The Division of Pediatric Critical Care plays an important role in postgraduate medical education at McMaster University. Resident physicians from various training programs, with skills ranging from novice to expert, routinely rotate through the Intensive Care Unit. The size and flow of the unit enables learners to develop general foundational critical care skills as well as focus on specific or advanced individual objectives.

The Division of Pediatric Critical Care has an active fellowship program that is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The program engages in the dedicated critical care training for both Canadian and International medical graduates.

For additional information, please visit the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program link below.

The core of the division’s hospital work resides within the 12-bed pediatric intensive care unit, located at McMaster Children’s Hospital. Clinical faculty all attend the unit on a regular rotating basis, 24-hours per day, seven-days per week. In addition, the division is responsible for leading and administering the hospital’s critical care rapid response team, known as the PACE team. To further support hospital acute care services, the division routinely participates in activities and committees related to acute care services, including code blue, early warning systems, organ donation, chronic ventilation, simulation, and regional critical care.

The Division of Pediatric Critical Care at McMaster University has a long-standing tradition of performing scholarly work related to critical care and child health with a global reach. Several faculty members lead large, multi-centre research projects. The McMaster pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is also a regular active participant with studies through the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG). The division of pediatric critical care is also well known for fostering and mentoring students with an interest in the field who commonly go on to publish their work and present at conferences.

The division’s primary areas of interest include: PICU Liber8, pediatric sepsis, systematic reviews, organ donation, and resuscitation education. Please visit our individual faculty member pages for a more detailed description of programs of research and their recent publications.