WHO Department of Département de

Family Medicine médecine de famille

Our MSc program encourages the following
applicants:
• Practicing family physicians
• Family medicine residents
• Undergraduate university students with
Family Medicine
a strong interest in family medicine and
primary health care MSc
• Other primary health care professionals
Patient-oriented, community-based
research with innovative methodologies
and participatory approaches
HOW
The MSc program may be completed in
two years for students studying full time
but is also available as a part-time option.
A distance education option may also be
negotiated.

WHY
If you are a motivated learner interested in
rigorous training in methods appropriate
for research in family medicine and primary
care with world-class faculty, this is the
program for you.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Graduate Programs Division
Department of Family Medicine
CLINICIAN SCHOLAR PROGRAM McGill University
This is an Enhanced Skills Program that 5858 Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, 3rd floor
can be completed in the third year of family Montréal, QC H3S 1Z1
medicine residency to provide theoretical
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possibility of a fellowship year to complete
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WHAT IS TRAINING IN FAMILY MEDICINE MSc IN FAMILY MEDICINE: MSc IN FAMILY MEDICINE:
& PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH? BIOETHICS OPTION MEDICAL EDUCATION OPTION
Research topics in the field of family FMED603 Foundations of Participatory Research FMED505 Epidemiology and Statistics in Primary
medicine and primary health care cross (1 credits) Care I (3 credits)

conventional discipline boundaries BIOE680 Bioethical Theory (3 credits) FMED509 Epidemiology and Statistics in Primary
and research traditions. Our training BIOE681 Bioethics Practicum (3 credits)
Care II (3 credits)
program incorporates an interdisciplinary FMED603 Foundations of Participatory Research
BIOE690 MSc Literature Survey (3 credits)
approach with an emphasis on community (1 credit)
engagement. The program provides BIOE691 MSc Thesis Research Proposal (3 credits)
FMED614 Foundations of Mixed Methods Research
rigorous training in qualitative, quantitative, BIOE692 MSc Thesis Research Progress Report (2 credits)
mixed methods, knowledge synthesis and (6 credits)
FMED616 Applied Literature Reviews (1 credit)
participatory research approaches. Close BIOE693 MSc Thesis (12 credits)
links are maintained with the many family FMED625 Qualitative Health Research (3 credits)
Plus 3 credits of complementary courses from
medicine clinical sites located around FMED697 Master’s Thesis Research I (12 credits)
the one of the following:
Montreal and in Quebec as well as the FMED698 Master’s Thesis Research II (12 credits)
McGill Practice-Based Research Network. FMED505 Basic Analysis for Health Data (3 credits)
Plus 8 credits of elective courses of which 6
FMED625 Qualitative Health Research (3 credits)
MSc YEAR 1: credits must be chosen from the Faculty of
Plus 11 credits of elective courses Education
THEORETICAL TRAINING
(13 REQUIRED CREDITS)

FMED505 Epidemiology and Statistics in Primary

Care I (3 credits)
ELECTIVE COURSES
FMED509 Epidemiology and Statistics in Primary
Care II (3 credits) 1 CREDIT COURSES (15 IN-CLASS HOURS) 3 CREDIT COURSES (45 IN-CLASS HOURS)

FMED603 Foundations of Participatory Research FMED506 Indigenous Perspectives: Decolonizing FMED525 Foundations of Translational Science
(1 credit) Health Approaches
FMED601 Advanced Topics in Family Medicine
FMED614 Foundations of Mixed Methods Research FMED511 Intro to Art in Healthcare
FMED604 Advanced Participatory Research in Health
(2 credits)
FMED607 Intro to Discourse Analysis and
FMED612 Intervention, Quality Improvement, and
FMED616 Applied Literature Reviews (1 credit) Interpretative Health Research
Program Evaluation
FMED625 Qualitative Health Research (3 credits) FMED608 Advanced Mixed Methods Seminar in
FMED619 Program Management in Global Health and
Health Research
Plus 8 credits of elective courses Primary Health Care
FMED610 Foundations in Family Medicine
FMED622 Advanced Epidemiology in Primary Care
MSC YEAR 2: FMED611 Health Care Systems and Policy
FMED623 History of Ideas
THESIS RESEARCH PROJECT FMED615 Applied Knowledge Translation and
FMED624 Advanced Applications of Quantitative
Exchange in Health
(24 REQUIRED CREDITS) Methods
FMED618 Topics in Pharmacoeconomics, Drug Safety
FMED697 Master’s Thesis Research I (12 credits) FMED690 Advanced Ethnography: Context,
and Policy
FMED698 Master’s Thesis Research II (12 credits) Complexity & Coordination
FMED621 Participatory Health Systems for Safe Birth