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.

This podcast will give you an approach to neonatal seizures. In this episode, listeners will learn 1) how to describe the clinical presentation of different type of neonatal seizures, 2) recognize that neonatal seizures can present similar to non-epileptic neonatal behaviours and be able to contrast seizure presentations from non-epileptic behaviour, 3) Identify the risk factors that predispose neonates to seizures, 4) Describe common causes of seizures in the neonate, 5) Identify the different investigations to employ when working up a neonate for seizures, and 6) Discuss treatment options for neonatal seizures.

This podcast will review the CPS Position Statement from November 2022, “Acute complications in children with sickle cell disease: Prevention and management”, written by Dr. Carolyn E. Beck, a hospitalist pediatrician at SickKids hospital, Dr. Evelyne D. Trottier, a pediatric emergency physician at CHUSJ, Dr. Melanie Kirby-Allen, a haematologist at SickKids Hospital, and Dr. Yves Pastore, a haematologist at CHUSJ. Today’s episode was created by Audrey Slater, a fourth-year medical student at the Université de Montréal, in collaboration with Dr. Evelyne D. Trottier and the authors of the CPS statement.