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For 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 five 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 the Postgraduate Residency Program website.
- Anatomic
Pathology - Medical
Microbiology - General
Pathology - Transfusion
Medicine - Medical
Biochemistry - Forensic
Pathology
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Anatomic Pathology
The Anatomic Pathology Residency Training Program at McMaster University offers an intensive and integrated approach to preparing residents for careers in academic and/or clinical practice. The program is designed to fulfill the specialty requirements of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, but is sufficiently flexible to be tailored to individual needs of each residents.
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Medical Microbiology
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).
Program Director
General Pathology
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.
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Transfusion Medicine
The Transfusion Medicine Residency Program is committed to producing high caliber academic and clinical Transfusion Medicine specialists. We offer a diverse Royal College accredited training program that is designed to cover all aspects of Transfusion Medicine from vein (donor) to vein (recipient). Our faculty derives from the divisions of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Hematology and includes clinicians, laboratory physicians, research scientists and technical specialists. The program effectively integrates laboratory and clinical Transfusion Medicine and provides a unique learning experience in all aspects of blood donation and blood manufacturing to ensure the highest standards of safety in Canada. For complete details visit the Transfusion Medicine Program website.
Medical Biochemistry
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.
Sub-Specialty
Program Director
Forensic Pathology
The Forensic Pathology Residency Program was granted approval by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in February of 2011. Residents to this program will be eligible, and expected, to seek certification by the subspecialty examinations offered annually by the Royal College. Training requirements can be found on the Royal College website: http://rcpsc.medical.org/residency/certification/training/forensic-pathol_e.pdf
The dedicated Forensic Pathology Unit is recognized as a centre of excellence for the delivery of the full cross section of forensic cases and as an integrated provincial site of Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OFPS). A high volume of complex cases provides a wide variety of material for study and research with the unit performing in excess of 600 cases annually, including in-house subspecialty support by paediatric pathology, neuropathology and cardiac pathology.
