Palliative Care

Pediatric Palliative Care

This podcast covers the guiding principles of pediatric palliative care, including how to talk to children and siblings, symptom management, and differences to adult palliative care. This podcast was developed by Cailey Turner, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Cheryl Mack, a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and part of the ASSIST pediatric palliative care team at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.


Medical Assistance In Dying: A Paediatric Perspective – CPS Podcast

This podcast was produced by PedsCases and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), discussing the new CPS position statement titled: “Medical Assistance in Dying: A Paediatric Perspective.” This podcast presents a paediatric perspective to medical assistance in dying (MAID). This podcast was developed by Dr. Chris Novak, a second-year Paediatric resident at the Stollery Children’s Hospital at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and Dr.


Pediatric Pain Management

This podcast presents an approach to pain management in the pediatric population. At the end of this podcast, you should have an understanding of the importance of adequate pain management in the pediatric population, recognize and assess pain in both the verbal and non-verbal child, and manage pain using the 3 P’s: physical, phsycological, and pharmacological methods. This episode has been written by Adam Humble, Dr. Dawn Davies, and Kathyrn Reid. Adam is a medical student at the University of Alberta. Dr.