Pedscases.com: Pediatrics For Medical Students

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.  Related Content: Pediatric History Taking

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 was created by Jenner Lakusta, a second-year medical student at the University of Alberta, Dr. Jonathan Duff, a pediatric intensivist at the Stollery Children’s hospital in Edmonton as well as an associate professor at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Chris Novak, a second-year resident at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. This podcast reviews the basic principles of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), the different types of NIV—including high-flow nasal cannula, CPAP and BiPAP— and common indications for NIV in pediatric medicine today.

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 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 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 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 

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.