This PedsCases note provides a one-page overview on smoking prevention and cessation, including the consequences of smoking, factors contributing to smoking intiation and interventions. It was created by Vaishvi Patel and Ronan Noble, medical students at the University of Alberta with the help of Dr. Jackie Lee, a pediatrician at the University of Alberta.
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The following podcast discusses climate change and how this affects Canadian youth. The podcast covers examples from recent climate events, and covers content from the Canadian Pediatric Society Position statement on global climate change and health in Canadian children. This content was created by Leina Kingdom a 3rd year medical student at McGill University and Dr. Signe Richer, an intensive and emergency medicine physician at Verdun Hospital in Montreal.
This podcast will discuss Approach to Childhood Dyslipidemia. The podcast was created by Katherine Tom, a final year medical student at McMaster University in Hamilton. This podcast was created under the supervision of clinical practice update author, Dr. Peter Wong, a community pediatric cardiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.
This PedsCases note provides a one-page overview on normal variants of short stature. It includes definitions, measuring stature, history & physical, diferential diagnosis and potential investigations. It was developed by Bryan Wong, a medical student at Queen's University with the help of Dr. van Wylick, a general pediatrician at Queen's University.
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Ce balado a été créé par Kaylee Novack, graduée de médecine et étudiante à la maîtrise à l’Université de Montréal, en collaboration avec Dr Nicholas Chadi, auteur principal de l’énoncé de positionnement de la Société Canadienne de Pédiatrie de 2021 sur la protection des enfants et adolescents contre les risques du vapotage. Ce balado a été traduit et enregistré en français par Sophie Marsolais, diplômée de la faculté de médecine de l'Université de Montréal et actuellement étudiante à la maîtrise en éthique clinique.
This podcast provides an approach to identification of the different types of cleft malformations, outlines the management of orofacial clefts and timing of surgical repair and discusses the genetic syndromes, sequences and associations linked with cleft lip and palate. It was developed by Julie Le, a first year Family Medicine resident at Queen’s University with the help of Dr. Regan Guilfoyle, a pediatric plastic surgeon at the University of Alberta.
This podcast covers an approach to assessing a child with recurrent fractures by exploring common pathologic etiologies and touching on management options for recurrent fractures. It was developed by Liyana Kukkadi, a final year medical student from Chatham, Ontario in the 6 year accelerated medicine program at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Gina Catena, a pediatrician and clinical fellow in child maltreatment, and Dr.
This podcast summarizes the new CPS position statement “A proposal to increase taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Canada”. It was developed by Dr. Sandra Botros Gouda, a first-year pediatric resident at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Catherine Pound, a pediatrician and researcher at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.
This CPS podcast covers special considerations when caring for children and youth from Canadian military families. This includes understanding unique stresses, identifying families at risk of challenges coping during a parent’s deployment, recognizing common issues for children as well as the importance of community resources and advocacy. It was developed by Dr. Katie Girgulis, a Pediatrics Resident at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre in collaboration with Dr. Anne Rowan-Legg, the main author of the 2017 CPS position statement that will be reviewed in this podcast.
This podcast presents an approach to delivering life-altering news in a pediatric setting. It will compare and contrast "life-altering news" vs. "bad news" and will describe and apply Robert Buckman's 6-step SPIKES protocol to a pediatric case. The podcast was developed by Geraldine Huynh, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Debra Andrews, a developmental pediatrician at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.