Program Requirements
The M.Sc. in Family Medicine; Medical Education option is a thesis program designed to provide research training to family physicians, and exceptionally, other health professionals, and students interested in medical education research. This M.Sc. Option will have very close ties to the Family Medicine Educational Research Group (FMER), which is the corollary of the educational innovations in teaching and research conceived and established in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Department of Family Medicine in 2005. The FMER’s ultimate goal is to advance knowledge to: (1) constantly inform family medicine curricula innovations and continuing professional development to better family physicians’ clinical practice; (2) significantly contribute to the development of the family medicine education field of inquiry, and; (3) rigorously develop and inform medical education policy. This research agenda of FMER is articulated through four interrelated streams: (1) family physicians’ professional identity formation; (2) information use and technology in the learning episodes of practicing physician and organizational learning; (3) program evaluation of educational innovations, and; (4) knowledge synthesis.
Thesis Courses (24 credits)
Thesis subject should be related to medical education.
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FMED 697 Master's Thesis Research 1 (12 credits)
Overview
Family Medicine : Independent work under the direction of a supervisor in a designated area of research.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016
Instructors: Bartlett-Esquilant, Gillian (Fall) Bartlett-Esquilant, Gillian (Winter)
Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the M.Sc in Family Medicine program.
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FMED 698 Master's Thesis Research 2 (12 credits)
Overview
Family Medicine : Independent work under the direction of a supervisor in a designated area of research.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016
Instructors: Bartlett-Esquilant, Gillian (Fall) Bartlett-Esquilant, Gillian (Winter)
Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the M.Sc in Family Medicine program.
Required Courses (15 credits)
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EPIB 601 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (4 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to epidemiologic concepts and corresponding terms. After an introduction to the history, definition, and purposes of epidemiology, "core" concepts that are relevant in several areas of investigation (e.g., etiologic research, health care research, and community medicine practice) will be presented.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: McKinnon, Brittany; Huang, Jonathan; Yang, Seungmi (Fall)
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FMED 505 Basic Analysis for Health Data (3 credits)
Overview
Family Medicine : Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical family medicine research and other health research. Topics include descriptive statistics, correlation, probability, inference, regression, and program evaluation.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Andersson, Neil; Salsberg, Jonathan (Fall)
Open to all graduate students in Faculty of Medicine.
Priority to students registered in the MSc in Family Medicine program.
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FMED 600 Mixed Studies Reviews (1 credit)
Overview
Family Medicine : Literature reviews of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies (epistemological issues, evaluation/research questions, identification of publications, selection of relevant studies, appraisal of methodological quality and synthesis of results).
Terms: Summer 2016
Instructors: Pluye, Pierre; Vedel, Isabelle (Summer)
Prerequisite: 1 course in mixed methods (e.g., DENT 672); OR 1 course in qualitative methods (e.g., PSYT 625) and 1 course in quantitative methods (any introductory course in epidemiology); OR permission of the instructor
Intensive summer course; open to graduate and post-graduate students; contact hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (Department of Family Medicine, 5858 Cote des Neiges Road, Suite 300, Montreal, QC H3S1Z1); enrolment limitations: health-related review (all disciplines) and research background (at least 1 course in mixed methods OR 1 course in qualitative and 1 course in quantitative methods); language of instruction: English.
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FMED 603 Participatory Research: Patient & Public Engagement (1 credit)
Overview
Family Medicine : Scholarship and practice of participatory research for engaging patients, practitioners and the public in health research. Includes current issues and examples from contemporary usage in community, clinics, and in knowledge translation.
Terms: Summer 2016
Instructors: Salsberg, Jonathan (Summer)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Restriction: Open to all graduate students in Faculty of Medicine. Priority to students registered in the MSc in Family Medicine program.
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FMED 625 Qualitative Health Research (3 credits)
Overview
Family Medicine : Discussion and practice of qualitative methodologies for conducting rigorous and reflective qualitative research projects with a family medicine and primary health care focus, including ethnographic fieldwork and community interviews.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Rodriguez, Rosario (Fall)
Course will be given in English. Course work may be submitted in English or French.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYT 625. Must obtain instructor's approval to register for the course. Open to students with Bachelor’s degrees in Health or Social Science.
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FMED 672 Applied Mixed Methods in Health Research (3 credits)
Overview
Family Medicine : Exploration of how qualitative and quantitative methods can be combined in health research using appropriate mixed methods research questions, designs, and pertinent data collection/analysis.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Levine, Alissa; Nicolau, Belinda Farias; Pluye, Pierre (Winter)
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 students who have had prior graduate training in quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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EDPE 555 Introduction to Learning Sciences (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Examination of foundations of cognitive science including contributions by psychology, linguistics, and computer science. Consideration of theory and methodology or cognitive science in educational and instructional contexts.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Breuleux, Alain (Fall)
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EDPE 635 Theories of Learning and Instruction (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : An analysis of the relationship between theory and research about learning and teaching from a historical perspective.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Hoover, Michael L; Dubé, Adam (Winter)
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EDPH 689 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Collegial) : Students will develop an understanding of teaching and learning as a process in which instruction is based on the learning to be accomplished. Students will design, develop, and evaluate a university course of their choice, and will develop facility and confidence in using teaching methods appropriate to their domains.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2016
Instructors: Bateman, Dianne (Fall) Bateman, Dianne (Winter) Bateman, Dianne (Summer)
Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
Elective Courses (3 credits)
3 credits, at the 500 level or higher, chosen in consultation with the student’s academic supervisor, specifically involving educational issues, and always relating to the student's thesis topic within the medical education field.