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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89852, first published .
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Coconstructing CHAMP, an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot for Pediatric Infectious Symptoms Management: Protocol for a Multiphase Participatory Study

Coconstructing CHAMP, an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot for Pediatric Infectious Symptoms Management: Protocol for a Multiphase Participatory Study

Jia Lin   1, 2 , MPH ;   Nikhil Jaiswal   1, 2 , BSc ;   Yuanchao Ma   1, 3 , MScA, PhD ;   Bertrand Lebouché   1, 2, 4 , MD, PhD ;   Sebastian Villanueva   1, 5 , BEng ;   Sofiane Achiche   5 , MScA, PhD ;   David Lessard   1, 4 , PhD ;   Kim Engler   1 , PhD ;   Simon Berthelot   6, 7 , MSc, MD ;   David Buckeridge   8 , MD, PhD ;   Leo Anthony Celi   9, 10, 11 , MD, MPH, MSc ;   Isabelle Gagnon   1, 12, 13 , PT, PhD ;   Jocelyn Gravel   14 , MSc, MD ;   Laurie H Plotnick   13 , MDCM ;   Dan Poenaru   1, 15, 16 , MD, MA, MHPE, PhD ;   Marie-Pascale Pomey   17, 18 , MD, PhD ;   Zoua M Vang   19 , PhD ;   CHAMP Co-Construction Committee   20 ;   Esli Osmanlliu   1, 13 , MDCM, MSci

1 Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

2 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

3 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

4 Chronic Viral Illness Service, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

5 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

6 Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d'urgence, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada

7 Axe Santé des populations et Pratiques optimales en santé, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada

8 Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupation Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

9 MIT Critical Data, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

10 Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

11 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

12 School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

13 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

14 Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

15 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

16 Harvey E Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

17 Department of Management, Evaluation and Health Policy, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

18 Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

19 School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

20 See Acknowledgments

Corresponding Author:

  • Esli Osmanlliu, MDCM, MSci
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center
  • 1001 Décarie Blvd
  • Montreal, QC H4A 3J1
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 514 412 4499
  • Email: esli.osmanlliu@mcgill.ca