Grand Rounds

Expand your knowledge

Whether you're a practising pediatrician or a resident, you’ll find plenty of value in attending our Grand Rounds. Accredited by the Royal College as a Category 1 Continuing Professional Development activity, these Rounds cover a wide range of basic and clinical science topics relevant to pediatrics.  In order to receive credit for attending, please go to the following site and complete an evaluation form: http://surveys.novascotia.ca/pedsgrandrounds

Although all members of the IWK community are invited, the presentations, which feature a mix of faculty, residents and visiting professors, are developed with pediatricians in mind.

The details

When: January 2024 - June 2024

Time: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Rounds will be broadcasted via Zoom:  :  
https://dal-ca.zoom.us/j/81710675567?pwd=h9aNuTCQF6debAXbnMfC2SVn6jmhm8.1
Meeting ID: 817 1067 5567     Passcode: 443679

Recorded sessions are available: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxww25q94DQWbC6cnFfcoWSms7nIq-b7L

Date  
February 28, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Joy Eberhardt
Title:  ADHD and Substance Use – What you don’t know can hurt you
Learning Objectives:  
1) Cultivating Curiosity
2) Context is Everything
3) A New Narrative
March 6, 2024 Presenter:  Tobias R. Kollmann, M.D., Ph.D.; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Dalhousie University. CEO, Born Strong Initiative  https://www.born-strong.org/home
Title:  Journey into the Known Unknown of Infectious Diseases & Vaccines
Learning Objectives:  
1)  Vaccines work. Even beyond their target pathogen. This insight can help provide much needed clinical benefit.
2)  Maternal (tetanus) vaccination works well to prevent neonatal tetanus and also can reduce risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes (stillbirth, preterm birth) unrelated to tetanus.
3)  BCG designed t to prevent TB reduces the risk to die from neonatal sepsis.
March 13, 2024 CANCELLED DUE TO MARCH BREAK
March 20, 2024 Presenter:  Lila Pavey & Jenna Hopson, Prevention and Health Promotion Specialists, Mental Health and Addictions, IWK Health
Title:  A Population Health Approach to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth in Nova Scotia
Learning Objectives:  
1) To outline the risks and vulnerabilities for why Nova Scotia has the highest rate of police reported human trafficking.
2) To describe the process for creating a population health approach to address and prevent the risks for being exploited and trafficked.
3) To identify recommended actions and next steps through community partnership and key documentation to reduce the risks and vulnerability leading to commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth in Nova Scotia.
March 27, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Sharon Unger
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
April 3, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Beth Cummings
Title:  Update on Lipid Management
Learning Objectives:  TBD
April 10, 2024 Presenter: Pediatic Trainee Research Day Speaker:  Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, MD, Vice President of Research and Director of the Bloorview Research Institute   
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
April 17, 2024 Presenter:  Faculty Development (Contact:  Dr. Sarah Manos)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
April 24, 2024 Presenter:  CCfV Speaker (Contact:  Dr. Jeannette Comeau)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 1, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. David Burnett, Gastroenterology
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 8, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Heidi Olson
Title:  Increases of Child-on Child Violence Linked to Pornography/Cultures of Pornography Shaping Youth Understanding of Intimate Relationships
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 15, 2024 Presenters:   Denstistry Residents  (Contact:  Dr. Evan Shaw)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 22, 2024 Presenter:  PICU  (Contact:  Dr. Jennifer Foster)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 29, 2024 Presenter:  Goldbloom Lecture  (Contact:  Nadine Loppie)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 5, 2024 Presenter:  Ross Lecture (Contact:  Dr. Bashar Bata, Ophthalmology)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 12, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Bahaa Abu RayaResearch Committee #3 (Contact:  Dr. Tony Otley)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 19, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Margo Greenwood  (Contacts:  Drs. Noni MacDonald and Bob Bortolussi)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 26, 2024 Presenter:  Best of CPS   (Contact:  Dr. Amy Ornstein)
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD