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Test Your Knowledge Library: an online review tool with multiple choice questions based on Canadian Paediatric Society position statements and practice points. It is designed to help paediatric residents keep up to date on CPS recommendations and prepare for exams.
Free access may be available through your residency program. Check with your program assistant or contact pedagogy@cps.ca
Indigenous child and youth health: The Canadian Paediatric Society and the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health have produced a four-part training program on Indigenous child and youth health, designed for paediatric residents and suitable for other health professionals. The curriculum, which should be delivered by physicians with experience providing care to First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis children and youth, covers:
- Demographics, data, and federal government relations
- Common medical conditions
- History, colonization and social determinants of health
- Providing culturally safe care
Curriculum materials include slide decks, speaker notes, and reference handouts, and are available to Canadian Paediatric Society members at no cost. Visit the Member Centre to access the files, or this page for more information about our work in Indigenous child and youth health.
Global Child Health: A training program that provides residents with foundational knowledge around global child health issues. The curriculum is made for educators and consists of four one-hour interactive modules that have been designed to be taught as an educational series or standalone pieces, easily integrated into existing residency curricula. The modules focus on:
- Global child mortality
- Undernutrition
- Fever in the returned child traveller
- Children and youth new to Canada
Curriculum materials include a trainer manual, four slide decks, handouts, and structured clinical exam cases, and are available to Canadian Paediatric Society members at no cost. Visit the Member Centre to access the files.
Assessment and Treatment of Disruptive Behaviour in Youth: Educational tools to teach resident physicians about the assessment and treatment of disruptive and aggressive behaviour in youth. The basic curriculum is targeted to residents in paediatrics and family medicine; the advanced curriculum targets residents in developmental paediatrics, adolescent medicine, and psychiatry. The curriculae take two and four hours, respectively, and consist of slide sets, pre- and post-tests, and handouts. For more information visit readycanada.org.
PedsCases 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.
Earn 0.5 Section 2 credits per podcast. Brought to you by CPS and PedsCases.
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Considerations for Privacy and Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care Service Delivery
Date Posted: Sep 19 2026 Description A hallmark of delivering quality adolescent health care services is the provision of confidential care. Key tenets when providing confidential care for adolescents include time alone with a health care provider, maintaining privacy of health information, and securing informed consent for services without permission from a parent, guardian, or caregiver. While confidentiality is a basic principle for all health care encounters regardless of age, the unique considerations for capable adolescent patients are not always realized or appreciated. By ensuring appropriate quantity and quality of confidential care for adolescents, clinicians are better equipped to elicit a comprehensive history and physical examination, while empowering the adolescent involved to develop agency, autonomy, trust, and responsibility for their own health care decision-making and management. Length: 17 min. |
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Prevention and Management of Acute Complications in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Date Posted: Feb 26 2026 Description Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, multi-system disease that requires comprehensive care. The sickling of red blood cells leads to hemolysis and vascular occlusion. Complications include hemolytic anemia, pain syndromes, and organ damage. Patterns of immigration and an increase in newborn screening mean that paediatric health care providers across Canada, in small and large centres alike, need to be knowledgeable about SCD. This statement focuses on principles of prevention, advocacy, and the rapid treatment of common acute complications. Guidance includes the current status of newborn screening, recommendations for immunizations and antibiotic prophylaxis, and an introduction to hydroxyurea, a medication that reduces both morbidity and mortality in children with SCD. Case vignettes demonstrate principles of care for common acute complications of SCD: vaso-occlusive episodes (VOE), acute chest syndrome (ACS), fever, splenic sequestration, aplastic crises, and stroke. Finally, principles of blood transfusion are highlighted, along with indications for both straight and exchange blood transfusions. Length: 21 min. |
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Managing Newborns at Risk for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS): Updates and Emerging Best Practices
Date Posted: Description The Canadian Institute for Health Information (Quebec excluded) reported, from 2010 to 2020, an increase in newborns diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) from 3.5 to 6.3 per 1000 live births[1]. Many of these cases are attributed to opioid exposure and result in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)[2]. Reports indicate that while observation for withdrawal symptoms is increasing, NAS/NOWS cases are still under-reported in Canada[3]. The costs of hospitalization speak to the significant burden this problem places on the health of infants and families, along with hospital units, health care providers, and other community resources[4]. Length: 16 min. |
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Date Posted: Jul 21 2025 Description Assessing enuresis involves distinguishing monosymptomatic from non-monosymptomatic for this common paediatric problem, and identifying concomitant comorbidities. Addressing co-occurring factors concurrently ensures the best opportunity for a satisfactory outcome Length: 18 min. |
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Date Posted: Description Free play is essential for children’s development and for their physical, mental, and social health. Opportunities to engage in outdoor free play—and risky play in particular—have declined significantly in recent years, in part because safety measures have sought to prevent all play-related injuries rather than focusing on serious and fatal injuries. Length: 15 min. |
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Date Posted: Description It is well recognized that human milk is the optimal nutritive source for all infants, including those requiring intensive care. This statement reviews evidence supporting the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for infants, and why breastfeeding practices should be prioritized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also reviews how to optimally feed infants based on their stability and maturity, and how to support mothers to establish and maintain milk production when their infants are unable to feed at the breast. Length: 16 min. |
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Date Posted: Description The evaluation and management of young infants presenting with fever remains an area of significant practice variation. While most well-appearing febrile young infants have a viral illness, identifying those at risk for invasive bacterial infections, specifically bacteremia and bacterial meningitis, is critical. This statement considers infants aged ≤90 days who present with a rectal temperature of ≥38.0oC but appear well otherwise. Applying recent risk stratification criteria to guide management and incorporating diagnostic testing with procalcitonin are advised. Management decisions for infants meeting low-risk criteria should reflect the probability of disease, consider the balance of risks and potential harm, and include parents/caregivers in shared decision-making when options exist. Optimal management may also be influenced by pragmatic considerations, such as access to diagnostic investigations, observation units, tertiary care, and follow-up. Special considerations such as temperature measurement, risk for invasive herpes simplex infection, and post-immunization fever are also discussed. Length: 18 min. |
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Date Posted: Aug 20 2024 Description Paediatricians and other primary care providers (PCPs) are optimally positioned to support children and youth through the developmental processes that contribute to identity formation. Gender identity, a critical facet of a young person’s sense of self, first emerges in early childhood and evolves over the child and adolescent life course. Recent studies suggest that an increasing number of youth identify with a gender other than the sex assigned to them at birth, and demand and need for gender-related care within the paediatric health care system is growing[3]-[10]. Paediatricians and PCPs may be the first professionals from whom transgender or gender-diverse (TGD) youth and their families seek support. Length: 18 min. |
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Date Posted: Jun 24 2024 Description Length: 12 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 11 2024 Description Length: 13 min. |
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Date Posted: Oct 19 2023 Description Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concerns affecting Canadian children and adolescents. The Canadian Paediatric Society has developed two position statements that summarize current evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of anxiety disorders. Length: 14 min. |
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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. |
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Date Posted: Dec 8 2020 Description Housing affects the health of children and youth. Approximately 30% of Canadian households live in substandard housing or core housing need. The present statement reviews the literature documenting the impacts of housing on personal health and the health care system. Length: 12 min. |
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Counselling adolescents and parents about cannabis: A primer for health professionals
Date Posted: Nov 9 2020 Description This podcast reviews sound, evidence-based tools to help healthcare providers focus their skills when addressing non-medical (recreational) cannabis use with adolescents in everyday practice. Production of this podcast has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada. Length: 31 min. |
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Date Posted: Oct 21 2020 Description Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder. Three position statements have been developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society, following systematic literature reviews. Statement objectives are to: 1) Summarize the current clinical evidence regarding ADHD, 2) Establish a standard for ADHD care, and 3) Assist Canadian clinicians in making well-informed, evidence-based decisions to enhance care of children and youth with this condition. Length: 17 min. |
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Date Posted: Oct 21 2020 Description Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder. Three position statements have been developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society, following systematic literature reviews. Statement objectives are to: 1) Summarize the current clinical evidence regarding ADHD, 2) Establish a standard for ADHD care, and 3) Assist Canadian clinicians in making well-informed, evidence-based decisions to enhance care of children and youth with this condition. Length: 15 min. |
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ADHD in children and youth: Part 3—Assessment and treatment with comorbid ASD, ID, or prematurity
Date Posted: Oct 21 2020 Description Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder. Three position statements have been developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society, following systematic literature reviews. Statement objectives are to: 1) Summarize the current clinical evidence regarding ADHD, 2) Establish a standard for ADHD care, and 3) Assist Canadian clinicians in making well-informed, evidence-based decisions to enhance care of children and youth with this condition. Length: 17 min. |
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Date Posted: May 20 2020 Description Recent research has correlated the raising of taxes on SSBs with decreased consumption in some jurisdictions. This policy could have significant positive impacts for public health. Length: 11 min. |
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Caring for children and youth from Canadian military families: Special considerations
Date Posted: Mar 26 2020 Description Learn to identify military families and to acknowledge their unique needs. Length: 15 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 30 2020 Description Beta-lactam allergy is commonly diagnosed in paediatric patients, but over 90% of individuals reporting this allergy are able to tolerate the medications prescribed after evaluation by an allergist. Length: 27 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 30 2020 Description Available nutritional surveillance data suggest that most Canadian children consume sodium in excess of their dietary requirements. Length: 17 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 30 2020 Description Learn about key elements of nutrition policies in schools with a focus on nutrition standards. Length: 15 min. |
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Date Posted: Nov 25 2019 Description Screening, monitoring, and intervention protocols have been revised to better identify, manage, and treat infants who are at risk for persistent, recurrent, or severe hypoglycemia. Length: 25 min. |
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Managing pain and distress in children undergoing brief diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Date Posted: Nov 3 2019 Description Learn basic approach for minimizing pain and distress in children undergoing therapeutic procedures to improve the patient, parent. and health care provider experience. Length: 19 min. |
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Children with autism (ASD): Assessment, intervention and treatments. Three part series
Date Posted: Oct 24 2019 Description |
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Date Posted: Oct 12 2019 Description This podcast reviews the CPS guideline on salmonella infection in Canadian children, including epidemiology, presentation, investigation, therapy and prevention. Length: 15 min. |
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Date Posted: Jun 21 2019 Description Learn how to provide neuroprotection for preterm infants. Length: 33 min. |
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Date Posted: Jun 7 2019 Description Find out the cognitive, psychosocial, and physical effects of digital media on school-aged children and adolescents. Length: 24 min. |
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Date Posted: May 28 2019 Description Evidence suggests that a single intramuscular injection of vitamin K at birth effectively prevents vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Length: 15 min. |
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Date Posted: Apr 15 2019 Description All IGAS, regardless of severity, are reportable. Learn about the management of severe IGAS diseases. Length: 17 min. |
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Date Posted: Feb 12 2019 Description Generating a “good” idea: 15 min. Designing and planning your project: 12 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 21 2019 Description Learn to consider, investigate and treat acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in cases of bone or joint pain or pseudo-paralysis. Length: 20 min. |
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Date Posted: Oct 26 2018 Description Learn how to manage newly diagnosed children with primary ITP. Length: 18 min. |
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The medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: Infants and young children with skeletal injury
Date Posted: Sep 28 2018 Description Learn to differentiate inflicted from accidental fractures. Length: 17 min. |
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Date Posted: Aug 8 2018 Description Empyema management is a common, if controversial, reason for hospitalization in childhood. Learn to better assess and treat this complication of pneumonia. Length: 13 min. |
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Date Posted: Jul 17 2018 Description Learn how cannabinoid use can affect the adolescent brain during a particularly important phase of development. Length: 18 min. |
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Date Posted: Jun 7 2018 Description Explore some common ethical questions that arise during paediatric care, with pathways to shared decision-making and tools for resolving disagreements. Length: 16 min. |
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Date Posted: May 29 2018 Description Contraceptive options are reviewed, with risks, benefits and recommendations for prescription and use. Length: 20 min. |
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Date Posted: Feb 14 2018 Description Hear all about the LEARN (Listen, Explain, Acknowledge, Recommend, Negotiate) model for cross-cultural communication in paediatrics. Length: 10 min. |
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Date Posted: Oct 19 2017 Description Learn about the pathogenesis, etiology, and risk factors of acute otitis media.
Length: 21 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 11 2017 Description Early-onset neonatal bacterial sepsis (EOS) has been defined as sepsis occurring within the first seven days of life; most infants become symptomatic within 24 h of birth.
Length: 19 min. |
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Date Posted: Jan 6 2017 Description Croup is one of the most common causes of upper airway obstruction in young children.
Length: 16 min. |
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Uncomplicated pneumonia in healthy Canadian children and youth: Practice points for management
Date Posted: Feb 28 2016 Description Although immunization has decreased the incidence of bacterial pneumonia in vaccinated children, pneumonia remains common in healthy children. Length: 18 min. |
Last updated: Jul 16, 2026