We’re all part of the same team.
Our team exists to optimize the health of children.
We work together to avoid preventable harm for every patient, every day in every setting.
We strive to provide care based on best evidence.
We learn from each other, our patients, and other experts and organizations.
We continuously improve what we do and how we do it.
We strive for excellence and celebrate improvement.
We hold ourselves and each other to high standards; we’re accountable to carrying out our mission and achieving our goals.
We’re transparent and open about how we’re doing and what we need to do better.
We want the best outcomes for all our patients.
The patient and family are part of the health care team.
We treat them with respect, listen to their concerns, honor their goals, readily share information, and show empathy and provide compassion.
They provide expertise about the person at the center of care.
They participate in decision-making, provide most of the care, and monitor and inform progress.
We chose this profession in order to use our talents providing health care to children. We find joy in making a difference in their lives. We find our chosen field dynamic, interesting and rewarding. Our work is hard, challenging, and yet we love what we do. We all strive every day to provide health care that’s valued by the patients and families, by our teams, by the system at large and the public.
What are the most important virtues as individuals we need to nurture to be part of a team with this creed? Humility, flexibility, excellence, openness, courage, collaboration, appreciation, gratitude, awareness, commitment to serve others, and a commitment to learn from others.