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Local Education Groups Across Northern Ontario

LEGs

Local Education Group (LEG)

A LEG is a group of physician clinical faculty who have joined together to assume responsibility for the provision of a significant, identifiable component(s) of NOSM U's current academic mandate. LEGS work closely with the NOSM U Undergraduate and Postgraduate Associate Deans to ensure the academic/curriculum needs of the learners are met. To date, 52 LEGs have been implemented and approved in Northern Ontario.

Purpose

The purpose of the LEGs is to provide the physician clinical faculty with an organizational structure to address the challenges of balancing the demands for the provision of academics and clinical services. It is also intended to facilitate the ongoing delivery of the NOSM U academic mandate by the physician clinical faculty.

Background

Alternative Funding Plans (AFPs) in Ontario are funded by the Ministry of Health to support the clinical teaching activities of physicians, thus ensuring sufficient clinical learning opportunities for the next generation of physicians. Although AFPs have existed at other Ontario medical schools since the 1990s, Ontario's newest medical school, NOSM U, has a unique mandate and mission to train physicians for rural and northern communities.

NOSM U's distributed medical education (DME) model - with two campuses more than 1,000km apart in Sudbury and Thunder Bay, and clinical learning taking place in over 70 communities across northern Ontario - indicated the need for a different approach to supporting clinical faculty. Instead of a single centralized governing body to administer the funds, the NOAMA AFP is implemented through Local Education Groups (LEGs). LEGs are self-organized groups of NOSM U clinical faculty who are responsible for providing selected medical education services at the undergraduate and/or postgraduate level. LEGs also support other academic activities such as professional development, research and clinical innovation. An independent organization, the Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association (NOAMA), administers the LEGs Initiative, through a negotiated agreement between the MOH, the OMA, NOSM U, and the PCTA.

Groups interested in applying to be a LEG

Contact NOAMA staff at noama@noama.ca for information on how to apply.

LEG LEADS AND ADMINISTRATION

A list of the approved LEGs, along with the contact information of their respective LEG Lead(s) and Administrative Assistant(s) is available for all LEG members:

LEG Lead and Administrator's Contact Information

Events

PCTA Election
Thu May 22, 2025
You should have received an email regarding the upcoming elections—please note that your vote is due by May 22, 2025. If you haven't seen the email, be sure to check your inbox or spam folder.
PCTA AGM
Mon May 26, 2025
The 2025 PCTA AGM will take place on May 26, 2025. Please visit the PCTA website and scroll to the “2025 PCTA Annual General Meeting” tab to access the meeting link, details, and related files.
LEG Leads & Administrators’ Meeting
Fri Nov 07, 2025
NOAMA has confirmed the dates of November 7-8, 2025, for the LEG Lead & Administrator’s Meeting. The event will be taking place at the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites. Please take the time to mark in your calendars. More information will follow at a later date.