An initiative of
Dr. Stefanie Narvey
Program Director
Charisma Mendoza
Our program offers comprehensive training in Developmental Pediatrics in both tertiary and community clinic settings. We have a collegial faculty of Developmental Pediatricians modeling a variety of practice styles. In addition, trainees work closely with Neurology, Clinical Genetics, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and have access to a wide variety of other specialists and clinicians. Core rotations in General Developmental Pediatrics and Neuromotor Pediatrics are complemented by experiences in specialty clinics such as High Risk Newborn Follow-up, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Complex Care, Feeding, Sleep, ADHD, Assistive Technology, Orthopedics, Muscular Dystrophy, and Spina Bifida, among others. Throughout training, there are ample opportunities for participation in teaching, research, administrative work, and child advocacy. There is an academic half-day program and opportunity to complete elective rotations out of province if so desired. Courses in epidemiology and statistics are available, and completion of a research project is expected with supervision from faculty and excellent departmental support through the nationally recognized Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, which hosts the annualResident and Fellow Research Competition.
Our primary program is located in the Child Development Clinic, which in June 2016 relocated to the SSCY Centre (Specialized Services for Children and Youth). SSCY is an initiative focusing on the integration and co-location of services for Manitoba children with disabilities and special needs, and is located in a beautifully renovated heritage building just a few minutes away from the Health Sciences Centre. We are associated with the Rehabilitation Centre for Children (also located at the SSCY Centre), which offers a number of subspecialty clinics,and the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre, which offers mental health services for school aged children.
This residency program is for 2 years.
Program length of training does not exceed the Royal College or College of Family Physicians of Canada standard.
Our program offers a broad and balanced exposure to Development/Behaviour and Neuromotor presentations. Our Section’s location at Specialized Services for Children and Youth facilitates opportunities to participate in a variety of subspecialty clinics and collaborate with physician and allied health colleagues including Psychology, Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, and Play Therapy. Per the subspecialty training requirements, there are rotations that focus on either Development/Behaviour or Neuromotor populations, and rotations with exposure to a mix of these patient populations, for a total of 15 core blocks of Developmental Pediatrics. Clinics available during these rotations include Child Development (pre-school aged), Sterling Lyon Development (school aged), Newborn Follow-Up, FASD, Feeding, Complex Care, Spina Bifida, Orthopedics, Neuromuscular, Spasticity, Minor Brain Injury, and Assistive Technology, as well as specialized Neurology clinics. There are also opportunities to participate in allied health clinics. Some of the above clinics occur via Outreach to rural and remote/Northern locations, both off reserve and on reserve via Jordan’s Principle, and the trainee is encouraged to participate in these.
In addition to the above Developmental Pediatrics rotations, there are required rotations in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical Genetics, and Pediatric Neurology, as well as a minimum of 3 Research rotations during which to work on a scholarly project. The balance of the program allows for selective rotations in a number of related areas, which may be scheduled at the University of Manitoba or externally.
There is a continuity clinic that is scheduled once per rotation with a school aged population, and as the trainee progresses in their program they will be scheduled with their own patients in the preschool aged clinic as well. There is an Academic Half-Day program with weekly learning opportunities that include presentations and discussions with a variety of professional colleagues as well as self-directed learning activities and formal training courses for the use of standardized assessment tools.
