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  
March 27, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Sharon Unger
Title:  Human milk in the NICU
Learning Objectives:  
1) The range of uses of human milk in the NICU.
2)  The processing of human donor milk.
3)  The MaxiMoM research program.
April 3, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Beth Cummings
Title:  Lipid screening for ALL Children? When, Why and What Next?
Based on the Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association and soon to be released Canadian Paediatric Society Practice update on dyslipidemia in children and adolescents.
1)  To be aware of pediatric dyslipidemia screening recommendations and rationale.
2)  To identify features suggestive of familial hypercholesterolemia.
3)  To state an evaluation plan for abnormal lipid profiles.
4)  To apply a treatment algorithm for abnormal lipid profiles.
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:  Lynette Reid and Jordin Fletcher, Faculty Development
Title:  Anti-oppressive curriculum changes: medical learners bringing a new lens to the clinical learning environment
Learning Objectives:  
1) Describe new developments in anti-oppressive medical curriculum.
2) Identify what you're already doing to address anti-oppressive learning outcomes.
3) Consider implications of curriculum changes for clinical learning and teaching.
4) Apply key tips for a safer learning and teaching environment.
April 24, 2024 Presenter:  Dr. Galit Alter, CCfV Speaker
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:  Dr. Maydianne Andrade, Goldbloom Lecture
Title:  Recognizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Medicine
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