Grand Rounds

The details

When: January 2026 - June 2026

Time: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Location:  IWK Cineplex Theater 

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/26437783769798?p=Z8FPBb4pHTLYUBrj7X
Meeting ID: 264 377 837 697 98
Passcode: xZ3be3sz

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

Date  
March 18, 2026 CANCELLED - MARCH BREAK
March 25, 2026 Presenter:   Dr. Sonja MacDonald
Title:  Family Perspectives on Caring for Children with Serious and Chronic Illness
Learning Objectives:
1) To explore parents/caregiver's perspective of caring for a child with medical complexity or illness.
2) To examine the sibling’s experience
3) Understand our role as health care providers to support the whole family.
April 1, 2026 Presenter:  Dr. Kyla Hildebrand, CCfV Speaker
Title:  Precision Host Defense: Inborn Errors of Immunity in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
Learning Objectives: 
1) Summarize the prevalence and types of inborn errors of immunity identified in patients with invasive pneumococcal disease.
2) Select appropriate immunological investigations for patients presenting with IPD to detect underlying immune defects.
3) Implement immunization strategies tailored to individuals with inborn errors of immunity.
April 8, 2026 Presenters:   Dr. Chris Pang with Members of the Canadian Pediatric Society Adolescent Health Committee and Centre for Healthy Screen Use; Holly Agostino, Megan Harrison, Michelle Ponti
Title:  Influencing The Future: Review of Current Research in Social Media Use and Adolescent Health
Learning Objectives: 
1)  Review the current landscape and nuance of adolescent social media use research, with focus on sleep, mental health, and disordered eating.
2) Offer strategies in engaging youth and counselling around social media use, in screening for problematic social media use, and in promoting online safety.
3) Highlight resources and future initiatives from the Canadian Pediatric Society around healthy screen use.
April 15, 2026 Presenter:   Dr Muhammad Mumdani
Title:  Practical Considerations for the Adoption of AI in Healthcare
Learning Objectives:
1) Understand the process of developing and deploying AI solutions into clinical practice.
2) Understand key challenges in the deployment and evaluation of AI solutions in healthcare. 
April 22, 2026 Presenter:   Dr. Alexandra Neville
Title:  The Burden of Not Knowing: Uncertainty in Pediatric Pain
Learning Objectives: 
1)     Gain an understanding of diagnostic uncertainty in the context of pediatric chronic pain.
2)     Consider implications of diagnostic uncertainty for youth with chronic pain, caregivers, and clinicians.
3)     Consider ways clinicians might address diagnostic uncertainty in the clinical encounter.
April 29, 2026 Presenter:   TBD
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD

May 6, 2026

*VIRTUAL ONLY*

 

Presenter:   Sabrianne Penner
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 13, 2026 Presenter:   Dental Resident
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 20, 2026 Presenter:   TBD
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
May 27, 2026 Presenter:   Dr. Erin Brooks
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 3, 2026 Presenters:   Karen Noiles and Cathy Younker, School Health Partnership Program
Title:  School Health Partnership Program
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 10, 2026 Presenter:   Best of CPS
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 17, 2026 Presenter:   Dr. Kaleigh MacIsaac
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD
June 24, 2026 Presenter:   TBD
Title:  TBD
Learning Objectives:  TBD