| "You know, since NOSM University has been around, they are way more prepared than the other universities. I think they have a community component to their curriculum." (Interview 1) |
| "I do know just through a friend that did the Northern Ontario School of Medicine that they receive a lot of education on the First Nation culture. And she did feel prepared for those conversations." (Interview 4) |
| "Are the northern students that much more aware? I would say they are, but they still have a lot to learn ... in their first 3 months they are out already on their first northern placement. It's not necessarily a clinical one, it's an immersion in the culture and they are sent to different First Nations communities for 4 weeks. So their awareness and knowledge really develops very early in the program. As far as living conditions, social economic conditions, health challenges." (Interview 10) |
| "There's 5 NOSM students right now, some of them are from the North. ... I think they have a better appreciation and understanding of the demographic in the region than someone coming from Toronto who have never maybe been on a reserve. ... I think a lot of the students we have right now from NOSM have a pretty good appreciation of the social deprivation that exists in some of these far north communities. ... So I think there is a difference, I think for some of our students that we had from the Toronto area, aren't familiar with the North." (Interview 11) |
Note: NOSM = Northern Ontario School of Medicine.