Welcome to The Department of Family Medicine

David Price Welcome to the Department of Family Medicine website! As you browse through our site, you will find detailed information on our Residency Program as well as many other initiatives taking place within our department, including highlights from Research, Education and our innovative programs.

The Department of Family Medicine is an academic department which offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs in Family Medicine. We are an exciting, rapidly expanding Department with over 300 residents and undergraduate learners taught, each year, by our more than 900 faculty members who are committed to providing the best possible training and learning opportunities for our learners. More...

News and Events: Tapestry project given $6.4M by Health Canada to weave community volunteerism into better primary health care

A project that will stitch together community volunteers, home visits and e-health technologies to improve health care has been launched in the Department of Family Medicine.; A Merry McMaster

Work has reached the top floor on the new McMaster University Health Campus in Hamilton, Ont.; Hamilton docs in the Philippines to help and learn

Two physicians from Hamilton will begin the new year in the Philippines as part of separate relief efforts in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan.; More…