Podcasts
Earn 0.5 Section 2 credits per podcast.
Based on recent CPS position statements/practice points and presented in a case-based approach, these podcasts allow busy clinicians to listen to CME at their convenience.
Featuring practical insights, clinical presentations or specific diagnoses, clinical guidance and policy recommendations, these podcasts will appeal to paediatricians, family physicians, residents, and allied health professionals.
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Date Posted: Aug 9 2023 Description Pain assessment and management are essential components of paediatric care. Developmentally appropriate pain assessment is an important first step in optimizing pain management. Self-reported pain should be prioritized. Alternatively, developmentally appropriate behavioural tools should be used. Acute pain management and prevention guidelines and strategies that combine physical, psychological, and pharmacological approaches should be accessible in all health care settings. Chronic pain is best managed using combined treatment modalities and counselling, with the primary goal of attaining functional improvement. Length: 18 min. |
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Date Posted: Mar 20 2023 Description Paediatric health care providers (HCPs) play an important role in optimizing bone health. Childhood accrual of bone mass accelerates in adolescence, with peak lifetime bone mass typically achieved between 20 and 25 years of age [1]-[3]. Thus, addressing modifiable risk factors throughout childhood is essential. Length: 36 min. |
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Date Posted: Description Youth vaping presents significant risks for the health and safety of Canadian children and adolescents. This statement provides background information about vaping, vaping products, and related devices, discusses the short- and long-term harms known to be associated with their use, Length: 27 min. |
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Date Posted: Apr 11 2022 Description The digital landscape is evolving more quickly than research on the effects of screen media on the development, learning and family life of young children. This statement examines the potential benefits and risks of screen media in children younger than 5 years, focusing on developmental, psychosocial and physical health. Evidence-based guidance to optimize and support children’s early media experiences involves four principles: minimizing, mitigating, mindfully using and modelling healthy use of screens. Knowing how young children learn and develop informs best practice strategies for health care providers. Length: 33 min. |
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Date Posted: Apr 6 2022 Description The Rourke Baby Record (RBR) is an evidence-based health supervision guide for physicians and other health care providers caring for children in the first five years of life. Its goal has always been to ensure that health care providers have up-to-date evidence and information to provide effective care for children in Canada. Length: 21 min. |
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Date Posted: Feb 10 2022 Description Management of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants is one of the most contentious topics in neonatal intensive care. PDAs have been associated without proof of causation with numerous adverse outcomes, including prolongation of assisted ventilation, pulmonary hemorrhage, chronic lung disease (CLD), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), and death Length: 16 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 11 2022 Description This guideline addresses the emergency management of convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) in children and infants older than one month of age. It replaces a previous position statement from 2011, and includes a new treatment algorithm and table of recommended medications based on new evidence and reflecting the evolution of clinical practice over the past several years. This statement emphasizes the importance of timely pharmacological management of CSE, and includes some guidance for diagnostic approach and supportive care. Length: 29 min. |
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Date Posted: Dec 8 2021 Description Although acute and subacute lead toxicity requiring active treatment is rare in Canada, paediatricians need to be aware of new evidence linking lower lead levels to neurodevelopmental deficits. Length: 19 min. |
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Date Posted: Aug 23 2021 Description This podcast will explore approaches to procedural sedation in infants, children, and adolescents undergoing common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures requiring sedation and analgesia outside the operating room by non-anesthesiologists / non-intensivist clinicians. It will specifically focus on the prevention of sedation-related adverse events. The podcast was developed by Summer Hudson and Katie Gourlay, second-year medical students at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Kristina Krmpotic, a pediatric intensivist at IWK Health Length: 16 min. |
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The medical assessment of bruising in suspected child maltreatment cases: A clinical perspective
Date Posted: Jun 21 2021 Description This podcast is a review of the Canadian Pediatric Society's position statement on bruising in infants and children. In this episode, learners will learn the differential diagnosis and key investigations for bruising, as well as recognize a health professional's obligation to report injuries concerning for child abuse to the appropriate child welfare authority. Length: 36 min. |
Last updated: Feb 26, 2026