The Department of Paediatrics

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• Serving the Health Needs of Children, Youth and
  Their Families Through Leadership in Education,
  Research and Clinical Care

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MISSION STATEMENT To provide national
leadership in paediatric research and education
to promote the health and health care of
children and youth.
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Dr. Bruno Piedboeuf Université Laval Dr. Harvey
Guyda McGill University Dr. Claude
Lemoine Université de Sherbrooke Dr. Marc
Girard Université de Montréal
Dr. Rick Cooper Memorial University
Dr. Terry Klassen University of Alberta
Dr. Robert Armstrong University of B.C.
Dr. William Bingham University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Cheryl Greenberg University of Manitoba
Dr. Brent Scott University of Calgary
Dr. Jonathan Kronick Dalhousie University
Dr. Peter Steer McMaster University
Dr. Joseph Reisman University of Ottawa
Dr. Hugh OBrodovich University of Toronto
Dr. Kimberly Dow Queens University
Dr. Timothy Frewen University of Western Ontario
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PCC History and Background Information

• Founded in 1960 as the Assembly of Canadian
  University Paediatric Department Heads
• Represents the 16 Canadian university affiliated
  teaching hospitals
• 50 of all Canadian paediatricians work within
  PCC Departments of Paediatrics

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History and Background Contd

• PCC/DPC Academic Health Sciences Centres provide
  health care in diverse regions across Canada
• PCC/DPC values its close linkages with
  National/International organizations
• Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres
  (CAPHC)
• Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist
  Program (CCHCSP)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
• National Child and Youth Health Coalition (NCYHC)
• PSDP
• AMSPDC

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PCC Goals Objectives

• To enhance our national and international
  advocacy for pediatric education and research to
  improve the health of infants, children and
  youth.
• To enhance our role in the development of high
  quality, highly relevant paediatric research that
  spans the continuum from prevention to promotion
  of child and youth health.
• To promote and enhance our role as leaders in
  paediatric education at the undergraduate,
  postgraduate and continuing medical education
  levels.

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Goals Objectives Contd

• To promote and assist in the development of
  effective human resource planning for academic
  pediatrics and child and youth health care
  delivery.
• To work together to promote child and youth
  access to coordinated health services in the best
  possible environment within academic health
  science centres and the communities they serve.
• To develop collaborative relationships with other
  national and international organizations that
  will assist us in fulfilling our mission.

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Common Priorities Challenges of Many Canadian
Departments of Paediatrics

• Achieving optimal recognition within health
  sciences centres without being free-standing
  childrens hospitals
• Sustaining optimal clinical care programs for
  children youth
• Achieving and sustaining the required critical
  mass to deliver tertiary care across all regions
• Achieving and sustaining the required critical
  mass needed to address current research
  challenges

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Common Priorities Challenges Contd

• Defining the needs and uniqueness of Academic
  Paediatrics within the current climate of
  Health Care Reform
• Building on the individual strengths of academic
  paediatrics across Canada by establishing a
  national infrastructure to address key child and
  youth health issues
• Increasing the national profile of paediatrics
  within all levels of government , research
  agencies etc..

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PCC is Committed to Implementing Transitional
Strategies and Processes

• To provide evidence that supports the need for
  transitional strategies and processes
• To identify strategies for Best Practice in the
  continuous and comprehensive care of children and
  youth with chronic health conditions
• To determine health care priorities for the care
  of children, youth and families across Canada
• To address the discontinuation of care and
  treatment between paediatric and adult services
• To focus on treatment needs to include ongoing
  health maintenance and monitoring

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Paediatric Chairs of Canada (PCC)Linkages

• Canadian Association of Paediatric Health
  Centres (CAPHC)
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
• Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist
  Program (CCHCSP)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Training
• Paediatric Undergraduate Program Directors
  (PUPDOC)
• Postgraduate Training Program Directors
• Royal College of Physicians Surgeons
  Specialty Committee
• Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP)
• Association of Medical Schools Pediatric
  Department Chairs (AMSPDC)

• National Child and Youth Health Coalition

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PCC Collaborative Initiatives

• PSDP, HSC National Grants Program, and PCC
  partnership
• Labor Market Model and Strategy for the Future of
  Paediatrics in Canada - Partnership initiative
  with the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and
  other national organizations
• Childhood Obesity and Health Body Weights,
  Evidence Report - Partnership Initiative with the
  CIHR-Institute of Nutrition Metabolism and
  Diabetes, and the Canadian Association of
  Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
• National Academic Workforce Database - In
  collaboration with the Sixteen Canadian
  Departments of Paeditrics and
• Establishing Canadian Paediatric Healthcare
  Indicators Standards- National Initiative
  development planned for the fall 2003.

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• For Further Information Contact us at
• PCC/DPCs National Office
• admin_at_paediatricchairs.ca