Canada is often lauded for its universal health care system, but universal doesn’t mean equal access. The reality is that seven million Canadians, particularly those in smaller communities, are without a family doctor — in Ontario alone the number is two million.
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM) is working to change that with a curriculum that challenges how doctors get trained. The goal of the non-profit university is to teach them medicine, along with a few things that could influence where they choose to practice.
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