We at the University of Alberta respectfully acknowledge that we are situated on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples, including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others. Learning and unlearning are important to us here. We respect other ways of knowing, doing, and being; we have much to learn from the historical and ongoing caretakers of this land and space.

We have roughly 48 general pediatric residents and 230 faculty and clinical teachers. This may seem like a large number of teaching staff, but it reflects our broad community of educators from Red Deer to Yellowknife. Our residents get to know these pediatricians and faculty well. The geographic catchment that our centre serves is the largest in North America, ensuring varied clinical exposure.

Clinical opportunities include day trips and multi-day trips to communities anywhere from 45 minutes to 7 hours outside of Edmonton. Further optional experiences include Grande Prairie, Yellowknife, and more remote fly-in communities. Cultural sensitivity and cultural safety are important components of pediatrics here! We are particularly proud to offer clinical opportunities in Maskwacis, initially a pediatric outreach clinic started by a residency advocacy group, and is now a full- time general pediatric clinic serving all four Cree nations in its local area.

Community-based rotations in each year of training allow for exposure and graded responsibilities, with second year onward having rural/regional opportunities. From ‘Core of Discipline’ stage of training, residents participate in a Continuity Clinic at various community sites located in and around Edmonton. This enhances learners’ experiences in consultative ambulatory pediatric clinics and enhances longitudinal care-provision proficiency.

Our program has a Night Float system that concentrates your call and serves to minimize time away from other rotations while facilitating fatigue risk management.

Electives may be taken locally, provincially, nationally, or internationally. There are two 4-week electives in both the second and third year and an additional elective during the flexible transition to practice period in PGY4. We also have tailored Transition to Practice streams in our 4th year of training to help support that integral last phase of training with us. Our program is dynamic and values continuous quality improvement.