USask’s College of Medicine is the first medical school in Canada licensed to offer the Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care Mini-Fellowship developed by the REACH Institute in New York. The program provides training for care-providers, assessing, diagnosing, and treating pediatric mental health conditions.

Dr. Anna Felstrom, USask assistant professor of psychiatry leads the training delivery in Saskatchewan. She says, “In other areas of North America, this program has facilitated improved patient outcomes and wait-times for service.” She says, “We are already starting to see the same effects here in Saskatchewan.”

50 health-care providers have already completed the training and 25 people are currently enrolled.