Grand Rounds
The details
When: September 2026 - December 2026
Time: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Location: IWK Cineplex Theater
Microsoft Teams meeting:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/224420620592202?p=OxCo4jig1Fqt6MPAmM Meeting ID: 224 420 620 592 202 Passcode: HV62uT7K
Recorded sessions are available:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxww25q94DQWbC6cnFfcoWSms7nIq-b7L
| Date | |
|---|---|
September 23, 2026 *TEAMS ONLY* |
Presenter: Dr. Jillian Horton Title: We are Not all Perfectly Fine: Critical Frameworks for Understanding and Tackling our Burnout Crisis...and Finding Meaning in Work Learning Objectives: 1) Understand the components of Stanford, occupational well-being model, and their reference to your well-being. 2) Organize which well-being factors are under your direct control. 3) Name your most meaningful 20% and identify potential limiting beliefs around "getting to 20". |
| September 30, 2026 | CANCELLED - Truth and Reconciliation Day |
| October 7, 2026 | Presenter: Leanne Ward Title: Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Pediatric Bone Disorders: Successes, Challenges, and the Path Forward Learning Objectives: 1) To spotlight some of the key advances that have emerged in the Pediatric Rare Bone Disease therapeutic arena. 2) To highlight the challenges that the pediatric clinical trial community has faced, and the lessons learned. 3) To reflect on how successes and challenges can shed light on the path forward. |
| October 14, 2026 | Presenter: Education Day Title: Conflict Resolution Learning Objectives: TBD |
October 21, 2026 **NOTE CHANGE IN TIME: |
Presenter: Dr. Matthew Halanski, Ross Lecture Title: TBD Learning Objectives: TBD |
| October 28, 2026 | Presenter: Amanda Higgins, You’re in Charge Program Manager & Brigadoon Staff Title: Beyond the Clinic: Taking Charge at Camp - How You’re in Charge and Brigadoon Village are Reimagining Transition Education Learning Objectives: 1) Describe how the partnership between IWK Health's You're in Charge program and Brigadoon Village extends transition-to-adult-care education beyond the clinical setting through experiential, youth-centered programming. 2) Recognize how therapeutic recreation and camp-based programming can reinforce transition readiness by building self-advocacy, health literacy, confidence, and peer connection in youth with chronic, complex medical conditions and other life challenges. 3) Identify opportunities to integrate healthcare, recreation, and community partnerships to create more engaging and developmentally appropriate transition experiences for children, youth, and their families. |
| November 4, 2026 | Presenter: Ethics Rounds Title: TBD Learning Objectives: TBD |
| November 11, 2026 | CANCELLED - Remembrance Day |
| November 18, 2026 | Presenter: TBD Title: TBD Learning Objectives: TBD |
| November 25, 2026 | Presenters: Dr Amy Grant, Executive Director, Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit, Affiliated Scientific Staff, IWK Health, Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University; Jacklynn Pidduck, Transition Coordinator, IWK Children’s Health ProgramTitle: Transition and Health Care Utilization Title: Sticking the Landing: Transfer Age and Predictors of Secure Attachment to Primary and Specialist Care for Youth with Chronic Conditions Learning Objectives: 1) To outline findings from our retrospective cohort study of transition outcomes looking at health care utilization pre and post transfer to adult care in Nova Scotia. 2) To explore the factors that predict landing and secure attachment to adult care. 3) To discuss how this local data can shape our practice, supports for youth with health conditions and their families, and our advocacy for improved transitions to adult care. |
| December 2, 2026 | Presenter: Dr. Dhuha Alajmi, Pediatric Resident Title: TBD Learning Objectives: TBD |
| December 9, 2026 | Presenter: Dr. Giacomo Vivanti Title: Early Intervention in Autism: Translating Evidence in Better Outcomes Learning Objectives: 1) Understanding the evolving landscape of scientific knowledge and societal views on early interventions for autism. 2) Understanding how intervention outcomes are affected by the interplay of child, intervention, and implementation context characteristics. 3) Understanding barriers to optimal delivery of intervention, including gaps in scientific knowledge and societal factors. |
| December 16, 2026 | Christmas Quiz |
| December 23, 2026 | Cancelled |
| December 30, 2026 | Cancelled |
| GRAND ROUNDS RESUMES JANUARY 13, 2027 | |