Each practice is unique. Patients seen by community pediatricians may include consultation only, initial consultation with ongoing follow-up, primary care for complex and fragile children and primary care for healthy babies, children and adolescents. 

Community pediatricians provide newborn care to Ottawa regional hospitals. Some do sleep in clinical assistant call at both the Civic and General sites of The Ottawa Hospital. Others are on call for deliveries and newborn care at the Ottawa Hospital sites and other community hospitals such as the Montfort and Queensway Carleton. 

Community pediatricians also work at various clinics within CHEO such as the chest, cystic fibrosis and allergy clinics. The emergency department and subspecialty clinics direct consultations to the community physicians when appropriate. 

Members of this service have provided supervised practice opportunities to internationally trained pediatricians.

Members have also reached leadership positions at the Ontario Medical Association, Canadian Pediatric Society, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Inpatient care

The majority of patients are admitted to the clinical teaching units, with the most responsible physician from the division of General Pediatrics.

Outpatient care

Community pediatricians provide outpatient care in their private offices. The number of visits is enormous with a full range of clinical conditions. 

Laboratory and diagnostic programs 

The majority of patients are admitted to the clinical teaching units, with the most responsible physician from the division of General Pediatrics.

Community Pediatrics provides clinical care. There is no research coordinated through the division; however, some members have obtained funding for research in attention deficit disorder. Others provide patients for subspecialty research, data for the Canadian Pediatric Society and participate in research panels.

Undergraduate training opportunities

Community Pediatrics provides learning opportunities to University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine medical students. These clinical rotations are coordinated through the Faculty of Medicine’s Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) program. Nurse practitioners have arranged clinical rotations with some members of this service. 

Postgraduate training program

Community Pediatrics provides clinical rotations for pediatric residents and family practice residents. These provide residents with learning opportunities in the community during the first year and senior years.