Pediatrics and Child Health University of Manitoba

Overview

Structure

In discussion with your potential advisor, you will pick one of four research pillars and build a customized and multi-disciplinary degree track. This will be your home pillar in the Pediatrics and Child Health program at the University of Manitoba.

Over the course of your degree, you will be required to take courses in two of the three other pillars. This will broaden your understanding of different areas in medical research and provide unique perspectives you may not otherwise get.

Basic sciences

• This pillar is intended for students involved in bench or wet lab research. Can involve, among other things, experimental work with animal models or cell lines.

Clinical research

• This pillar prepares students for careers in clinical trials, and clinical epidemiology among others. It is also intended for those students who are clinicians seeking further training in pediatric clinical research.

Population health

• In this pillar, students will learn about epidemiology, qualitative and mixed methods, and research that addresses non-clinical questions in preparation for employment as population-based researchers.

Practice and policy

• This pillar is intended for those whose research addresses policy and advocacy, knowledge translation, quality improvement, or medical education and ethics.