Considerable effort and resources are invested in developing, implementing, and sustaining educational programs in palliative care, making evaluation an important component of these programs. Several ...

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A new study from McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine (DFM) shows how an innovative, experiential, art-based education program is helping faculty, clinicians, and staff better understan...

A group of individuals with lived experience of incarceration in Canadian prisons are shaping research at McMaster University on the health of people affected by incarceration.  The Prison Health Rese...

The number of older adults aged 50 years and above who are incarcerated is increasing rapidly around the world. Providing high quality healthcare for aging incarcerated populations requires tailored s...

AbstractBackground. Family physicians (FP) are critical in providing outpatient end-of-life (EOL) care, yet most continuity measures do not consider tempor

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AbstractBackground. Measures of patient experience of healthcare services are important to improving quality of care and health outcomes. In correctional f

A new Ontario-based study is suggesting the shingles vaccine may help prevent and/or delay the onset of dementia more effectively than any existing treatment.

This study aimed to determine the feasibility of using electronic medical record (EMR) data to assess whether virtual care provided by Family Health Team (FHT) located in Ontario during the early COVI...

Field-of-Play Emergency Extrication Video Series: co-created by the International Olympic Committee, the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, the Paris 2024 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and International Federations

The phrase ‘food is medicine’ has long been used to describe the numerous health benefits conferred by dietary modifications such as the well-known Mediterranean diet, which has been demonstrated to h...

Family physicians play a key role in coordinating and managing patient referrals to specialist care. While central to patient care, the referral proce…

A McMaster led program designed to keep low-income older adults healthy at home and reduce avoidable 911 calls was recognized with a health system innovation award.  Community Paramedicine at Clinic (...

AbstractIntroduction. Family physicians spend approximately half their professional time on indirect patient care activities (IPCA). Essential to patient c

Background: Pay inequality related to social identity has been observed among physicians, even after accounting for hours worked and specialty. Physician identity factors, such as gender and race, may...

Myles Sergeant, a family physician and assistant clinical professor with McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine, has been recognized with the 2025 Environmental Health Award. He was honou...

On October 30, the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) at McMaster University hosted Taking Flight: Celebrating DFM Excellence, a conference showcasing innovative research and scholarship happening ac...

Introduction Emergency shelters offer temporary accommodation to people deprived of housing. Service restriction is the practice of limiting or denying access to emergency shelters in response to beha...

While the aging population is well documented and understood, as is the fact that avoiding premature death is important in being able to age well, the concept of aging well is a more elusive idea. In general, the idea of successful aging in health terms means...

In the context of the over-representation of women who are Indigenous in prisons and historical and structural barriers to health, we undertook a scop…

The healthcare sector has recognised its significant emissions and climate impact, and is beginning to address emission hotspots. However, implementing necessary changes while working with current str...

As a core function of public health, health surveillance for people who are incarcerated could address gaps in knowledge regarding their health status…