We offer training for patient-oriented, community-based research with innovative methodologies and participatory approaches. The expertise of our teaching faculty crosses conventional discipline boundaries and research traditions. The courses and workshop during this session incorporate an interdisciplinary perspective with rigorous training in qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods and participatory research approaches with topics ranging from program evaluation to understanding the healthcare system. Graduate students, health professionals and others are welcome to register for these courses for either professional interest or credit.
Summer Session Courses
FMED 606
FMED 606
Family Medicine: Operational issues of questionnaire design, sampling, contact and recruitment of respondents and preparation for analysis that will enhance response rates and minimize errors in data collected by surveys. The content will be highly relevant for those who anticipate having a survey as part of their current or future research program.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken FMED 503. Priority to students registered in the MSc in Family Medicine and ad hoc PhD in Family Medicine programs.
- Five 3-hour classes offered in English, knowledge of French will be helpful. Knowledge of basic statistics is assumed.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FMED 615
FMED 615
Family Medicine: Intended for health care practitioners, planners, and researchers, especially in resource-poor settings in Canada and internationally, students will be exposed to behaviour change models; techniques for critical evaluation of existing evidence; accountability in health services; and scientific writing and presenting, using a blended learning approach.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Language of instruction: English
- Restriction: Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- **This course will be held on June 3, 10, 20, 27 & 28.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FMED 672
FMED 672
Family Medicine: Exploration of how to write a mixed methods research protocol or manuscript and some more advanced mixed methods data analysis applications.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Contact hours: Monday to Friday from 9am to 4:30pm (Faculty of Dentistry: 514-3987203 extensions 096455 & 00059; language of instruction: English).
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking DENT 672. Only open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Only open to students who have had prior graduate training in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FMED 679
FMED 679
Family Medicine: Advanced epidemiological concepts, data analysis and methods applicable to primary care research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: FMED 509; permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the Department.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking DENT 679.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Tibor Schuster, Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil, Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi
FMED 702
FMED 702
Family Medicine: Research seminars on various topics relevant to advanced family medicine and primary care research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the PhD in Family Medicine and Primary Care and the ad hoc PhD in Family Medicine programs.
- Topic Summer 2024: "Introduction to Machine Learning".
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brittany A Jock
- Amy Shawanda
Courses taken for credit will be available for registration via MINERVA as of March.
For summer course fees for McGill students and residents, please click here.
Registration for McGill Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Registration for summer courses (for credit) does not become available until spring.
Please sherrie.child [at] mcgill.ca (email) to be given permission to register for your course on Minerva.
Registration for McGill Residents/Clinical Fellows
Registration for summer courses (for credit) does not become available until March.
Please email graduateprograms.fammed [at] mcgill.ca to be given permission to register for your course on Minerva.
Please note: If you are not a student in our program, but are interested in obtaining credit for the course, you are required to apply as a special student at McGill. Deadline to apply for the summer session as a special student is April 1, 2022 for permanent residents and Canadian citizens.
Participants Seeking Professional Interest Certificate
Health professionals and others not seeking academic credits are considered for enrolment as Professional Interest Student in the Summer Session. Professional Interest Students are expected to participate fully in course work, including assignments and examinations. Students will be informed of the grade obtained, but it will not be officially recorded by the university and no formal university transcript will be issued. Students will receive a certificate of participation from the Department of Family Medicine. Courses taken for Professional Interest cannot subsequently be applied to an academic program. Fees to take our courses for professional interest will be $200 per credit hour (i.e., a 3-credit course will cost $600). To register for professional interest (non-credit), please make all cheques to McGill University and send them to:
Graduate Programs Coordinator
Department of Family Medicine-McGill University
5858 Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, 3rd Floor
Montréal, QC H3S 1Z1
Graduate Students From Other Quebec Universities (BCI)
Degree students from other Québec universities wishing to take course(s) in our department must:
1. Email the instructor for permission. Please include your degree program and university at which you are enrolled, and provide your reasons for wishing to take the course(s). Please ask the instructor, when responding to you, to include a cc to our sherrie.child [at] mcgill.ca (graduate program coordinator). BCI registration requests will be processed as they are received.
2. After approval has been received from the instructor, students need to apply on-line here and should check their own university website or the BCI website for procedures.
Please note: Students will be charged by their Home Universities.
Important Note to International Applicants:
Individuals coming to Canada to study for less than a six-month period do not have to obtain a Study Permit (student visa). Notwithstanding this policy, you should still check with immigration authorities to ensure that you will be able to enter and remain in Canada to pursue your studies. Details are available from the Canadian Embassy or Consulate nearest you. Participants wishing to take courses for PROFESSIONAL INTEREST may come to Canada on a Visitor or Tourist Visa, since our Summer Session has a duration of less than three months. Please note: international students who are matriculated in a graduate program in their countries are not allowed to take our courses for credit unless they complete a full course load (12 credits) as a special student during the summer session. For obvious reasons, this has never been requested and thus is extremely rare; however, if someone is interested in this option, the deadline to apply for the summer session as a special student at McGill is January 15, 2022 for international students. Please contact the sherrie.child [at] mcgill.ca (graduate programs coordinator) at if you have questions.
McGill Faculty and Staff:
If you are interested in completing some courses during the summer session, please contact the Graduate Programs.
