General and Community Pediatrics
About the Division
The Division of General Pediatrics consists of a strong community of pediatricians involved in providing teaching to medical students and pediatric residents, as well as providing primary and consultative care for children. Many provide outreach
In addition to private pediatric practices, there are five regional clinic sites offering additional multidisciplinary programs.
Our Clinics
Learn more about what we offer at our different regional clinic sites:
The Edmonton Oilers Pediatric Ambulatory Clinic at the Stollery Children's Hospital is a teaching clinic that concentrates on the chronic and complex medical needs of children and provides medical care for children and adolescents up to the age of 16 with acute and/or chronic medical problems. Pediatricians, medical students, pediatric residents, nurses, dieticians and social workers at the clinic provide consultation services to other physicians, as well as information and support for parents. Development of a program for adolescent services is currently underway.
This is a community health centre located in Northeast Edmonton. It provides medical services through Alberta Health Services, including a 24/7 emergency department. Pediatric services and programs at the community health centre include:
- child and adolescent health
- community child health clinics
- children's asthma clinic
- drop-in for new mothers
- families and infants
- new mom's network
- Healthy Beginnings Postpartum Program
- school health services.
The Child Health Ambulatory Clinic at the Royal Alexandra Hospital is a general pediatric clinic; however, it has recently been expanded to include services in international and special needs adoption, foster care assessments and support of medical needs for children in foster care, asthma education, nutrition, breastfeeding and pediatric urology.
The Child Health Clinic at the Misericordia Community Hospital is a teaching clinic that has established a national reputation for its community pediatric programs. These include a pediatric environmental health specialty unit, asthma education, breastfeeding, behaviour assessment, obesity and enuresis clinics. Working closely with acute care centres, the Child Health Clinic's multidisciplinary team helps children make the transition back into the community.
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital, like other facilities, relies on the support of community general pediatricians in caring for newborn babies, both in the case room and in the hospital nurseries. These pediatricians provide support for approximately 6,000 newborns as well as clinics in support of breastfeeding, general pediatrics, assessment of gastrointestinal diseases, sleep disorders, level 2 community pediatric asthma clinics and neurodevelopment and mental health services in an ambulatory setting.
Outreach learning opportunities are available in smaller centres in Northern Alberta.
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Education Programs
Initiatives
The Social Pediatrics Advocacy Collaborative in Edmonton (SPACE)
The SPACE initiative includes a growing number of pediatricians, researchers, educators and advocates in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine who are committed to optimizing health and health equity in vulnerable child and youth populations through community engaged health service, advocacy, research, and education. SPACE goals include the following;- Identify opportunities to engage with individuals, communities and organizations within and beyond the health sector.
- Facilitate partnerships to address unmet needs that contribute to child health and well being.
- Create awareness of potential and ongoing partnerships between the community and the SPACE.
- Advocate for policies that will positively impact child health, particularly those related to decolonization, anti-racism, support for families living in poverty, inclusion for LGBTQS+ youth etc.
- Identify research opportunities with community stakeholders that address SDOH to improve health outcomes.
- Support and foster community based participatory research partnerships that engage those who are directly affected by the issues being studied.
- Disseminate knowledge of research outcomes to inform evidence based decision making.
- Support and demonstrate the Social Pediatrics resident rotation as an essential and mandatory component of the pediatric resident training program.
- Encourage learners to develop a rich understanding of the SDOH and how they affect children, youth and families through clinical and community encounters, required readings , daily reflective writing, and a case mapping project.
- Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with community organizations who foster educational placements for residents
- Encouraging participation of pediatric residents and staff members of the DoP at monthly journal clubs reviewing topics related to social pediatrics and global health.
The Social Pediatrics Advocacy Collaborative in Edmonton (SPACE) meets monthly. For more information and/or to get involved contact Dr. Bonnie Islam and Dr. Qaasim Mian