8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
8th Edition Provider Course with Simulation NRP provider training is required to be renewed every 2 years. The course is the same for new providers and renewing providers. Tuition Fee (non-LHSC affiliates): $260 (includes 1 online exam and in-class training day) To Inquire/Register contact: NRP Coordinator...
Dr. Lim is a Professor and Medical Director / Section Head of the Paediatric Emergency Department at the Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre. He began his training at Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario where he completed his B.Sc in 1992 and M.D. in 1995 at Queen’s University. In 1995, Dr. Lim joined Western University for his Paediatric Residency training. Upon completing his residency in 1998 he stayed on at Western for his fellowship in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
Dr Lim is a founding member of the Wellness Emergency Medicine Committee at the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) and has a strong interest in Physician Wellness. He is the Chair of the Wellness Committee, Co-Chair of the Academic Leadership Section, and the Past- Chair of the Paediatric Committee at CAEP. He is the current President-Elect / Standards Lead for the Pediatric Special Interest Group at the International Federation of Emergency Medicine. For the Royal College Specialty Committee in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dr. Lim served as Vice Chair, as well as Ontario regional representative.
Dr. Lim has been thankful to have been awarded multiple awards including Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, Postgraduate Teacher of the Year, Paediatric Emergency CANMEDS Teacher of the Year, and the USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence. Nationally, he has received the Marilyn-Li Paediatric Leadership Award, a CAEP Special Merit award, A COVID leader award from the Paediatric Chairs of Canada, and an Honorary Director award from the Children’s Health Foundation.
Dr. Lim is an Associate Scientist at the Child and Health Institute and has various research interests. He has been fortunate to have authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. His main areas of research interest include: Paediatric Emergency clinical trials, Physician Wellness, and educational research.
Dr. Ojha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the Western University, Ontario and in 2014 became an Academic Paediatrician at the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. He earned his Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical degrees from India. He completed his Fellowship in Paediatrics from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and worked at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia. He served as a lecturer at Sydney Medical School- Nepean (University of Sydney) before moving to Canada. Dr. Ojha has vast clinical and teaching experience in the field of Paediatrics. He has worked as a Paediatric specialist in India and served the Ministry of Health in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Ojha became a member of the consulting staff of the Maternal Newborn Child & Youth Network (MNCYN) Regional Paediatric Program in 2019. He has a keen interest in teaching and has been a faculty examiner and reviewer. He has been a part of various administrative and clinical committees looking into establishing and directing clinical programs for paediatric trainees and quality assurance activities. He also contributes to the planning, drafting and publishing of paediatric guidelines; and has various publications to his credit. He has been an active advocate for the health needs of children and youth. He was awarded a gold medal for his outstanding efforts toward improving child health care.
Dr. Ojha has a strong research interest in Medical Education. His focus is on Continuing Medical Education and Simulation and its role in paediatric education.
Kristine is a Paediatric Professional Practice Consultant with the MNCYN – Regional Paediatric Program. She received her Nursing Diploma from Mohawk College in 2001 and her Bachelor of Nursing Degree in 2012, followed by her Master of Nursing in 2018. Kristine has spent her nursing career caring for children, specializing in paediatric critical care. In June of 2018, Kristine joined the MNCYN team and shortly thereafter, created the Regional Paediatric Orientation© (RPO) Program, an online paediatric nursing course for our regional partners. Kristine also writes the Paediatric Review, a monthly informative newsletter, which focuses on a paediatric topic of interest following current best-practice information and paediatric care guidelines.
Kristine is a member of both the Children’s Hospital, LHSC’s CME Committee, and the Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Refresher Day Scientific Planning Committee. She works closely with the Paediatric Regional Outreach Program (PROP) team when providing regional high-fidelity simulation workshops and enjoys partnering with her physician colleagues to provide professional education and consultation. Kristine is a member of the TREKK Knowledge Mobilization Advisory Committee, as well as a member of the Provincial Council for Maternal-Child Health (PCMCH) Asthma Expert Panel. Kristine recently joined the Ontario Health West Clinical Quality Initiative working group, creating a High-flow Nasal Cannula (HHFNC) Oxygen Therapy algorithm for the region. Kristine has maintained her certification credentials in Paediatric Critical Care Nursing with the Canadian Nurses Association since 2009. She is a registered NRP and ACoRN Instructor with the Canadian Paediatric Society as well as a PALS Instructor with the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
Dr. Coughlin is a Neonatologist and Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. He serves as the Neonatal Medical Director of the Maternal Newborn Child Youth Network of Southwestern Ontario and Medical Director of the Neonatal Developmental Follow-up Clinic at Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Coughlin has a Master’s Degree in Bioethics. He has contributed to the dissemination of Neonatal-Perinatal knowledge provincially and nationally through his involvement on MNCYN, CPS and Ontario NRP Steering Committees and ACoRN Executive. His involvement with these organizations includes educational, guideline and curriculum development, review of research projects, granting requests and regional administrative duties.
Dr. Coughlin’s educational and research interests include neonatal transition, resuscitation and stabilization and bioethics. His foundation in qualitative methodologies offers a unique opportunity to study the complex psychosocial phenomenon in difficult clinical settings, such as resuscitation of extremely preterm infants and priority setting in health care.
Dr. Coughlin is currently the Chair of the Ontario Nunavut Provincial NRP Committee, and a member of the National NRP Steering Committee. He is also the current Chair of the Canadian Paediatric Society’s Acute Care of at-Risk Newborn (ACoRN) Program.
Dr. Schmidt is a native of North York, Greater Toronto Area and attended the University of Guelph for his undergraduate degree in Human Biology from 1990-94. Following graduation, he moved to London for his medical degree, graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1998. He did his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in London and then completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. He joined the staff as a full-time obstetrician in March of 2007 and then joined the MFM team in 2007.
Dr. Schmidt became a member of the medical consulting staff of the Perinatal Outreach Program (now the Maternal Newborn Child Youth Network) in the summer of 2007 and is currently the obstetrics Medical Director and a member of the MNCYN Executive.
Dr. Schmidt became the Chief of Obstetrics at London Health Sciences Centre in April 2018. He continues to be highly involved in both clinical and academic aspects of the residency program and the undergraduate education program at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University.
Dr. Roukema received his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1987. He received his Paediatric certification from UWO in 1992 and his Neonatal-Perinatal Subspecialty qualifications from the University of Toronto in 1995. Also, he completed a Master’s Degree in Clinical Epidemiology from U of T in 2003. Dr. Roukema has been a staff Neonatologist at SJHC since 1997 and was the Program Director for the Neonatal-Perinatal subspecialty training program from 1999-2003. He is also an Associate Professor for the Dept. of Paediatrics at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, UWO.
Dr. Roukema is clinically active in the NICU at London Health Sciences Centre, and administratively is the Director of Nurseries and the Neonatal Director of the Paediatric and Neonatal Transport Team at LHSC. Regionally, he actively participates in the Perinatal Outreach Program for South-Western Ontario as an Executive Committee member of the Maternal, Newborn, Child and Youth Network (MNCY&N).
Provincially, Dr. Roukema is very involved with Critical Care Services Ontario (CCSO). CCSO serves to monitor and Coordinate critical care across the province. NICU has recently come under the jurisdiction of CCSO. Dr. Roukema co-chairs the Ontario Intensive Care Advisory Committee (ONICAC) through CCSO. CCSO acts as the coordinating body for Neonatal care. He also Chairs the Performance Management Workgroup (one of two sub-committees from ONICAC) and this serves to develop evaluative metrics for NICUs and the development of a near real-time database for NICU care through the Critical Care Information System (CCIS) at CritiCall Ontario
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Gwen is a Perinatal Professional Practice Consultant with the MNCYN – Regional Perinatal Program. She received her BScN from the University of Western Ontario in 1980. Gwen has dedicated her career to perinatal nursing. She was employed for several years on the antenatal, labour/birth, mother/baby care units and the NICU at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, which was the tertiary perinatal centre for southwestern Ontario at the time. Gwen has been a nurse consultant with the Regional Perinatal Program since 1987. In this role, she has also facilitated a Maternal Newborn Nursing course as a joint venture between the MNCYN and Fanshawe College and has worked alongside her physician colleagues to provide ongoing professional education and consultation regarding the care of mothers and infants.
Gwen is an associate member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS). She is also a member of the Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health (CAPWHN). She sits on the Canadian Perinatal Partnership Coalition (CPPC), an organization of perinatal/reproductive care programs across the country, committed to fostering and supporting optimal care and outcomes for mothers, babies and childbearing families. Gwen has maintained her certification credentials in Perinatal Nursing with the Canadian Nurses Association since 2001. She has also maintained her status as a registered Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor/Trainer and an instructor of the ACoRN (Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns) program. During the last several years, Gwen has participated in the Canadian Fetal Health Surveillance Steering Committee. As part of this committee, she was also a member of the FHS Refresher course working group.