The mission of the pediatric residency program is to provide optimal resources in a stimulating learning environment so that clinical and academic excellence is fostered. We combine patient care, education and research in an atmosphere of inquiry, innovation and self-evaluation that enables residents to become highly competent, consultant pediatricians in addition to lifelong child health advocates. The majority of the clinical activities take place at the Montreal Children's Hospital, but both the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Jewish General Hospital serve as important sites for perinatology. There is also an opportunity to spend one month at Baffin Regional Hospital, a rural centre serving native Canadians, situated 2,500 km north of Montreal in Nunavut. Residents are eligible for the American Board of Pediatric exams after completion of 3 years of training and for the Royal College exams at the end of the fourth year of training.
Residents are eligible for licensing in Quebec at the end of the fifth year of training.
The academic calendar is divided into thirteen 4-week blocks. One block per year is used for annual vacation. The first year of the program is designed to expose residents to the breadth of general pediatrics. Residents assume progressive amounts of responsibility over the year and acquire relevant skills in the assessment and practice of pediatrics. The second year is designed to encourage exposure and interest in subspecialty fields.