Today’s podcast is part one in a two part series detailing how to take a social history for children. Objectives for this podcast are to recognize the importance of taking a detailed social history, to learn the ITHELLPS framework as a guide to social history taking and to identify strategies to intervene for families identified as having social challenges. This podcast was developed by Laura Kerr, a medical student at Dalhousie University, with the support of Dr. Sarah Gander, a General Pediatrician at the Saint John Regional Hospital. 

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• Podcast: Social History Taking Part 2
• Podcast: Pediatric History Taking
• Podcast: Adolescent Medicine

This podcast describes an approach to lymphadenopathy in children. Listeners will learn about the  definition of lymphadenopathy, the differential diagnosis, and key considerations for history, physical exam, and investigations. The podcast was written by Anna Whalen-Browne with the help of Dr. Melanie Lewis. Anna is a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Lewis is a General Pediatrician and Professor at the University of Alberta and the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton.

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• Podcast: Approach to Acute Leukemia in Children
• Podcast: Kawasaki Disease
• Case: Prolonged fever in an 11 month old male
• Podcast: Approach to Pediatric Anemia Part 1 and Part 2

This is the second podcast in a 3 part series on neonatal jaundice. This episode reviews the differential diagnosis of neonatal jaundice. It was written by Dr. Brittnee Kegler with the help of Dr. Melanie Lewis. Dr. Kegler is a Family Medicine Resident at Queen’s University, and Dr. Lewis is a General Pediatrician and Professor at the University of Alberta and the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. Stay tuned for Part 3 which will discuss the clinical approach, and treatment of neonatal jaundice! 

Related Content:

• Podcast: Neonatal Jaundice Part 1 and Part 3
• Case: Jaundice in a 3 day old male
• Podcast: Neonatal Extracranial Head Injuries