Subspecialty Residency Program

Curriculum

The Developmental Pediatrics Subspecialty Residency Program follows the training requirements set by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPSC).

1. Twenty-six (26) blocks of Developmental Pediatrics, one (1) year of which may be concurrently undertaken with the specialty of Pediatrics with joint approval of the Pediatrics specialty training program director and the program director of the Developmental Pediatrics program. This period must include a minimum of:

1.1. A longitudinal clinic experience of one (1) half-day clinic or equivalent per block, over at least twenty (20) blocks, providing continuity of care to a group of children and their families

1.2. Fifteen (15) blocks of core Developmental Pediatrics

1.2.1. Four (4) blocks in a clinical setting focused on the neuromotor population, with two (2) of those four (4) blocks in the second year to ensure that residents are given increasing professional responsibility

1.2.2. Four (4) blocks in a clinical setting focused on the developmental-behavioural population, with two (2) of those four (4) blocks in the second year to ensure that residents are given increasing professional responsibility

1.2.3. Seven (7) blocks in a clinical setting focused on a balance in the neuromotor population and the developmental-behavioural population, which will supplement the above training to ensure adequate opportunity to diagnose and manage the breadth of specific disorders of development/phenomenologies of Developmental Pediatrics

1.3. Three (3) blocks of subspecialty training, including a minimum of one (1) block in each of the following:

1.3.1. Child and adolescent psychiatry

1.3.2. Medical genetics, including metabolic diseases

1.3.3. Pediatric neurology

1.4. Three (3) blocks of research experience

1.5. Five (5) additional blocks selected from at least two (2) of the following as approved by the program director, with a maximum of three (3) blocks in any one (1) area:

1.5.1. Child and adolescent psychiatry

1.5.2. Child protection

1.5.3. Complex continuing care

1.5.4. Developmental Pediatrics

1.5.5. Education/curriculum development

1.5.6. Medical genetics, including metabolic diseases

1.5.7. Neonatal developmental followup

1.5.8. Pediatric neurology

1.5.9. Orthopedic surgery

1.5.10. Palliative care

1.5.11. Physical medicine and rehabilitation

1.5.12. Research

1.5.13. Other relevant experience approved by the program director

NOTES:

1. For the purposes of this document, a one (1) block rotation consists of four (4) weeks or equivalent.

2. The longitudinal clinic experience in 1.1. must occur in a minimum of one (1) half-day clinic or equivalent per block, over at least twenty (20) blocks of training. This training must allow the resident to follow a group of children and their families in a continuity of care model.

3. The selective rotations are to augment the learning obtained in the core developmental services to ensure all the educational objectives are met. Rotation choices will be individualized to the experience and goals of the resident.

Electives

Rehab centers learning the expertise of physiatrists, orthopedic and neuro surgeons. Electives are arranged through our Program administrators, usually for 4 week blocks.

Training Sites

Montreal Children's Hospital

Shriners Hospital for Children - Montreal

Centre de Réadaption Marie Enfant du CHU Sainte-Justine

Mackay Centre

Unique Educational Opportunities

Working in neuromotor pediatrics at the Shriners Hospital for Childen - Montreal, Centre de Réadaption Marie Enfant du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal Mackay Centre, and other centres in Canada.

Summer Sessions in Epidemiology and Biostatistics for health professionals offered by McGill University.