Pedscases.com: Pediatrics For Medical Students

This PedsCases Podcast aims to summarize the recent 2021 Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) statement written by Dr. Shaw on promoting early literacy in the healthcare setting. This podcast was created by Emily Cheung, a first-year medical student at McMaster University with the help of Dr. Mel Lewis, a pediatrician in Edmonton, in conjunction with PedsCases and the CPS.

This podcast will review Part 2 of the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) anxiety position statements, which focuses on the treatment and management approach for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. In this episode, listeners will review the three main categories of treatment modalities: psychoeducation, psychotherapy, and pharmacotherapy. The podcast was created by Luke MacDonald, a second year medical student at Dalhousie University, in collaboration with Dr. Susan Bobbitt, a Developmental Pediatrician at the Alvin Buckwold Child Development Program at Kinsmen Children's Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

This podcast will discuss Pediatric Disability. The podcast was created by Emily Kacer, second year medical student studying at McMaster University with the support of Dr. Mohammad Zubairi, a developmental pediatrician and Associate Professor at McMaster University who serves as the Medical Director for McMaster Children’s Hospital Autism Program. This podcast will cover the topic of disability in the pediatric population and discuss the F-words framework  and will introduce and discuss some of the challenges faced by children with a disability.

This podcast will cover an approach to acute kidney injuries in pediatric patients, including the understanding of pathophysiology of AKI, developing a differential diagnosis, initial work-up and management. This podcast was created by Aspen Lillywhite and Aisha Farooq, who are medical students at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Emma Ulrich, a pediatric nephrologist at Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton Alberta.

This podcast was created by Adesewa Adeleye with the guidance of Dr. Daniah Basodana, pediatric rheumatologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. The podcast will discuss the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis and treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis.  

This podcast presents an overview of sleep training. This episode will discuss strategies to optimize sleep in young healthy paediatric patients. This podcast was developed by Farraminah Francis, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Saskatchewan, in collaboration with Dr Erin Woods, a General Pediatrician and associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan. 

This podcast will cover an approach to conjunctivitis, or pink eye. It will compare and contrast the classic presentation of the four types of conjunctivitis, the management strategies and red flags that should prompt urgent ophthalmology referral. The podcast was created by Kim Papp, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Matthew Benson, an Ophthalmologist from Edmonton, Alberta.

This PedsCases podcast is an overview on approach to neonatal thrombocytopenia. It was made by Justin Park, a medical student at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with Dr. Aisha Bruce, associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology at the University of Alberta.

This podcast will review Part 1 of the CPS anxiety position statements, which focuses on the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and assessment of anxiety disorders in the pediatric patient population. In this episode, listeners will 1) understand the epidemiology of anxiety disorders, 2) review how to diagnose anxiety disorders, and 3) understand management and follow-up care for patients presenting with anxiety. The episode of PedsCases was created by Luke MacDonald, a second year medical student at the Dalhousie University, in collaboration with Dr. Benjamin Klein, a Developmental Pediatrician at McMaster University.

Ce balado a été créé par Kaylee Novack, graduée de médecine et étudiante à la maîtrise à l’Université de Montréal, en collaboration avec Dr Nicholas Chadi, auteur principal de l’énoncé de positionnement de la Société Canadienne de Pédiatrie de 2021 sur la protection des enfants et adolescents contre les risques du vapotage. Ce balado a été traduit et enregistré en français par Sophie Marsolais, diplômée de la faculté de médecine de l'Université de Montréal et actuellement étudiante à la maîtrise en éthique clinique. Ce balado va faire un survol du vapotage, discuter de quelle façon aborder le sujet avec les adolescents en clinique et discuter du traitement pour les troubles liés à l'usage des produits de vapotage.

This podcast on Kawasaki disease (KD) is an update to our 2009 podcast and further discusses the definition of KD, its differential diagnosis including Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), and how to manage KD. It was created by 4th year Imperial College London medical student Annie Cheung and Dr. Mercedes Chan a pediatric rheumatologist at BC Children’s Hospital.

This podcast will give you an approach to chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis. In this episode, the listener will be able to 1) discuss the differential diagnosis for pediatric patients presenting with non-traumatic bony pain, 2) suggest appropriate investigations for these patients, 3) list the Bristol diagnostic criteria for CNO, and 4) outline two options in the treatment of patients with CNO. The podcast was created by Iain Sander, a 3rd year medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Dax G. Rumsey, a Pediatric Rheumatologist from the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the Division Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

This podcast will be discussing pediatric renal tubular acidosis. The podcast was created by Shadi Sadeghian, a second year medical student at McMaster University. This podcast was created in collaboration with Dr. Charushree Prasad, a pediatric nephrologist and assistant professor at McMaster Children’s Hospital.

This podcast will discuss Pain Assessment and Management for Children, this is a CPS Podcast. The podcast was created by Dr. Alexis Fong-Leboeuf, a PGY3 Pediatric Resident at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre. This podcast was created in collaboration with Dr. Evelyne Trottier, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Dre Marie Joelle Doré-Bergeron, a pediatrician specializing in chronic pain, from CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal and Dre Samina Ali, a pediatric emergency physician from Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. Drs. Trottier, Doré Bergeron and Ali are authors of the November 2022 Canadian Pediatric Society Position and will cover best practices in pain assessment and management for children.

This podcast will give you an approach to staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), a blistering skin infection that is seen mainly in infants and young children. The podcast was created by Jasmine Gill, a third year medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Melanie Lewis, a Professor and General Pediatrician from the Stollery Children’s Hospital.

This podcast will discuss Post Streptococcal Reactive Arthritis (PSRA) in the pediatric population. The podcast was created by Shinia Van a third-year medical student at the University of Alberta. Under the guidance of Dr. Lillian Lim, an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Rheumatology at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and will cover clinical presentation of PSRA, investigations, management and possible complications. 

This podcast describes the different types of transfusion reactions, their pathogenesis, and clinical presentations as well as provides an approach to assessing and managing patients with acute transfusion reactions. It was created by Bryan Ng and Justin Park medical students at University of British Columbia in collaboration with Dr. Kate Chipperfield, the Head of the Division of Hematopathology at BC Children’s Hospital. 

This podcast will discuss Diabetes Insipidus. The podcast was developed by Harleen Cheema, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.

This podcast will discuss the different categories, presentation, risk factors, management and outcomes of pediatric strokes. It was developed my Miriam Maes, a 4th year medical student at Queen’s University with the help of Dr. Morrison-Levy, a pediatric neurologist and Assistant Professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

This podcast will discuss an approach to drowning in the pediatric population. The podcast was created by Angie Salomon, a 4th year medical student at Queen’s University and Dr. David Jerome, a rural family physician with faculty positions at NOSM University and the University of Alberta