This podcast focuses on developing an approach to constipation in children. After listening to this podcast the learner should be able to: understand the pathophysiology of constipation in pediatric patients, differentiate between organic and functional constipation, diagnose functional constipation from history and physical exam using the Rome IV guidelines, and develop an approach to treating functional constipation. 

This episode was developed by Harrison Anzinger, a second-year medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Jason Silverman, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta.

This podcast presents an approach to management of diabetic ketoacidosis in children. In this episode, listeners will learn signs and symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and the differential diagnosis for triggers of diabetic ketoacidosis. This podcast was created by Dr. Carly Rumley with Dr. Jessica Foulds at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

This podcast will give an approach to developmental regression, including history, physical exam, differential diagnosis and investigations. It was developed by Annie Poon, a 3rd year medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg, a neurodevelopmental pediatrician at the University of Alberta.

This podcast describes the key features of NBPI. This podcast will cover an approach to assessment and diagnosis of NBPI, discuss prognostic factors of NBPI, and outline an approach to management and follow-up of patients with NBPI.

This podcast was created by Dr. Jaskiran Sandha in conjunction with Dr. Matthew Prowse, a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at the University of Alberta. 

This podcast covers an approach to dealing with challenging behavior and mood changes in adolescents. This podcast was developed by Nicole Fledderman, a medical student at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) and Dr. Priscilla Woodhams, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at WMed.

This podcast covers an overview of neurocutaneous disorders including etiology, presentation, inheritance patterns, and surveillance needs for affected children. It was developed by Jen Weekes and Harry (Chaocheng) Liu, medical students at the University of Alberta, with the guidance from Dr. Helly Goez, a pediatric neurologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, AB, Canada.

This video covers an overview of neurocutaneous disorders including etiology, presentation, inheritance patterns, and surveillance needs for affected children. It was developed by Jen Weekes and Harry (Chaocheng) Liu, medical students at the University of Alberta, with the guidance from Dr. Helly Goez, a pediatric neurologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, AB, Canada.

This podcast will review vertical transmission of HIV, and the management of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children based on guidelines from the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and United States National Institute of Health. This podcast was written by Kristin Pon, a medical student at the University of Alberta, under the guidance of Dr. Sarah Forgie, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta.

By the end of this podcast, listeners will be able to define HIV vertical transmission, understand the pathogenesis and risk factors for vertical transmission of HIV, and develop an approach including screening, prophylaxis, diagnosis, treatment, and follow up. 

This podcast covers necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), including presentation, investigations, management, long term complications and primary prevention. This podcast was developed by Arun Dhir, a fourth year medical student at the University of British Columbia and Dr. Mandeep Mahal of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.

This podcast is an overview of the newly published 2018 Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) statement on the Diagnosis and Management of typical, newly diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia of childhood. It was developed by Stephanie Zachary and Sarah Weicker, fourth year medical students at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Jeremy Friedman, a general and complex care pediatrician at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Carolyn Beck, a general pediatrician at the University of Toronto who are the lead authors of this CPS statement, as well as Dr. Lauren Kitney, a general pediatrician at the University of British Columbia in Victoria, assisted in the development of this podcast. 

The third part of a 3-part series about Pediatric Rehabilitation. This podcast was created by Andy Le, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Matthew Prowse, the Program Director of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta. This episode will discuss the assessment and management of spasticity in pediatric patients.

The second part of a 3-part series about Pediatric Rehabilitation. This podcast was created by Andy Le, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Matthew Prowse, the Program Director of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta. This episode will discuss pediatric rehabilitation history taking and physical examination. 

This podcast reviews the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) position statement "Urinary tract infections in infants and children: Diagnosis and management."  This podcast was developed by Dr. Chris Novak, a third-year pediatric resident at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, AB, and Dr. Joan Robinson, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Stollery Children's Hospital and the lead author of this position statement.

This video covers the pediatric eye exam in primary care, including vision developmental milestones, how to perform a focused history and age appropriate eye exam, signs and symptoms of eye conditions, and when to refer to a pediatric ophthalmologist. This video was developed by Jennifer Ling, a medical student at the University of British Columbia, Harry Liu, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Ian MacDonald, an ophthalmologist and professor at the University of Alberta.

This podcast covers the pediatric eye exam in primary care, including vision developmental milestones, how to perform a focused history and age appropriate eye exam, signs and symptoms of eye conditions, and when to refer to a pediatric ophthalmologist. This podcast was developed by Jennifer Ling, a medical student at the University of British Columbia, Harry Liu, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Ian MacDonald, an ophthalmologist and professor at the University of Alberta.

This PedsCases podcast is designed to give you an understanding and management approach to an important pediatric surgery topic, pediatric inguinal hernias. This podcast was created by Kevin Verhoeff, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with Dr. Simon Byrns, a surgical resident at the University of Alberta, and staff pediatric surgeon, Dr. Bryan Dicken

By the end of this podcast you will learn the mechanism and pathophysiology, common risk factors, red flags for adult and pediatric hernias that require emergent care, and different management between pediatric and adult inguinal hernias. 

This podcast reviews the CPS practice point on the medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: infants and young children with skeletal injury.  This podcast was developed by Dr. Dominique Piché, a third year paediatric resident at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, NS, Dr. Laurel Chauvin-Kimoff, a staff paediatrician specializing in child maltreatment at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, Dr. Claire Allard-Dansereau of l’Hopital Ste Justine and Dr. Margaret Colbourne of BC Children’s Hospital.

This podcast discusses management of infants that are large for gestational age (LGA) and infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) including screening and treatment for gestational diabetes, labor and delivery complications of LGA infants, and care of LGA infants after birth. It was developed by Manisha Tilak, a medical student at Queen’s University, and Dr. Robert Connelly, a neonatologist and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. 

This video discusses management of infants that are large for gestational age (LGA) and infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) including screening and treatment for gestational diabetes, labor and delivery complications of LGA infants, and care of LGA infants after birth. It was developed by Manisha Tilak, a medical student at Queen’s University, and Dr. Robert Connelly, a neonatologist and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. 

This video will explore an approach to a child with intellectual disability, focusing specifically on Fragile X syndrome. It was developed by Jose Lopez-Vera, a fourth-year medical student at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed) in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, and Dr. Neelkamal Soares, a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician and Professor of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine at WMed.

This podcast covers acute rheumatic fever, including the classification criteria, epidemiology and etiology, clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, investigations, and differences between primary and secondary management.  This podcast was developed by Mahabba Smoka, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Dax Rumsey, a Pediatric Rheumatologist at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.

This podcast will provide an approach to nasolacrimal duct obstruction. This podcast was written by Bo Bao, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in conjunction with Dr. Natashka Pollock, a pediatric opthalmologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital. After listening to this podcast, the learner should be able to: define nasolacrimal duct obstruction, develop a differential diagnosis for an infant with persistent tearing, recognize the clinical signs and symptoms of nasolacrimal duct obstruction, and discuss management of patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. 

Ce podcast révisera l’énoncé de principe de la Société canadienne de pédiatrie et discutera du diagnostic et des investigations appropriées pour le retard global de développement (RGD) et le handicap intellectuel (HI). Il a été créé par Dre. Meghan Pike, résidente en pédiatrie de deuxième année au IWK Health Centre à l'Université Dalhousie à Halifax, sous la direction du Dre Stacey Bélanger, pédiatre du développement à l’Université de Montréal et de Dre Joannie Caron, pédiatre ayant complété une formation complémentaire en pédiatrie du développement à L’Université de Montréal.

This podcast will go over the new Canadian Paediatric Society position statement on this topic and discuss the diagnosis and management of global developmental delay and intellectual disability. This podcast was created by Dr. Meghan Pike, a second year Paediatrics resident at the IWK Health Centre at Dalhousie University in Halifax, under the guidance of Dr. Stacey Belanger, a Child Development Specialist at the University of Montreal and Dr. Joannie Caron, a general paediatrician who completed a fellowship in Developmental Paediatrics at the University of Montreal.

This podcast gives an overview of the risk factors, signs and symptoms, management and prognosis of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). It was developed by Carina Lauzon, a third-year medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Marc-Antoine Landry, a neonatologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

Cette baladodiffusion a pour but de résumer le document de principe de 2011 de la Société canadienne de pédiatrie (SCP) sur la prise en charge de la pneumonie complexe; elle a été créée par Colleen O’Connor, une étudiante de troisième année à l’Université Dalhousie à Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse, en collaboration avec PedsCases et la SCP. Cette baladodiffusion fut développée avec l’appui de Dr. Tania Wong, une pédiatre générale au IWK Health Centre à Halifax, ainsi que Dr. Thea Chibuk, une pédiatre générale au Stollery Children’s Hospital à Edmonton et l’auteure principale de ce document de principe.

This podcast summarizes the 2011 Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) statement on the management of complicated pneumonia in children and youth and was created by Colleen O’Connor, a third-year medical student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in collaboration with PedsCases and the CPS. This podcast was developed with support from Dr. Tania Wong, a General Pediatrician at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax as well as Dr. Thea Chibuk, a General Pediatrician at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton and the lead author of this position statement.

This podcast presents an approach to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Listeners will learn about the definition, pathophysiology, and management of ARDS. This podcast was developed by Dr. Michael Prodanuk, a Pediatrics resident at the University of Toronto, with the help of Dr. Tanya Holt and Dr. Gregory Hansen, both Pediatric Intensivists at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon and University of Saskatchewan.

This podcast is part of a two part series on an approach to the diagnosis and management of diarrhea in children. This episode provides an approach to chronic diarrhea and the development of a differential diagnosis. This podcast was developed by Katie Girgulis a medical student at the University of Alberta, Dr. Chris Novak, a pediatric resident at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatrician and medical educator at the Stollery Children’s Hospital

This podcast is part of a two part series on an approach to the diagnosis and management of diarrhea in children. Part 1 gives an overview of the pathophysiology of diarrhea and an approach to acute diarrhea. This podcast was developed by Katie Girgulis a medical student at the University of Alberta, Dr. Chris Novak, a pediatric resident at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatrician and medical educator at the Stollery Children’s Hospital

This podcast reviews the latest Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) recommendations to healthcare providers in relation to cannabis use in children and youth and was developed by Keon Ma and Dr. Christina Grant.

This podcast covers the guiding principles of pediatric palliative care, differences to adult palliative care, symptom management, and ways to talk to children and siblings. This podcast was developed by Cailey Turner, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Cheryl Mack, a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and part of the ASSIST pediatric palliative care team at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

This podcast was developed by Dr. Kevin Gipson, a pediatric pulmonology fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Anna Cook, a pediatric pulmonologist at MGH, and an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. It will provide learners with the definition, pathophysiology, and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

This podcast was developed by Kevin Lee, a 4th year medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Melanie Lewis,pediatric doctor at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. This podcast will discuss the key components of newborn health supervision, including history taking, physical exam, investigations, safety & education, and follow up. 

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Developed in partnership with the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), this podcast reviews the recently published CPS position statement on medical decision making.  This podcast was developed by Dr. Allyson Shorkey, a first year pediatrics resident from the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto and Dr. Kevin Coughlin, a Neonatologist and Bioethicist, from Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences and the University of Western Ontario. 

Developed in partnership with the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), this podcast gives a summary of the 2018 CPS Guideline regarding contraceptive care for Canadian youth, including contraceptive methods and prescription guidelines. This podcast was developed by Vandana Rawal, a second-year pediatrics resident at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto and Dr. Guiseppina Di Meglio, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at McGill University and lead author of the CPS statement being reviewed.

This podcast covers the principles of neonatal resuscitation and reflects the updated 7th Edition Neonatal Resuscitation Program Guidelines released in 2016. This podcast was developed by Drs. Julia DiLabio, Emer Finan, Colin Siu, and Chloe Joynt for PedsCases.com.

This podcast will provide an approach to Henoch – Schlonlein Purpura (HSP). The definition, etiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, investigations and management of patients with HSP will all be reviewed. This podcast was developed by Vivian Szeto, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in conjunction with Dr. Rumsey, a Pediatric Rheumatologist at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital. 

This podcast is part two of the two part series on acyanotic congenital heart lesions which describes the pathophysiology of obstructive acyanotic heart lesions including pulmonary stenosis, aortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta. This podcast was developed by Herman Bami, a second year medical student from Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario and Dr. Michael Grattan, a pediatric cardiologist at the London Health Sciences Center.

This podcast is part one of the two part series on acyanotic congenital heart lesions which defines congenital heart disease, classifies it as cyanotic or acyanotic, describes pathophysiology of left-to-right shunts and reviews septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus. This podcast was developed by Herman Bami, a second year medical student from Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario and Dr. Michael Grattan, a pediatric cardiologist at the London Health Sciences Center.

This podcast explores speech and language delays in a clinical context.  How to define, screen, diagnose, and intervene in speech and language delays will be covered.  This podcast was developed by Emily Fong, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg, Program Director for Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Alberta.

This video is the final video of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders. This episode covers the topic of delayed puberty including the clinical criteria for diagnosing and an approach for the common causes of delayed puberty. This video was developed by Ruojin Bu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta. 

This video is the final video of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders. This episode covers the topic of delayed puberty including the clinical criteria for diagnosing and an approach for the common causes of delayed puberty. This video was developed by Ruojin Bu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta. 

This is the second episode of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders. This episode covers an approach to precocious puberty, and was developed by Ruojin Bu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta. 

This is the second episode of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders. This episode covers an approach to precocious puberty, and was developed by Ruojin Bu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta. 

This video explores the physiology and clinical presentations of normal puberty. This is the first episode of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders developed by Ruojin Bu and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky. 

This podcast explores the physiology and clinical presentations of normal puberty. This is the first episode of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders developed by Ruojin Bu and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky. 

This podcast focuses on the diagnosis and management of newborns with intrauterine growth restriction, abbreviated “IUGR”. This podcast was developed by Manisha Tilak, a medical student at Queen’s University, with Dr. Robert Connelly, a neonatologist and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. Maternal, fetal, and placental risk factors, appropriate screening and workup, appropriate post-natal assessment and complications of IUGR will be reviewed. 

This podcast focuses on the diagnosis and management of newborns with intrauterine growth restriction, abbreviated “IUGR”. This podcast was developed by Manisha Tilak, a medical student at Queen’s University, with Dr. Robert Connelly, a neonatologist and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. Maternal, fetal, and placental risk factors, appropriate screening and workup, appropriate post-natal assessment and complications of IUGR will be reviewed. 

This podcast presents an approach to juvenile dermatomyositis. This podcast will review history, physical exam, key investigations, treatment, and prognosis for a child presenting with juvenile dermatomyositis. This podcast was developed by Josh Koegler, a third year medical student at the University of Alberta working with Dr. Dax Rumsey, a Paediatric Rheumatologist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. 

This video presents an approach to acid-base disturbance. The pathophysiology, common causes, and acute management will be reviewed, as well as arterial blood gases.This video is developed by Katie Girgulis, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatrician and medical educator at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the University of Alberta.

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This video presents an approach to acid-base disturbance. The pathophysiology, common causes, and acute management will be reviewed, as well as arterial blood gases.This video is developed by Katie Girgulis, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatrician and medical educator at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the University of Alberta 

In this episode, we will be discussing sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, in the adolescent population. This podcast has been developed by Dr. Laura Betcherman and Dr. Talia Lenton-Brym, paediatric residents at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, under the guidance of Dr. Ashley Vandermorris, an Adolescent Medicine physician at The Hospital for Sick Children. 

This podcast provides listeners with an overview of pediatric trauma. Components of the initial hospital assessment will be discussed, including triage, primary, and secondary surveys. This episode was developed by Breanne Paul with the help of Dr. Melissa Chan. Breanne is a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Chan is a pediatric emergency physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

This podcast is designed to give you an overview of neonatal hypoglycemia. Listeners will learn about infants at risk, signs and symptoms, screening, and the diagnosis and management of neonatal hypoglycemia. This podcast has been developed by Carina Lauzon, a medical student at the University of Alberta with Dr. Marc-Antoine Landry, a neonatologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. 

This podcast was produced by PedsCases and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), discussing the new CPS position statement on cross-cultural communication. Listeners will learn about the LEARN model for cross-cultural communication in pediatrics. This podcast was developed by Dr. Sarah Johnson, a second-year Pediatrics resident, and Dr. Tehseen Ladha, Assistant Professor and General Pediatrician, both at the Stollery Children’s Hospital at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

This podcast is designed to give you an overview of urticaria. Listeners will learn about urticaria presentation, the pathophysiology, different classifications, how to diagnose it and management options. This podcast has been developed by Dayne Jeong, a medical student at McMaster University, with Dr. Wade Watson, a pediatric allergist, professor of pediatrics, Dalhousie University, and head of the Division of Allergy at IWK Children’s Hospital.

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This podcast presents a general approach to purpura. Listeners will learn about symptoms, history and physical exam findings, and the differential diagnosis for purpura in children. This podcast has been developed by Dr. Samantha Lam, a medical graduate of the University of Alberta, with Dr. Melanie Lewis, a general pediatrician and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton.

This podcast was made in conjunction with PedsCases and the Canadian Paediatrics Society (CPS) to summarize the recently published 2017 CPS Practice Point: Management of Infants born to Mothers who have used Opioids during pregnancy.  In this episode, listeners will learn about the presentation of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and its differential, the assessment of an infant with NAS, and the treatment and discharge planning of an infant and their family. The podcast was developed by Dr. Maya Dhahan, a second-year Paediatrics Resident, in collaboration with Dr. Thierry Lacaze, staff Neonatologist and Section Chief for the Department of Neonatology at the University of Calgary, and the lead author of the CPS statement.

This episode presents a general approach to pediatric anxiety disorders. Listeners will learn about symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and management of common anxiety disorders in children. This podcast has been developed by medical student Jeff Bennett and Dr. Heidi Wikes a consultant psychiatrist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.

This podcast discusses an approach to pediatric major depressor disorder. Listeners will learn about the clinical presentation of depressive disorders, as well as diagnostic criteria and treatment options. The episode was created by Jeff Bennett with the assistance of Dr. Heidi Wilkes. Jeff is a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Wilkes is a consultant psychiatrist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.