MD, FAAP, FRCPC, MPP
Investigator and Pediatrician, BC Children's Hospital
Medical Director, Clinical Teaching Unit, BC Children's Hospital
Academic Affiliations
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Public Health Systems Research
tom.mclaughlin@cw.bc.ca
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I am a general pediatrician with an interest in how the healthcare system works. My research explores areas where the healthcare system helps or harms the health of children and youth. This includes investigating the rules and policies of the healthcare system itself, and also includes investigating how hospitals can be made as safe and effective as possible.
Pediatric Lipid Screening and Treatment in Canada: Practices, Attitudes, and Barriers
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Khoury, M. and Rodday, A.M. and Mackie, A.S. and Gill, P. and McLaughlin, T. and Harris, K.C. and Wong, P. and McCrindle, B.W. and Birken, C.S. and de Ferranti, S.D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.05.035
Pharmacare in Canada: The paediatric perspective
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
McLaughlin, T. and Jong, G. and Gilpin, A. and Hepburn, C.M.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxz176
Pharmacare in Canada: The paediatric perspective,L'assurance médicaments au Canada: Le point de vue de la pédiatrie
All-terrain vehicle serious injuries and death in children and youth: A national survey of canadian paediatricians
Gill, P.J. and Mclaughlin, T. and Rosenfield, D. and Hepburn, C.M. and Yanchar, N.L. and Beno, S.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxy059
Case 2: Weight lost... and found
McLaughlin, T. and Korenblum, C. and Loverdos, I. and Toulany, A.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/19.8.e118
A predeployment trauma team training course creates confidence in teamwork and clinical skills: a post-Afghanistan deployment validation study of Canadian Forces healthcare personnel.
McLaughlin T and Hennecke P and Garraway NR and Evans DC and Hameed M and Simons RK and Doucet J and Hansen D and Annand S and Bell N and Brown DR
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e318232e9e7
High-throughput analysis of single hematopoietic stem cell proliferation in microfluidic cell culture arrays
Nature Methods
Lecault, V. and Vaninsberghe, M. and Sekulovic, S. and Knapp, D.J.H.F. and Wohrer, S. and Bowden, W. and Viel, F. and McLaughlin, T. and Jarandehei, A. and Miller, M. and Falconnet, D. and White, A.K. and Kent, D.G. and Copley, M.R. and Taghipour, F. and Eaves, C.J. and Humphries, R.K. and Piret, J.M. and Hansen, C.L.
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1614
Pharmaceutical Coverage and Availability for Children
Canadian children and youth have worse access to struggle to effective, palatable, and affordable medications than their peers in other Western nations, and I am interested in researching the causes, consequences, and solutions to this problem. I have recently authored a position statement for the Canadian Paediatric Society on pharmaceutical coverage for children in Canada. I am interested in further exploring how different jurisdictions in Canada compare in their pharmaceutical coverage, and how that impacts children and youth.
Reducing Unnecessary Inpatient Length-of-Stay for Children at Acute Care Hospitals
By some estimates, many children are admitted to hospital unnecessarily, in order to expedite tests or treatments that can be provided in outpatient settings. This increases costs and is also difficult for children and their families. I am exploring innovative ways of reducing unnecessary inpatient length-of-stay.
2019-2021 - Hudson Scholar (BC Children's Hospital)
2020 - Hospital Pediatrician of the Year (BC Children's Hospital)
2018 - "Rookie of the Year" (BC Children's Hospital)
2017-2019 - Frank Knox Fellow (Harvard University)
2017 - Michael Ondaatje Teaching Award (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto)
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Outdoor play during child care to become more fulfilling for children
Led by BC Children's Hospital investigator Dr. Mariana Brussoni, a project meant to increase time spent by children in quality outdoor play in Early Learning and Child Care Settings has received $650,000 from the Lawson Foundation.
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Congratulations to the 2020 UBC Faculty of Medicine Award recipients!
We are pleased to congratulate the BC Children's Hospital investigators recognized in the 2020 UBC Faculty of Medicine Awards.
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Congratulations CIHR Project Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the BC Children's and BC Women's investigators who were awarded funding through the highly competitive Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2020 competition.
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Concussion education now required for supervisors of school sports in B.C.
BC School Sports, the governing organization for school sports in the province, has mandated a BC Children's Hospital-based concussion education training module for its members who work with young athletes. Now those who supervise secondary school sports will be better prepared to prevent, respond to, and manage concussions in teens when these activities resume this fall.
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With summer in full swing, more British Columbians are heading to rivers, lakes and the ocean to cool down and relax. While water activities can be fun, they can come with a risk of drowning for those who aren't prepared.
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