I am a healthcare provider

The Pediatric-Adult Transition Hub – Espace de transition adulte-pédiatrique (PATH-ETAP) is a team of experts in pediatric-adult transition.

Meet our team:

• Laura Colombo Fiore, BFA, Administrative Agent
• Karina Milard, BA, TRS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Transition Consultant for PATH-ETAP
• Mai Christine Nguyen, OT, BSc, BA, MSc(A), Occupational Therapist, Transition Consultant for PATH-ETAP
• Jordana Saada, RN, BScN, MA, Senior Advisor, Patient Experience

PATH-ETAP offers guidance and support to the clinicians at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. We provide clinical teams with evidence-based tools, structures, and best practices related to transition care. We also accept referrals for transition-aged patients requiring support in the development of self-management, self-advocacy, and healthcare navigation skills for a successful transfer to adult healthcare.

“To patients,

We care about you and your health. As you grow older, your healthcare needs will change. We will support you along the way. While you are at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, your parents are involved in making decisions regarding your health care. During your teenage years, you will become more and more involved in making your own choices. We will work with you and your parents/caregivers to prepare you for the upcoming changes.

Once you turn 18, you will be transferred to a doctor for adults. We can help make this change easier in different ways. This might mean helping you in finding a doctor, sending your medical records, and discussing any special needs with your new healthcare provider. We may also provide you with information on community resources and specialty care, if necessary. Since your privacy is important to us, your health information will only be shared if you agree. We want you to feel supported and prepared for the transition to adult health care.

Please share any questions or concerns with your healthcare team.”

• Assessment of healthcare transition (HCT) activities
• Collaboratively set goals to achieve benchmarks in transition care
• Co-create a plan, monitor progress, and measure outcomes of healthcare transition activities
• Provide guidance to individual programs on transition care (i.e., specialized registry, transition tracker)
• Share/adapt clinical tools (i.e., transition checklists, transition readiness assessment)
• Provide educational sessions for clinicians/services/programs
• Services offered to teens:
  • Self-advocacy, self-management, and healthcare navigation skill building
  • Psychosocial support

• Self-assessment of healthcare transition activities (for clinical teams)
• Transition readiness assessment (to administer with teen patients)
• Registry (to track transition-aged youth and their healthcare transition activities)
• Transition tracker (for quick documentation)
• Guidelines and checklists
• Handouts for patients and their families (booklets, bookmarks, worksheets)
• Posters/flyers (for clinical areas)

Please email our team at PATH-ETAP for any tools and resources (adapted to each service as needed): [email protected]