below).With the funds from Bell Lets Talk, NOSM is creating Wellness Peer Networks, which includes developing curriculum focused on crucial conversations and cultural competency for residents. The Wellness Peer Networks will provide residents with mental health resources and will develop supportive networks to enable them to have a positive impact on the mental health and well-being of those who live in rural and remote Northern communities. These wellness networks will provide further education to NOSM residents to enable them to protect their own mental health during the stress of their education, while also equipping them with the ability to provide high-quality care to future patients who may be struggling with mental health challenges. Residency is the final stage of medical education, prior to College certification and practice as an independent and fully-licensed physician.NOSM offers high-quality, community-based residency education in family medicine and eight major general specialties, including general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, orthopedic surgery, anesthesiology, and public health and preventive medicine.