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McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
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  • Year founded: 1887
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McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Hamilton, ON
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 2 27 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 0 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $25,130
  • Non - Resident Tuition N/A
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG MCAT N/A
  • AVG GPA 3.0
  • LIZZYM Score N/A
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • MDCL - 3104
  • 1280 Main Street West
  • Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
  • Canada

School Overview

McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

The Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University is proud of building effective health care teams through our innovative, small group, problem-based learning method of instruction which has won us world-wide renown.

Curriculum

The COMPASS curriculum aims to ensure that our graduates have a good working understanding of biological, psychological and social mechanisms and processes, as well as their impact on health and disease, based on principles of learning drawn from cognitive psychology. Recent evidence from cognitive psychology about how people learn and use concepts suggests specific strategies which are very compatible with the basic approach to problem-based learning. These advances have guided McMaster curriculum planners to develop a curriculum that can ensure that concepts, once mastered, will be available to students when resolving clinical dilemmas. The COMPASS curriculum is structured to allow the integration of critically important fundamental concepts in medicine and affords an opportunity for students to have the time to practice applying these concepts to multiple different clinical problems.

Facilities

Our Faculty thrives on a team approach to health care that goes beyond the tenet of various professionals interfacing with the patient and family. This approach represents a true partnership between the community and the University. Within McMaster's health care group is a broad spectrum of staff, faculty, students, alumni and community supporters, as well as our strong academic hospitals Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and St. Peter's Family of Services.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 21
Negatively 1
No change 3

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
5.27 26

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.33 18

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Pros and Cons of self-directed learning and problem-based learning How have you prepared yourself for this type of learning (PBL and SDL)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I signed a confidentiality agreement stipulating that I would not disclose any questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"- some medical quotes" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Sorry, can't disclose! Prepare like you would for any other interview. Practice ethical questions, or situational (what would you do if...) type of questions, looking at both sides (all possible points), and come to a conclusion at the end. If you run out of ideas, they will ask follow-up questions to help you along." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Cannot disclose. However, know yourself well and have a familiarity with difficult ethical issues. Always address both sides, but in the end, make a decision and stick with it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Cannot disclose. You should read the publications on the MMI just to get a feel for the process." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Sorry, can't divulge." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Sorry, I wouldn't be respecting the process if I provided any questions. Just a word of advice though, the practice MMI questions you find on the net are not the same as the questions asked at Mac. They are great practice...but the questions you will get will be like nothing you can find on the net. TRUST ME!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I'm holding a picture made up of felt shapes and I have to describe it to my partner so she can recreate the picture without having seen it. AFterwards we discuss our progress." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I take the Fifth! lol" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mac keeps them confidential, sorry." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no use providing quest...you MUST track down past MMIs...they are availalbe on the web" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"scenario where you had to calm down an actor (roleplaying)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I want to be a physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question: How are you going to pay for school? Answer I should have given: none of your business. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I signed a confidentiality agreement stipulating that I would not disclose any questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI questions cannot be disclosed. Some interesting team work games which are popular at the ontario science centre ..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can't disclose the questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Cannot disclose. The questions are all very different. Nothing unfair." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Something do do with 'commiting a serious medical error', and how I would react." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I had to tell a patient (actress) who had been trying to have a baby that she was infertile. She actually cried!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I'm under some sort of gag-order. In any case, the questions were interesting, albeit better suited to applicants to the Nicollo Machiavelli School of Public Policy." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"signed a confidentiality agreement... but the question was related to ethics and communications" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"most were very interesting! (but they're confidential)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"--a drawing exercise where you had to describe the objects to another interviewer on the other side of a curtain" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Social implications of gambling" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of art medium do you prefer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did my volunteer role with a board of directors conflict with the medical community in any way?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Whether I thought that science was important in medicine... duh... yeah?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"unsure" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing. msotly the same old obvious questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You voiced your interest in international health...Would you feel guilty for going overseas to provide health care while many of your fellow Canadians are waiting months and months in long queues to be seen by a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
7.00 1

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"I liked the clerkship, it was well run and McMaster clinicians teach well and care. There is a good balance in clerkship between service and learning." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"I disliked the anatomy, and I also disliked the way that electives were scheduled, they were too early on in the clerkship, leaving students underprepared for rotations." | Report Response

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