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Smaller TextFor those of you interested in pursuing postgraduate education, our Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Programs are dedicated to excellence in education. Our programs, offered in the following four areas, provide an opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for a medical career in Pathology and/or Laboratory Medicine.
For more information visit us at http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/pathres/.
Postgraduate Residency Education
Anatomic Pathology
Program Director
General Pathology
Program Director
The General Pathology training program encompasses four areas of laboratory medicine, including Anatomic Pathology, Medical Biochemistry, Medical Microbiology and Laboratory Hematology. Residents are trained as consultants for both laboratory services and clinical professions. This team-oriented approach provides residents with superior methods of interacting with patients and health care professionals alike. Through the regionalized laboratory system, maintained by the city of Hamilton and surroundings areas, residents are able to gain access and study various subspecialties.
Medical Microbiology
Program Director
The Medical Microbiology Program, in conjunction with the Infectious Diseases Program, provides training in basic science microbiology, clinical microbiology, infection control, laboratory management and clinical infectious diseases. Residents will carry out research in association with faculty which will also allow for more formal research training. Residents are strongly encouraged to demonstrate self-directed problem-based learning. Qualified applicants will have completed an under-graduate MD program from a Canadian medical school or core training in internal medicine or pediatrics, and must be eligible for certification in those disciplines by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).
Medical Biochemistry
Don-Wauchope
Program Director
Medical Biochemistry is that branch of medicine concerned with the study and measurement of biochemical abnormalities in human disease. The medical biochemist is trained in the operation and management of hospital biochemistry laboratories, and acts as a consultant in all aspects of their use. As an academic specialist, the medical biochemist develops and integrates a basic research program with clinical practice in a field of biochemical interest, and maintains an active role as a teacher of clinically applied biochemistry.
