Masters in Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care - McMaster University

We are so excited to host the first Child Life Research Day next week! We would love for you to join us. We'll spend the day celebrating research projects and initiatives through presentations and networking sessions. Registration is open through to June 16th. https://childlife.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/c-l-events/

Stream 2 is still taking applications until March 31 - fully online!
https://gs.mcmaster.ca/how-to-apply/

If you are attending our 2025 Child Life Research Day, consider submitting a 3 minute presentation idea of any ongoing or completed research studies, quality improvement initiatives or knowledge translation projects. This portion of the day will be followed by a panel and networking opportunities. We would love to hear from you! Deadline to submit has been moved to April 4th! https://forms.office.com/r/VMcCJJ7WqZ

29 days left to register for the 2025 Child Life Research Day! If you want to connect with other who are passionate about research, quality improvement and knowledge translation in child life please join us! Registration gets you 3.5 pre-approved PDU's (access to the recording for 60 days if you can't make it on the day of). We would love to have you join us :)
https://childlife.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/c-l-events/

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the 2025 Child Life Research Day! We hope to see you virtually on April 17th (11 am - 4 pm EST).

Register at https://childlife.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/c-l-events/

If you have a current research, quality improvement or knowledge translation project you'd like to share at our event, please fill out the 3 minute presentation form by March 14th https://forms.office.com/r/VMcCJJ7WqZ

We're so excited to host this upcoming child life research day on April 17th. We hope you'll join us! Our website and registration link will be ready next week so stay tuned 😀

Save the date for the inaugural Child Life Research Day hosted by McMaster University CLPCC program! This is a virtual event. April 17th (11 am - 4 pm). Stay tuned for more information.

Congratulations to Allison Sohanlal our faculty as one of the Fall MERIT Faculty Fellows! The fellowship aims to provide mentorship and supervision in health professions education research. Allison plans to gather vital data to improve the application and matching process for child life internships in Canada!

A message from Board President Sarah Patterson, MSc, CCLS on #worldpatientsafetyday “Let’s acknowledge and celebrate the essential role we (child life specialists) play in promoting emotional safe care; together, our community will continue to make immense impact in this area. Thank you to all child life specialists for your unwavering dedication to making healthcare safer for children and families.” @who

We are fortunate to have our faculty involved in many initiatives in the profession of child life!

NEWS: ACLP Board President Sarah Patterson, MSc, CCLS gives keynote, leads workshops at emergency medicine conference

This August Sarah Patterson, MSc, CCLS, and President of ACLP’s Board of Directors gave the keynote speech and led two workshops at the Emergency Medicine Education & Research Global Exchange (EMERGE) Conference hosted by The Aga Khan University (AKU) Medical College, Pakistan. Aga Khan University

Patterson spoke about emotional safety and leadership, equity, and inquiry in emergency medicine education in her keynote. She also led two workshops alongside Dr. Jabeen Fayyaz: “Simulation Design, Facilitation, and Debriefing: Translating Theory to Practice” and “Using Simulation to Improve Emotional Safety: Creating a Toolkit for Healthcare Providers."

ACLP is proud to have a globally-recognized child life specialist like Patterson at the helm during the 2024-2025 Board of Directors term and looks forward to her continuing contributions as Board of Directors President.

Read more about Patterson's presence at EMERGE here: https://ow.ly/xH3850T2omh

http://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran/hope-house-offers-warm-huug-for-bereaved-kids-and-families/

Hope House offers warm “HUUG” for bereaved kids and families Open house set for this Thursday, June 20.