The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

As the largest paediatric academic health sciences centre in Canada, SickKids is driven by a mission to improve the health of children by providing the best in family-centred care, creating groundbreaking scientific and clinical advancements and training the next generation of experts in child health. 

Vision: Healthier Children. A Better World.

Mission: As leaders in child health, we partner locally and globally to improve the health of children through the integration of care, research and education.

Core values: Excellence, Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation

Our President & CEO, Dr. Michael Apkon, leads the hospital along with a leadership team who work with our Board of Trustees, chaired by Rose Patten.

We have a large and dedicated team with over 10,456 staff, students and volunteers:

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A distinguishing characteristic of SickKids is the integration of research, learning and the care of a sick child.

Clinical facts & figures (2015-16 Annual Report):

More than 40 per cent of SickKids patients come from outside the Greater Toronto Area for services that are not available anywhere else in the province and in some cases, the country.

SickKids Research Institute The SickKids Research Institute is the largest child health

research institute in Canada and a centre for excellence and innovation that places SickKids on the world stage of health-care expertise. Researchers from around the world are drawn to SickKids to help understand and prevent disease, find cures and transform children’s health.

By embedding research within a hospital, scientists are able to ensure clinically relevant scientific questions are asked.

The Research Institute’s comprehensive structure integrates research endeavours and resources right across the health continuum.

In asking relevant scientific questions we employ collaborative in-depth research, fully integrated programs and empowered independent researchers.

Scientists, professional staff, students and trainees are organized into seven programs which encompass different aspects of scientific discovery:

o Cell Biologyo Child Health Evaluative Scienceso Developmental & Stem Cell Biologyo Genetics & Genome Biology

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o Molecular Structure & Functiono Neurosciences & Mental Healtho Physiology & Experimental Medicine

SickKids Learning Institute The Learning Institute includes the formal training of the next generation of child health

providers and researchers – people who will develop new treatments that make lives better, healthier and longer. It also includes the professional development of clinical and administrative staff, and the education of patients and families.

By building an infrastructure to extend and share our learning resources, the Learning Institute is optimizing learning and promoting effective, efficient practice.

The programs and services of the Learning Institute support the educational activities at SickKids. They include:

AboutKidsHealth website providing patient information

Education Evaluation and Assessment Program

Hospital Library and Archives Knowledge Translation Educational Research Simulation Program

SickKids International Established in 2006, SickKids International (SKI) undertakes educational and advisory

projects for international partners. Our goal is to build sustainable, integrated programs with measurable outcomes that will improve efficiencies in the delivery of health care for children around the world. Our active international outreach is guided by the SickKids vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

With access to an extensive range of skills and expertise across the spectrum of paediatric care, education and service delivery, SKI offers consultation, project management, advisory services and support in the following areas of focus specific to paediatrics:

o Education and Trainingo Quality and Patient Safetyo Child and Family-Centred Careo Program and Practice Developmento Healthcare Operations and Facilitieso System Integration

We have completed successful projects and partnerships in most parts of the world, including: international education programs in Manila, Philippines, and Jodhpur, India; hospital infrastructure programs in Mumbai, India and Dublin, Ireland; and a full planning, training and consultation project in Doha, Qatar.

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