Grant: Planning Grants-Priority Announcement:Partnerships for Health System Improvement

Knowledge around the physician paediatric workforce is limited and what does exist is inaccurate. How can the health requirements of the children and youth of Canada be met if the workforce that is to provide this care cannot be accurately described? Our intent is to build on the leadership role, ongoing research and data that the Paediatric Chairs of Canada has within the sixteen paediatric academic centres. This workshop is intended to offer an inaugural assembly of stakeholders to discuss health physician human resources for the paediatric community as they impact on paediatric health outcomes. Stakeholders will join in a day and a half workshop allowing for an exchange of knowledge on the status of Canada's paediatric health human resources. Current evidence from an extensive pool of nationally recognized databases and the prevailing expert insights will form the bases of this forum. Participants will be presented with an opportunity to collaborate on a research project that is intended to offer evidence on the state of paediatric physician health human resources and its impact on the health of Canada's children and youth. The Goals and Objectives of the Workshop are: 1. To bring together national organizations and content experts focused on various aspects of paediatric health human resources; 2. To review in detail the research project; 3. To receive feedback and implement modifications to the defined methodology within the research project promoting a successful outcome; and 4. To engage, define and secure the commitment of stakeholders to further implement the research project. Stakeholders will attend a networking evening followed by a full day interactive workshop allowing for input and delineation of each component of the research project. The workshop will offer new insights and a new approach to addressing the health human resource needs related to the health care needs of Canada's children and youth.