Grant: Training Grant: SPOR National Training Entity - LOI

The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP) is a vibrant training program that has been active for the last 18 years. CCHCSP is known for its success in cultivating a community of child health clinician scientists who have gone on to be leaders in child health research in Canada and internationally. Its success is a result of a holistic approach that merges salary awards for trainees with a multifaceted curriculum that includes hands-on training, mentorship, and networking. As a Contributor to the SPOR National Training Entity (NTE), CCHCSP can extend our national training model to support a strategy for patient-oriented research by (1) providing salary awards for child health patient-oriented research trainees, (2) opening our curriculum to SPOR NTE trainees, (3) hosting tools for patient-oriented research training on our Learning Management System while maintaining our open access policy, and (4) enable capacity to evaluate the success of the trainee pool. By working with CCHCSP as a model program for clinician scientist training and development, and integrating various aspects of the SPOR NTE into CCHCSP, we will mutually benefit while providing a sustainable and exceptional platform of training for patient-oriented researchers in Canada.