Health Sciences Media

The programs within the Faculty of Health Sciences cover the spectrum of health care. The newest are Canada's first undergraduate program for physician assistants and a combined MD/PhD program. They also include nursing, rehabilitation science, midwifery and a popular Bachelor of Health Sciences program, as well as the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, named for the philanthropist whose $105-million donation in 2003 was the largest private gift to a Canadian institution.

The Faculty is known for its development of small-group, problem-based learning, an education model widely adopted by schools around the world.  Its development of the concept of evidence-based medicine placed in the top 10 of the British Medical Journal's poll on the world's most important achievements in the past 150 years.

In partnership with hospitals, government bodies and private enterprise, the Faculty of Health Sciences continually pursues medical breakthroughs in laboratories and incorporates them into the practice of health care professionals.

Media Contact

Veronica McGuire
Coordinator, Media and Community Relations
Faculty of Health Sciences
905-525-9140 ext. 22169
vmcguir@mcmaster.ca