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As the mom of a son who had severe asthma and a life-threatening immune condition, Sheila Jennings learned firsthand that it was impossible to work outside the home and tend to her child with complex health needs.
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Last year, several parents whose children had died came to Holland Bloorview staff with an idea: They wanted to hold an annual celebratio...
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'I make recommendations that I know realistically may not happen, and I don't know what to tell our families.'
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'They're the quarterback, talking to all the clinicians who are helping their child and chatting with other families in similar situations and bringing their personal experience.'
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'The client is recognized and acknowledged as the expert of their own lived experience...There's no giving advice.'
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Dr. Amber Makino has been a staff Developmental Paediatrician at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto since 2017, after completing her Paediatric Residency and Developmental Paediatrics Fellowship at the University of Toronto. Her academic interests are in the areas of quality improvement (QI) and medical education.
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Education & Profession
Education:
- M.D. Queen's University, Pediatrics. University of Western Ontario (Residency); Neurology, University of Toronto (Fellowship); FRCPC (Neurology, Pediatrics)
- MSc, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, University of Toronto
University Positions / Affiliations:
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'When I look at myself in the hospital as a clinician, all the things I think I do exceptionally well, my rarest gifts, they're all things I learned from her.'
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Last year Dutch journalist Anjet van Dijken published the Brothers and Sisters Book, a first in Holland for siblings of children with dis...
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