Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine

Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, Room 3101, ext. 22141
https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca

ASSOCIATE DEAN

M. Sibbald, M.D., M.H.P.E., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.C.

REGIONAL ASSISTANT DEAN - NIAGARA REGIONAL CAMPUS

A. Bell, B.Arts.Sc., M.D., M.Sc., C.C.F.P., F.C.F.P.

REGIONAL ASSISTANT DEAN - WATERLOO REGIONAL CAMPUS

M. Mountjoy, M.D., Ph.D., C.C.F.P.(SEM), F.C.F.P.

PROGRAM MANAGER

G. Pepper

REGIONAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR - NIAGARA REGIONAL CAMPUS

M. Pulling

REGIONAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR - WATERLOO REGIONAL CAMPUS

T. Everding

Program Information

The School of Medicine, established in 1965 and renamed the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in 2004, offers major programs in undergraduate, postgraduate and graduate medical education. The clinical programs use the teaching hospital and ambulatory care and research facilities at the McMaster University Medical Centre division of Hamilton Health Sciences, as well as clinical teaching units at community healthcare centres and hospitals in Hamilton, Waterloo, Niagara and surrounding regions. 

The Undergraduate Doctor of Medicine Program mission is to educate and inspire future physicians for the health and well-being of all. The MD degree was initiated in 1969, graduating its first students in May 1972. Currently, 217 students will be admitted to the program. Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree.

Waterloo Regional and Niagara Regional Campuses

For the incoming classes, 32 of the 217 positions are designated to the Waterloo Regional Campus and 32 positions are designated to the Niagara Regional Campus. All applicants invited to the McMaster Multiple-Mini Interview (MMI) will be asked to rank their site choice (Hamilton, Waterloo Region or Niagara Region) as 1, 2, 3 or no preference. Offers of admission to the medical school will be made from the master rank list irrespective of geographical preference. Subsequent to filling the 217 positions, registrants to the class will be offered a position based on their preference and geographical background.

The offer of admission is binding to a specific site.

Students accepted into the Waterloo Regional Campus and the Niagara Regional Campus will begin the curriculum in their home campus with some shared educational experiences in Hamilton. The costs associated with transportation and/or accommodation will be covered by the student. Each Regional Campus is approximately a one-hour drive from Hamilton.

The academic program operates on an 11 months-a-year basis in first and second year, and 8 months in third year and students qualify for the MD degree at the end of the third academic year. The curriculum has been designed to involve medical students in a broad range of human health problems throughout their education and to prepare them for effective working relationships with patients, colleagues and society.

Postgraduate training programs currently include: Anesthesia (and subspecialties), Clinical Investigator Program, Family Medicine (and subspecialties), Internal Medicine (and subspecialties), Laboratory Medicine (and subspecialties), Obstetrics and Gynecology (and subspecialties), Oncology (and subspecialties), Pediatrics (and subspecialties), Psychiatry (and subspecialties), Public Health, Radiology (and subspecialties), and Surgery (and subspecialties).

More details on these postgraduate programs are available from the Postgraduate Medical Education Office.

Programs

• Undergraduate Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Program