McMaster University - Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine - Hamilton

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McMaster University – Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine – Hamilton

Public Health and Preventive Medicine Including Family Medicine

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Dr. Matthew Hodge

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Caitlin Gurman

Program Administrator

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Program Highlights

This academic and community-based program is built on the principles of population health, all levels of disease prevention, health promotion and protection. It prepares physicians to function flexibly and effectively in leadership roles in a wide variety of community health and academic/research settings.

Our challenging and exciting training path integrates the three major components of the program — Public Health field rotations, clinical training in Family Medicine, and academic coursework — throughout the five years.

General Information

The McMaster Public Health & Preventive Medicine program has forged training partnerships with public health services in Hamilton, Waterloo, and Niagara, as well as with Public Health Ontario. Residents also have the opportunity to complete rotations in governmental health agencies and other organizations in the province. These placements offer a wide variety of experiences at different levels of government and in different sized communities, all with unique population health issues. Our residents have followed varied and challenging paths to reach their career objectives.

Residents will also be matched to one of three Hamilton-based Family Medicine training sites as well as apply to a graduate program relevant to PHPM, such as the Master of Public Health or Health Research Methodology program at McMaster, and must meet the requirements of the program.

Salary Information

Post graduate salaries and benefits differ by province and are determined by two things: your training year, and the province you work in. See below the salaries and benefits for McMaster University - Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine - Hamilton.

Ontario
	Effective October 4th, 2023
PGY1	$67,044.99
PGY2	$72,804.48
PGY3	$78,190.61
PGY4	$84,712.26
PGY5	$90,073.03
PGY6	$95,190.86
PGY7	$99,836.15
PGY8	$105,844.41
PGY9	$109,734.47


Professional Leave	7 working days/year Additional time off provided for writing any CND or US certification exam, leave includes the exam date and reasonable travel time to and from the exam site. Additional RCPSC & CFPC Certification Examination Prep Time Subject to operational requirements and at the request of a resident, a resident will not be scheduled for call duties for a period up to fourteen days prior to a CFPC or RCPSC certification exam. Subject to operational requirements and at the request of a resident, a resident will be granted up to seven consecutive days off during one of the four weeks preceding a CFPC or RCPSC certification exam.
Annual Vacation	4 weeks
Meal Allowance	No
Frequency of Calls	1 in 4 In-hospital, 1 in 3 home
Pregnancy Leave	17 weeks
Parental Leave	35 weeks, 37 weeks if resident did not take pregnancy leave
Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan	Top-up to 84% 27 weeks for women who take pregnancy and parental leave; 12 weeks for parents on stand-alone parental leave.
Provincial Health Insurance	Yes
Extended Health Insurance	Yes
Provincial Dues (% of salary)	1.3%
Dental Plan	85% paid for eligible expenses
CMPA Dues Paid	Under current arrangements, residents are rebated by Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for dues in excess of $300.
Long-Term Disability Insurance	Yes – 70% of salary, non-taxable.
Statutory and Floating Holidays	2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits; 10 stat days plus 1 personal floater. Residents are entitled to at least 5 consecutive days off over the Christmas or New Year period, which accounts for 3 statutory holidays (Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day), and 2 weekend days.
Life Insurance	Yes, 2x salary
Salary and Benefit Continuance	A resident that can’t work due to illness or injury will have salary and benefits maintained for 6 months or until end of appointment (whichever occurs first)
Call Stipend	Regular: $127.60 in-hospital; $63.80 home call or qualifying shift on shift-based services. Weekend premium: $140.36 in-hospital; $70.18 home call or qualifying shift on shift-based services.

Updated October 4, 2023

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Hamilton

Hamilton is a Canadian port city on the western tip of Lake Ontario. The Niagara Escarpment, a huge, forested ridge known locally as “the mountain” and dotted with conservation areas and waterfalls, divides the city. The long-distance Bruce Trail runs along the escarpment. HMCS Haida, a naval warship on the city’s lakefront, and the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in the south, trace Canada’s military past.

Resident Experience

Mark A. Cachia

PGY-2

That you always feel part of the Mac PHPM community. Whether it’s attending half-days as a PGY-1, to seeing other residents during our planned socials, to impromptu board games nights, there’s always folks around!

I really appreciated the opportunity to choose whether or not to pursue the family medicine component of PHPM training at Mac. It allows me to focus on maximizing my learning during residency and helps me be the best physician I can be.

Our within-program community is supportive and always willing to help out a resident in need, especially our Program Coordinator! It can be a bit tricky coordinating everyone’s busy schedules (especially given COVID!) but the PHPM group is only a message away.

Outside of being a resident I’m involved in some environmental initiatives as well as trying to explore more of what Hamilton has to offer as the city begins to open up.

Our program has a dedicated wellness half-day in addition to resident initiated social activities such as hiking or going out for a bite to eat. There are also opportunities to be involved in helping shape the program direction and advocating for changes to continue to create a supportive resident experience.

I’m really looking forward to beginning my core public health rotations in the next year as I will be finally able to put all the theory I have learned into practice!

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