Health Services

More than 40,000 people in the Hamilton region have access to primary health care through McMaster Family Health Team (MFHT), a collaboration of three separate clinics operated by our Health Services team.

MFHT clinics, which are academic teaching units, have a wide range of benefits for patients, students, researchers and the health care system as a whole. Some of these benefits are:

  • Patients directly benefit from the innovations of our department’s Research team;
  • Future health care workers become the best possible practitioner through a robust education program;
  • The future of our health care system is being realized through our commitment to system transformation and challenging the status quo.

Our Clinics

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McMaster Family Practice Learn More

McMaster Family Practice has more than 90 health care providers offering a full range of direct primary health care to over 20,000 patients. The clinic is located at 100 Main Street West in downtown Hamilton, in the David Braley Health Sciences Centre.

Stonechurch Family Health Centre Learn More

Stonechurch Family Health Centre is a team of over 90 health care providers serving over 19,000 patients a wide range of services for every age group. The clinic located on the Hamilton Mountain, at 1475 Upper Ottawa Street.

Maternity Centre of Hamilton Learn More

Co-located with McMaster Family Practice, the Maternity Centre provides expert care to pregnant people at any stage of pregnancy. From the very beginning, offering free pregnancy tests and prenatal care, right through to labour and delivery, as well as six weeks postpartum.

Education in Health Services

Education is everywhere in our clinics. From our health care students to our clinical leadership, ongoing development and education is very important to us.

Some examples of education in our Health Services team are:

  • As academic teaching units, the McMaster Family Health Team (MFHT) clinics are where the next generation of health care providers are trained and mentored. Health care students and family medicine residents gain most of their experience in our Department from hands-on, real world cases. They work directly with experienced health care providers, educators and researchers to make sure their training is world class.
  • With so much training happening in our clinics, the Health Services team is also an active part of our Department’s Education team. We are always creating and testing new ways to train health care students. Our clinicians are often recognized for their innovative approach to medical education.
  • Our clinics are interdisciplinary. This means we have a large team of health care providers including, but not limited to, family doctors. Each conversation is educational, as the people on our team have unique knowledge and training that can help their colleagues. You can learn more about our wide range of providers on the McMaster Family Health Team website.

Research in Health Services

An important part of providing excellent patient care is making sure health care is always advancing.

All members of our Health Services team are committed to an academic approach to family medicine. This means initiating, participating in or otherwise supporting research that will move the health care system forward.

Within Health Services, research is conducted in many different ways. Some projects invite patients to be involved, while others happen entirely out-of-sight of patients. To learn more about the range of research happening in Health Services and the wider Department of Family Medicine, please visit the Research Enterprise website.

If you are interested in collaborating with us on a research initiative, please contact the Research Administration team.