This podcast presents an approach to the advocacy for and assessment of literacy in school-aged children. After listening to this episode, listeners will be able to define literacy, identify ways pediatric care providers can screen for literacy as well as why this screening is important, and describe ways in which pediatricians can advocate for literacy development in children.

This podcast will discuss an approach to pancytopenia in children. By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to define pancytopenia in addition to recognizing both its clinical manifestations and appropriate investigations as well as those of related conditions. The podcast was created by Maya Fields, a second-year medical student at McMaster University, in collaboration with Dr. Vicky Breakey, a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist also at McMaster University.

This podcast discusses somatic symptom and related disorders (SSRDs) in children, including their definition, classification, epidemiology, clinical presentation, appropriate investigations, and management. It also provides practical strategies for clinical encounters with patients experiencing SSRDs. The episode was created by Sarah Clements, a second-year medical student at McMaster University, and Dr. Christina Grant, an adolescent medicine specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital.

This podcast will discuss an approach to recognizing and managing congenital hand anomalies in children. By the end of this podcast, listeners will be able to describe the key stages of embryologic hand development, categorize major malformations, recognize clinical "red flags" and systemic associations, and outline the clinical rationale for surgical timing in common anomalies.