Agenda

Sessions will be recorded and made available to all rgistrants following the conference for 6 months.

Day 1 – Thursday November 2

Eastern Standard Time

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8:50am-9:00am

Welcome

Dr. Suzan Schneeweiss

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9:00am-9:45am

Plenary

Evaluation of the Young Febrile Infant – State of Science

Dr. Prashant Mahajan

Learning Objectives:

  • Coming Soon!
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9:45am-9:50am

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9:50am-11:05am

Quick Hits

Updates in General and Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Joshua Ramjist

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify appropriate use of clinical assessment tools, imaging modalities, patient selection process for same day discharge and post-operative managment in patients with acute appendicitis.
  • Evaluate contemporary management strategies for spontaneous pneumothorax with a focus on observation versus needle aspiration versus tube thoracostomy.
  • Discuss the use of solid organ injuries guidelines in children who have sustained blunt injuries

Spinal Tap Superstars: Becoming the MVP of Lumbar Punctures in Paediatrics

Dr. Natasha Collia

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify and discuss common challenges in pediatric Lumbar Punctures
  • Discuss techniques that can help to develop proficiency in performing Lumbar Punctures with Confidence
  • Discover the new Paediatric Lumbar Puncture chair and how it’s supposed to increase success rates and reduce traumatic LP’s

Paediatric Fracture Management – Fix, Support or Let Nature Take its Course!

Dr. Kathy Boutis

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss which paediatric fractures are low, medium or high-risk
  • Apply clinical guidelines for the management of paediatric fractures
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11:05am-11:15am

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11:15am-12:00 pm

Breakouts 1, 2 & 3

Paediatric M&M Cases: Lessons Learned

Dr. Deb Schonfeld

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify ideal cases for M&M review
  • Describe a systems-based approach to analyzing errors and advocating for solutions
  • Recognize common cognitive biases that can lead to medical errors

Paediatric Poisonings

Dr. Savithiri Ratnapalan

Learning Objectives:

  • List 3 items at home that can be toxic if ingested
  • Describe 3 major toxidromes
  • Discuss 4 important questions about poisoning

Common Childhood Infections

Dr. Alisha Jamal

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify key history and clinical examination features of common paediatric infections and review evidence based investigations and management of thes infections
  • Recognize common and serious complications of common paediatric infections and discuss appropriate managment for these complications
  • Develop a differential diagnosis of common infection mimickers, how they present, differentiating factors and the managment of these alternative diagnoses
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12:00 - 12:40 pm

LUNCH

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12:40pm-1:10pm

Cases from the ED

Drs. Natasha Collia, Ameneh Amini, Omar Taibah

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1:10 pm-1:15 pm

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1:15pm-2:00 pm

Breakouts 1, 2, & 3 (Repeat)

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2:00 pm-2:10 pm

BREAK 

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2:10 pm-2:55 pm

Best Papers

Show me the Evidence: Best Papers of 2023

Dr. Adrienne Davis

Coming Soon!

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2:55pm-3:00 pm

Wrap Up 

Day 2 – Friday November 3

Eastern Standard Time

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8:50am-9:00am

Welcome

Dr. Suzan Schneeweiss

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9:00am-9:45am

Plenary 2 

Child Maltreatment – A 2023 Update for Clinicians 

Dr. Paul Kadar

Learning Objectives:

  • Move beyond the traditional diagnosis of “Shaken Baby Syndrome”
  • Develop effective communication skills to engage with families and investigators in child maltreatment cases
  • Recognize and provide support for persons at risk for human trafficking in the ED setting
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9:45am-9:50am

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9:50am-11:05am

Quick Hits

When Less is Best: Choosing Wisely in PEM

Dr. Olivia Ostrow

Learning Objectives:

  • Highlight the five recommendations from the North American Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Choosing Wisely list released in 2022
  • Explore opportunities for implementing these recommendations to address Overuse in your ED

Sickle Cell Disease: A New Quality Standard for High Quality Care

Dr. Isaac Odame

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the scope and topic areas of the newly developed sickle cell disease Quality Standard
  • Use Quality Standard eReports to be informed about sickle cell disease quality improvement efforts in Ontario
  • Utilize educational opportunities available to health professionals for implementation support

Adding GAS to the Fire: Invasive and Non-Invasive Group A Strep Infection in Children

Dr. Vicky Fera

Learning Objectives:

  • Review GAS pharyngitis diagnosis and management
  • Discuss invasive GAS presentations in children
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11:05am-11:15am

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11:15am-12:00pm

Breakouts 4, 5, & 6

The Dermatology Diaries: Cases from the ED

Dr. Rebecca Levy

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and manage common cutaneous conditions in children presenting to the emergency department.

  • Understand when hospital admission is indicated for acute pediatric skin disorders.

  • Differentiate between serious acute blistering disorders in children.

The Real Meat and Potatoes: A Practical Approach to Eating Disorders for the Community Provider

Dr. Allison Rodrigues

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the role of the community provider in medical management of eating disorders
  • Reviewing admission criteria, setting treatment goal weights, recommneded investigations and monitoring
  • Review goals of admission
  • Briefly review treatment approaches

Paediatric Status Migrainosus Treatment in the ED Setting

Dr. Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the burden and prevalence of paediatric headache and migraine in ED
  • Discuss the treatment pathway for the management of status migrainosus in children and adolescents
  • Review the indications for investigations, admission and referral for young patients with status migrainosus
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12:00pm-12:40pm

LUNCH

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12:40pm-1:25pm

Breakouts 4, 5 & 6 (Repeat)

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1:25pm-1:35pm

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1:35pm-2:25pm

Plenary 3

Clinical Artificial Intelligence in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Dr. Devin Singh

Learning Objectives:

  • Review key definitions and concepts related to clinical artificial intelligence and machine learning.

  • Review different forms of machine learning approaches and how they can be applied to solving real world clinical problems in PEM.

  • Learn the anatomy of a machine learning model and a common project pipeline.

  • Gain a basic understanding on how to critical appraise a machine learning model using a real world use case.

  • Introduce high level principles of privacy, legal, and regulatory considerations for AI in healthcare.

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2:25pm-2:55pm

Kahoot

It’s All PEM and Games

Dr. Jonathan Pirie

Learning Objectives:

  • Coming Soon!
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2:55pm-3:00pm

Wrap Up 

Dr. Suzan Schneeweiss

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