Residents
Resident Advocacy Initiatives
National Resident Advocacy Day is an initiative of the CPS Residents Section and is supported by the Healthy Generations Foundation. This initiative aims to give residents hands-on experience in the CanMEDS role of health advocate and to raise awareness about critical children and youth health issues. Paediatric residency programs across Canada participate by organizing resident education and community awareness activities.
Advocacy is recognized as one of the key components of medical education, as outlined in CanMEDs. To support this the Residents Section started the National Resident Advocacy Project to give residents hands-on experience in the Health Advocate role and to raise awareness about critical children and youth health issues.
The Section has also created a web page to highlight trainee-led advocacy projects happening across Canada. This allows for easier access and sharing of information and resources amongst residents and medical students. If you have been involved in a project, make sure to add it to our database.
Through the Paediatric Resident Advocacy Grant, Healthy Generations offers up to $10,000 to support paediatric residents in developing, planning and implementing a community-based research or advocacy project in child and youth health.
Several CPS sections offer grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 to residents to promote research and paediatric and international electives. Health Generations also
Many CPS sections offer grants to There are also many grants for residents through CPS and Health
Visit CPS Advocacy Centre for current public policy issues, factsheets and toolkits.
Last updated:
May 10 2017
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