Talking Pediatrics

Working in health care is physically and emotionally challenging. Burnout is common and statistics on health care worker suicides are sobering. On this episode of Talking Pediatrics, guest host Dr. Gabi Hester will speak with several Kid Experts about resources and strategies to support health care workers when they are in need. 
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-peer-peer-support-supporting-colleagues-challenging-events-6-3-22/

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, those of us caring for children and adolescents have seen a dramatic rise in stress and anxiety among the pediatric population, and a need to support kids and their mental health. In this episode, Children's own Kid Expert, Dr. Sara Gonzalez Rodriguez, licensed psychologist, joins us to discuss the impact of anxiety and stress on kids and their families, and ways clinicians can offer support during this critical time.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-impact-anxiety-stress-kids-families-5-27-22/

Is it a bird? A plane? A mobile simulation bus? Mobile simulation, which brings vehicles equipped with spaces to simulate patient care areas, task trainers, and mannequins directly to the healthcare provider, has steadily increased over the last decade. Since 2007, the Children's Minnesota Mobile Simulation Center Bus has traveled to provide hands on practice for healthcare professionals across the region. The Mobile Simulation Center is a 40 foot RV outfitted to look like a hospital space, and designed for training teams in the field. On this episode, Dr. Samreen Vora interviews Suzanne Nelson, a Simulation Education Specialist at Children's Minnesota, who shares her experiences with the Mobile Simulation Center providing health care professionals an opportunity to practice clinical scenarios and reflective debriefing in a mobile clinical setting.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-simulation-sessions-taking-show-road-mobile-simulation-5-13-22/

When we talk about health equity, we often hear about overcoming both implicit and explicit bias, which implies that if we could only change individual and collective behavior, we could improve health outcomes. But what is left out of these discussions is the important factor of structural racism, the ways that our health care system were built to generate the racial health inequities we see today. Surprising to some clinicians is that structural racism is even built into the tools that we use on an everyday basis, everything from lab values to pulse oximeters. Join this discussion with our guest host Adriene Thornton, Health Equity Manager and her guest, Siman Nuurali, Change Management Consultant as they discuss how racism is built into the tools of healthcare and what we can do to change this going forward.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-health-equity-actions-racial-bias-built-medical-tools-5-6-22/

Each time a child undergoes heart transplantation, there is an entire team involved across multiple settings to make sure things go as smoothly as possible. This amazing gift of life doesn't come without risks and complications, and the pediatric heart failure and heart transplant team at Children's Minnesota wants to make sure that every primary care clinician knows how to take care of pediatric heart transplant patients before and after surgery. Join this discussion with our Kid Expert, pediatric transplant cardiologist Dr. Adam Putschoegl, to learn what you can do to help your patients with heart failure and heart transplant during each step of their journey.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-heart-matter-primary-care-clinicians-need-know-pediatric-heart-transplantation-4-29-22/

One of the more common and challenging issues we encounter in pediatrics is when we perceive that we can't meet parents expectations for treatment interventions for their child. Typically this presents to use by way of a cold or flu virus, that can't be treated by antibiotics, and yet parents want us to do something to help their child feel better. We want to avoid doing more harm than good by prescribing unneeded medications or treatment but how can we best navigate these conversations? On this Guidelines with Gabi episode, listen to the Kid Experts discuss other options and strategies for navigating these situations with families, and avoid the trap of overprescribing, particularly in high paced, high volume care settings, while challenging our perceptions of parents expectations, enhancing our communications with families and building trust along the way.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-guidelines-gabi-avoiding-overprescribing-building-trust-enhancing-communication-navigating-expectations-parents-4-22-22/

On this episode, we talk to pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Meysam Kebriaei, one of our Kid Experts at Children’s Minnesota, about some of the amazing new interventions for pediatric epilepsy. The advances made in epilepsy surgery, brain and spinal cord tumors and treatment of hydrocephalus are truly remarkable. Learn how new advances in brain surgery can help patients who have previously struggled with medication side effects for epilepsy or intractable seizures, live seizure free and when to send patients to a pediatric neurosurgeon for further evaluation.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-neurosurgical-interventions-epilepsy-4-15-22/

This week we celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility, a day that recognizes the important role that trans and gender diverse people play in our lives and communities, and the celebrates the courage it takes for many trans and gender diverse folks to live in the world as their authentic selves. On this episode, we interview Nick Alm (they/them), who lives boldly as a non-binary person, and who is the founder of Mossier, a company who works with organizations to develop LGBTQ employment equity. Join this conversation with Nick as we explore non-binary identities, gender-neutral pronouns and what gender expansive kids and colleagues need to thrive in all areas of their lives.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-breaking-binary-expanding-gender-identity-expression-4-1-22/

Like Zoom birthdays and designer masks, multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a unique product of the COVID-19 pandemic. Appearing about 4 weeks after COVID-19 infection has cleared, it likely represents a disordered immune response that can cause appendicitis-like GI symptoms, Kawasaki-like skin findings, and most alarmingly, cardiac dysfunction and pump failure. Recognizing MIS-C’s presentation and having a diagnostic approach in mind will be increasingly important for pediatricians as we enter Omicron’s afterglow. Today’s episode will aim to cover that territory through a case-based presentation in addition to other typical disease processes on the differential.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-crack-case-start-c-eeing-mis-c-case-based-review-general-pediatricians-3-25-22/

On this week's episode of Talking Pediatrics, Dr. Gabi Hester explores how to diagnose and manage headaches in children with Dr. Meghan Candee, Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Headache Clinic at the University of Utah.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-guidelines-gabi-heads-helping-kids-manage-migraines-get-back-play-school-3-18-22/