PROGRAM INFORMATION

Welcome to our program!

The Pediatric Neurology Residency training Program at the Alberta Children's Hospital and the University of Calgary, offers a diverse and exciting educational experience. We have a strong commitment to clinical care, teaching and research. We are a fully-accredited 5 year residency training program. Each year, we accept 1 new CMG resident. The ratio of faculty to residents is better than 1:1.

Residents are exposed to a wide variety of neurological disorders, both common and rare, through a combination of out-patient clinics and in-patient services or consults (General Pediatrics Ward, Emergency Department, Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Intensive Care). While on service residents will be exposed to several roles including that of a consultant neurologist for inpatient referrals as well as those from the outpatient program, as well as the primary care physician for patients admitted directly under the Neurology service (this typically consists of 3-5 patients).

Unique to our program, we have a separate General Neurology team and Neurocritical Care team. The General Neurology team manages all patients admitted to the inpatient wards (both consults as well as those admitted under our service), as well as new consults from the emergency department. The Neurocritical care team is a consultant service for acute patients with neurological problems in the NICU and PICU. 

Residents on the General Neurology service also manage our Urgent Clinic, which typically sees 1-3 patients per day, and serves to expedite Neurology referrals from the Community or the Emergency Department.

Another strength of our program is the longitudinal clinic, which begins in first year of residency. Each resident has their own clinic with patients to follow under staff mentorship. This provides an opportunity for patient continuity, and the chance to follow up on patients admitted to hospital as well as see new referrals from the community and follow them over time. 

A strong and vibrant collaborative relationship exists between many disciplines with overlapping involvement in children and youth with neurological disorders. These include; Neurosurgery, Physiatry, Metabolics, Genetics, Neuroradiology, Developmental Pediatrics and General Pediatrics, to name a few. We also have a very close relationship with the Adult Neurology program, and the residents from both programs share part of their protected academic half-day.  

For more information, please visit the CaRMS website: https://www.carms.ca/, or come and do an elective with us!