title: Pediatric caregiver involvement in the assessment of physicians.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Given the growth and benefits of consumerist and family-centred approaches to pediatric health care, there is a need to involve pediatric caregivers in the assessment of their children's physicians.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present interconnected questions that are important to address in order to facilitate pediatric caregiver involvement in the assessment of their children's physicians. Pediatric caregivers can be valuable assessors of physicians' non-technical skills. It is important to conduct additional research on caregiver involvement in assessment activities and create a reflective discourse on this topic. To ensure that pediatric caregivers' assessments of physicians are formally recognized and advantageous, it is important to understand: (a) what pediatric caregivers can assess; (b) what assessment tools exist for pediatric caregivers;
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. kmoreau@cheo.on.ca.|Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. kmoreau@cheo.on.ca.
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. cpound@cheo.on.ca.|Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. cpound@cheo.on.ca.
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pound
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. keady@cheo.on.ca.|School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. keady@cheo.on.ca.
authors.forename: Kaylee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eady
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires