PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online PedsCases Team

This podcast will give you an approach to Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In this episode, listeners will 1) discuss the prevalence, onset, course, and etiological considerations for OCD in children and adolescents, 2) list the clinical manifestations of OCD including different symptom clusters, 3) contrast the differences in OCD presentations between children and adults, 4) review the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for OCD, 5) review screening tools and questionnaires for OCD in children, and 6) describe an approach to the management for OCD in children and adolescents. The podcast was created by Angela Hu, a second year medical student at McMaster University, in collaboration with Dr. Kerry Boyd, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and associate clinical professor in psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences at McMaster University.

This podcast will discuss Adolescents: Providing Anticipatory Guidance for Parents and Teens. The podcast was created by Courtney Tromburg a 2024 medical student at the University of Alberta. This PedsCases podcast was developed in collaboration with Dr. Simone Lebeuf, a Pediatrician, Adolescent Medicine specialist at the University of Alberta. This PedsCases podcast aims to provide an approach to caring for adolescents.

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 give you an approach to cerebral visual impairment (CVI) in children. In this episode, listeners will 1) define cerebral visual impairment (CVI), 2) list the potential causes of CVI, 3) discuss the presentation and diagnosis of CVI in children, and 4) review the potential impact of CVI on development and learning. The podcast was created by Josephine Jakubowski, a third-year medical student at Queen’s University, in collaboration with Dr. Dawa Samdup, a Developmental Pediatrician from Queen’s University.

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 podcast aims to provide an approach to childhood dyslipidemia, reviewing components of the CPS statement: “The Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents.”

This podcast will give you an approach to skin and soft tissue infections. In this episode, listeners will 1) recognize the clinical manifestations of various skin and soft tissue infections, 2) classify bacterial pathogens based on the clinical presentations of skin and soft tissue infections, 3) identify red flags of skin and soft tissue infections, and 4) discuss the approach to management of skin and soft tissue infections. The podcast was created by Roy Khalaf, a third year medical student at McGill University, in collaboration with Dr. Korah, a Hospitalist Pediatrician at Montreal Children’s Hospital at the McGill University Health Center.