title: Training highly qualified health research personnel: the pain in Child Health consortium.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pain in Child Health (PICH) is a transdisciplinary, international research training consortium. PICH has been funded since 2002 as a Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, with contributions from other funding partners and the founding participation of five Canadian universities. The goal of PICH has been to create a community of scholars in pediatric pain to improve child health outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantitative analyses enumerated PICH faculty, trainees, training activities and scientific outputs. Interviews with PICH stakeholders were analyzed using qualitative methods capturing perceptions of the program's strengths, limitations, and opportunities for development and sustainability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PICH has supported 218 trainee members from 2002 through 2013, from 14 countries and more than 16 disciplines. The faculty at the end of 2013 comprised nine co-principal investigators, 14 Canadian coinvestigators, and 28 Canadian and international collaborators. Trainee members published 697 peer-reviewed journal articles on pediatric pain through 2013, among other research dissemination activities including conference presentations and webinars. Networks have been established between new and established researchers across Canada and in 13 other countries. Perceptions from stakeholders commended PICH for its positive impact on the development of pediatric pain researchers. Stakeholders emphasized skills and abilities gained through PICH, the perceived impact of PICH training on this research field, and considerations for future training in developing researchers in pediatric pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PICH has been successfully developing highly qualified health research personnel within a Canadian and international community of pediatric pain scholarship.
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mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002170:Canada; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*