Pediatric Consultation Centre
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The Pediatric Consultation Centre (PCC) at the Montreal Children’s Hospital’s mission is to provide pediatric consultations to children in Montreal and surrounding areas. Thanks to its extensive network of pediatricians, it can direct all children who need to see a pediatrician to the right place, whether at the Montreal Children’s Hospital or elsewhere.
Referrals
Requests for consultation in General Pediatrics must be sent to the Centre de repartiment des services (CRDS).
Services
Our large network of pediatricians enables us to direct all children in need of seeing a pediatrician to the right place, whether at the Children’s or elsewhere.
Primary care
Primary care providers ensure that children are meeting developmental milestones and growing appropriately. They use either the Rourke Baby Record or the ABCDaire as evidence-based health maintenance guides to track your child’s growth and development.
In Canada, 60-70% of primary care is provided by family doctors or nurse practitioners. The remaining portion is taken care of by pediatricians. Children who are followed by a pediatrician usually have chronic care needs, like asthma or learning difficulties. If your child needs a primary care provider, please register them for a family doctor.
Secondary care
If your child has a non-urgent issue that requires the expertise of a pediatrician, your primary care provider can consult a pediatrician via the Consultant Services Distribution Centre, (ie. Centre de Répartition et Distribution de Services).CRDS will send the consult to a pediatrician that has availability near you.
If your child was seen by a specialist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital who has recommended a consultation with a pediatrician, the PCC will receive the request and find a pediatrician for you, close to your home.
The problems that may require a pediatrician include: chronic headaches, developmental issues, language delays, recurrent abdominal pain, failure to thrive, gastroesophageal reflux, school and behavioural problems or any pediatric problem for which a physician wants a second opinion or more intensive investigation.
We work in collaboration with several organizations and groups: Clinique Ambulatoire Pédiatrique in Montreal North; The Children’s Care Clinic in Pierrefonds; The Lasalle Pediatrics Group at The Lasalle Hospital; Tiny Tots; Bloom Clinic; The Children’s Clinic in Montreal Centre West: The Notre Dame Hospital Pediatrics Group and The Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital Pediatrics Group. We also work with many teams off the island of Montreal.
Tertiary care
Our group of outpatient pediatricians has extensive experience in caring for children with medical complexities. If your child is followed by three or more subspecialists at the hospital for more than a year, our Intermediate Complexity Care and Navigation Team (I-CCAN) will follow and coordinate the care of your child here at the hospital, to support you and your primary care provider.
Team
The Montreal Children’s Hospital Pediatric consult centre is staffed by experienced, general consultant pediatricians.