Editing NOSM University (section)

==History==

Before the creation of NOSM, Northern Ontario had for several years been designated as "underserviced", meaning that the region's ratio of medical professionals to the general population was not meeting the standards set by the [[Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario)|Ministry of Health]]. As a result, a multifaceted plan was adopted by the province, including the creation of NOSM and the adoption of special recruitment strategies. A study of medical services in Ontario, released in August 2005, found that for the first time in many years, the region's level of medical services had improved over the previous year.

Construction on both campuses began in mid-2004, and the buildings were completed in August 2005.  NOSM accepted its charter class of 56 students in September of that same year and the school was officially opened by [[Premier of Ontario|Premier]] [[Dalton McGuinty]] on 13 September 2005. The school received full accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) and the [[LCME|Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)]] in February 2009.

The fictional Boréal Medical School, the setting of the Canadian [[medical drama]] television series ''[[Hard Rock Medical]]'', is based on the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.<ref name=hollywood>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hard-rock-medical-full-season-271964 "Canadian Drama 'Hard Rock Medical' Gets Full-Season Order"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', 9 December 2011.</ref>