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Article History

Received: 4 October 2024

Accepted: 2 May 2025

First Online: 16 May 2025

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the University of Saskatchewan Behavioral Research Ethics Board (BEH 3435 and BEH 3563). The University of Saskatchewan Behavioral Research Ethics Board adheres to the Declaration of Helsinki ethical principles for medical research involving humans. This coincides with Canada’s Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2) (Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)) in recognizing that TCPS is the prevailing Canadian standard for ethical research, Health Canada and PHAC have adopted TCPS to guide the ethical aspects of the design, review and conduct of research involving humans.

: Waiver of consent is unlikely to adversely affect the welfare of individuals to whom the information relates: The data requested for use in the CanREACH-SK program, CME. The self-report surveys are anonymous, and no identifying information has being collected. Information collected pertains only to participants’ demographic information and self-report responses on knowledge and comfort related to diagnosing and treating pediatric mental health. There is no way to associate participant’s names with their survey responses. Contacting participants to obtain additional information during the study will also be unnecessary. No sources or types of personal health information were used in this study.

: Competing interestsMalin Clark, Madhav Sarda and Anna Felstrom serve as faculty at the University of Saskatchewan and instructors in the CanREACH program in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Dr. Peter Jensen receives book royalties from publishing companies: American Psychiatric Press Inc., Guildford Press, and Random House. He also receives honoraria for teaching at the REACH Institute.