/ Graduate programs

We offer research-oriented, thesis-based graduate programs in family medicine and primary health at both the MSc and PhD levels, along with postdoctoral training opportunities. With an interdisciplinary approach and an emphasis on community engagement, our programs provide rigorous training in qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, knowledge synthesis and participatory research approaches. Close links are maintained with the McGill Primary Care Research Network, as well as with family medicine clinical sites in Montreal and across the province.

Expanding the Indigenous curriculum in Family Medicine

Two unique new courses have been developed in our department to respond to the histories, perspectives and contexts of Indigenous and Inuit Peoples in Canada.

n FMED 527 Inuit Health in Canadian Context (1 credit) n FMED 506 Indigenous Perspectives Decolonizing Health Research (3 credits)

Explores the histories, perspectives and contemporary realities of Inuit health in the four regions of Inuit Nunangat (the Inuit homeland) with a particular focus on the Nunavik region of northern Quebec.

Explores the nature of Indigenous peoples’ ways of understanding the world and cultural ways of knowing and doing, with a special focus on health and wellness. As well, a concentration in Indigenous Health has been in development for fall 2023, to be housed under our MSc in Family Medicine.