Dalhousie University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Archived Entries

  • 2025
  • 2024
DateSpeakersTitleInternal EvaluationExternal Evaluation
Jun. 11, 2025 Connecting Genomics to Patient Care: Data-Driven Precision MedicineOpen SiteEvaluation
May. 28, 2025 Combined Grand Round Presentation - A TIC Talk for Anesthesia Providers: New Insights on trauma-informed care
May. 21, 2025 Climate change and sustainability in medicine and surgery
May. 14, 2025 CANCELLED - Grand Rounds
May. 7, 2025 Comedic Relief: Using Humour to Connect, Cope, and Care in Medicine
Apr. 30, 2025 Book blurb: A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights
Apr. 23, 2025 Navigating Care for Out of Country Obstetrical Patients
Apr. 16, 2025 Progestin Contraceptives: How Do We Chose?
Apr. 9, 2025 NO ROUNDS - Department Meeting
Apr. 2, 2025 Dr. H.B Atlee Lectureship - 'Clitoral Anatomy and Surgery: A Piece of the Sexual Pain Puzzle'
Mar. 26, 2025 Combined Global Health Grand Round on Anti-Black Racism in Healthcare
Mar. 19, 2025 Maritime Centre for Pelvic Floor Health: A winding path forward in patient care
Mar. 5, 2025 Quality Assurance Rounds- An OB Case Presentation and Discussion 
Feb. 26, 2025 The Comfort Promise:  New frontiers in Pain Care for Gynecologic procedures
Feb. 19, 2025 CANCELLED - Book blurb: A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights
Feb. 12, 2025 Beyond the "Baby Blues": Identifying, Treating, and Caring for Perinatal Mental Illness
Jan. 29, 2025 Beyond the OASIS: Long-term Management of Patients with Obstetrical Anal Sphincter Injury
Jan. 22, 2025 Hot Topics in Menopause: What's new and review of challenging cases
Jan. 15, 2025 'Beyond the Bedside: Exploring Alternative Medicine Therapies in Labour and Delivery'
Jan. 8, 2025 Positive or Inconclusive NIPS… Now what?
DateSpeakersTitleInternal EvaluationExternal Evaluation
Dec. 18, 2024 The ELECTRONIC Nova Scotia Prenatal Record 😲
Dec. 11, 2024 Quality Assurance Rounds: Postpartum Vaginal Hematoma
Nov. 27, 2024 Balancing Act: Ergonomics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nov. 20, 2024 Contraception after childbirth: best practices for postpartum care
Nov. 13, 2024 Prenatal care: Innovative models for patient support and education
Nov. 6, 2024 'How can we do better? A review of a complex abdominal sepsis case and the factors leading to a delay in proper diagnosis and care'
Oct. 30, 2024 Investigating the role of ovarian suppression and salpingo-oophorectomy in premenopausal hormone responsive breast cancer
Oct. 23, 2024 'What's their most recent temp?' Exploring Chorioamnionitis from Cause to Cure
Oct. 16, 2024 The IWK's Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic: where are we now?
Oct. 9, 2024 Learning Environments: From the ideal to the sub-optimal
Oct. 2, 2024 NO ROUNDS
Sep. 25, 2024 Quality Assurance Rounds
Sep. 11, 2024 Combined Grand Round Presentation - Let's Talk ERAS "Enhanced Recovery After Surgery": Standard of Care in Surgery, Review of Best Practices, and How to Achieve Successful Implementation
Jun. 26, 2024 NO ROUNDS
Jun. 19, 2024 Quality Assurance Rounds: Obstetrics Case Presentation
Jun. 12, 2024 NO ROUNDS - SOGC & ACSC
Jun. 5, 2024 NO ROUNDS - Department Meeting
May. 29, 2024 Shifting paradigms: transforming culture to address the hidden curriculum
May. 22, 2024 Pregnancy: A Stress Test – Cardiovascular risk in the fourth trimester and beyond
May. 15, 2024 Pain Control in Outpatient Gynecologic Exams
May. 8, 2024 Primary HPV screening: What, why, how, who, when?
May. 1, 2024 Exciting New Research in Reproductive and Perinatal Health by Dalhousie Colleagues - Presented by Nichole Austin, Michelle Dimitris, Alexa Yakubovich, and Moderated by Azar Mehrabadi
Apr. 24, 2024 The Return of the Episiotomy
Apr. 17, 2024 The Power of the Pill: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Oral Contraceptives
Apr. 10, 2024 NO ROUNDS - Research Day
Apr. 3, 2024 CANCELLED Grand Rounds - Department Meeting
Mar. 27, 2024 Lost Libido: Approach to Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Mar. 20, 2024 Eating for Two: Understanding the Impact of food insecurity on pregnancy
Mar. 13, 2024 NO ROUNDS - March Break
Mar. 6, 2024 Quality Assurance Rounds
Feb. 28, 2024 Schwartz Rounds: The patient you'll never forget. Presented by Dr. Katie Gardner, Darlene McKinnon and Tanya Snow
Feb. 21, 2024 Menopause Matters in Medicine - Guest Speaker Dr. Maria Migas and Dr. Shauna O'Hearn
Feb. 14, 2024 Planetary Health: Can OBGYN do more to help the planet? - Guest Speaker Dr. Husein Moloo, University of Ottawa
Feb. 7, 2024 Cancelled Grand Rounds - Department Meeting
Jan. 31, 2024 The SOGC wants you on our team
Jan. 24, 2024 Hysterectomy and Pelvic Floor Damage - Are we creating future Urogynaecology patients?
Jan. 17, 2024 Bump in the Road: Navigating a Cervical Cancer Detour in Pregnancy
Jan. 10, 2024 Assisted Reproductive Technology: what is new!
Jan. 3, 2024 Opioid Use Disorder in the Perinatal Period

 

Connecting Genomics to Patient Care: Data-Driven Precision Medicine

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Explain the principles of precision medicine and their relevance to obstetrics and gynaecology.
  2. Discuss the importance of integrating genomic and clinical data, and how these data inform diagnostic and treatment decisions.
  3. Evaluate real-world case studies demonstrating the benefits of data-driven precision medicine.
Presented by :
 Dr. Jo-Ann Brock (Head of the IWK Health Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Division Head of Clinical Genomics and  Professor, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dalhousie University)
 Dr. Victor Martinez (Assistant professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dalhousie University)
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2025-06-11_Brock and Martinez_Connecting Genomics to Patient Care-Data-Driven Precision Medicine
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Combined Grand Round Presentation - A TIC Talk for Anesthesia Providers: New Insights on trauma-informed care

Combined Grand Round Presentation via Zoom (Anesthesia & Obstetrics)

7:15AM-8:15AM

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This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Reminder to get CME credits for attending Grand Rounds you must complete the evaluation ideally within 1 week; Record Attendance - Your Account - Dalhousie Anesthesia IIS (nsanesthesia.ca)  Failure to do so within 5 weeks results in no credit being earned.

 

Objectives:

  1. Identify the six pillars of trauma-informed care and how they apply to obstetric anesthesia practice
  2. Realize the dynamic evolution of trauma-informed care implementation from trauma-aware to trauma-informed/healing-centered systems
  3. Identify various ways that obstetric and general anesthesia providers contribute to traumatic birth and perioperative experiences and integrate strategies for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention

 

Presenter:  Dr. Tracey Vogel

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2025-05-28_Tracey Vogel_A TIC Talk for Anesthesia Providers-New Insights on trauma-informed care
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Climate change and sustainability in medicine and surgery

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OBJECTIVES:

 

Presenter : 

 

Christie, Sean

Professor and Head

Division of Neurosurgery

 

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2025-05-21_Sean Christie_Climate change and sustainability in medicine and surgery
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CANCELLED - Grand Rounds

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Please note that the Grand Rounds scheduled for May 14th, 2025, has been cancelled

 

 

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Comedic Relief: Using Humour to Connect, Cope, and Care in Medicine

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Examine the benefits, pitfalls and evidence behind the use of humour with patients and medical trainees.
  2. Discuss gallows humour in medicine, including its role as both an adaptive and maladaptive coping strategy for healthcare providers.
  3. Explore the use of swearing in clinical settings with special guest Dr. Mike Ripley!
  4. Learn practical strategies for incorporating more healthy humour into your workday.

 

Alison Harding, Michael Ripley

2025-05-07_Alison Harding_Comedic Relief-Using Humour to Connect, Cope, and Care in Medicine
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Book blurb: A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights

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Bio:

Robin Hansen spRobin Hansen is an Associate Professor at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of Prison Born, an analysis of childbirth and incarceration in Canada. An international law specialist, her primary research interest is on how legal personhood is constructed within legal systems, and particularly how this construction frames accountability. Her examination of legal personhood has led Professor Hansen to study systemic biases in law. Her current scholarship examines the rights of newborn children not to be separated from their mothers by the state without due process.

Book blurb:

A scathing critique of the colonial legal system’s denial of children’s rights

One afternoon in 2016, law professor Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line is “Jacquie”—a pregnant Indigenous woman, nine weeks from her due date and terrified for the welfare of her unborn son. Jacquie has been sentenced to a custodial prison sentence and her son will be automatically separated from her immediately after his birth.

As Hansen works to help Jacquie with her appeal, she uncovers the legal system’s inherent discrimination against mothers in custody and the children born to them. Using Access to Information requests along with extensive research, Hansen examines the legal rights of these women—the majority of whom are Indigenous—and finds that Jacquie and her son are by no means alone: automatic mother-infant separation without due process remains the norm in most jurisdictions in Canada.

Prison Born calls attention to the colonial and gendered assumptions that continue to underpin the legal system—assumptions that so frequently lead to the violation of the rights and denial of personhood for children and their mothers.

(from: https://uofrpress.ca/Books/P/Prison-Born)

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2025-04-30_Robin Hansen_Book blurb-A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights
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Navigating Care for Out of Country Obstetrical Patients

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Define Out of Country Patients & "Birth Tourism"
  2. Explore Economical & Healthcare System Implications 
  3. Recognize Legal & Ethical Considerations
  4. Examine Policy Responses & Potential Solutions

 

Lucie Menard

2025-04-23_Lucie Menard_Navigating Care for Out of Country Obstetrical Patients
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Progestin Contraceptives: How Do We Chose?

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Review the history of progestin contraceptives available in Canada
  2. Discuss how they differ regarding their mechanism of action, mode of administration and duration of efficacy
  3. Individualize patient choice to minimize side effects and maximize contraceptive and non-contraceptive benefits

 

Nancy Van Eyk

2025-04-16_Nancy Van Eyk_Progestin Contraceptives-How Do We Chose
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NO ROUNDS - Department Meeting

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Dr. H.B Atlee Lectureship - 'Clitoral Anatomy and Surgery: A Piece of the Sexual Pain Puzzle'

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Objectives:

1) Understand why the clitoris has been omitted from medical education
2) Understand the anatomy of the clitoris
3) Be empowered to examine the clitoral structures in patients with vulvar pain and/or sexual concerns
4) Be interested in offering 'Clitoral lysis of adhesion' procedures in their practice

Atlee Brochure - 2025 .pdf
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Presenter:

 May S. Sanaee, MD, FRCSC, MHScEd
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 
University of Alberta
Lois Hole Hospital for Women Urogynaecology Clinic
Edmonton, Alberta

 

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2025-04-02_May Sanaee_HB Atlee Lectureship_Clitoral Anatomy and Surgery-A Piece of the Sexual Pain Puzzle
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Combined Global Health Grand Round on Anti-Black Racism in Healthcare

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OBJECTIVES:

 

Presenters:

Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, Associate Dean, Serving and Engaging Society

Dr. Leah Jones,  Academic Director, Black Health, at Dalhousie Medical School

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2025-03-26_Watson-Creed and Jones_Combined Global Health Grand Rounds on Anti-Black Racism in Healthcare
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Maritime Centre for Pelvic Floor Health: A winding path forward in patient care

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Review the inefficiencies of the former clinical model and the proposed 2022 clinical pathway.
  2. Outline the current clinic pathway – Highlighting the key changes made to accommodate identified obstacles.
  3. Assess the impact of changes on patient flow and wait times with a focus on the current model’s successes and areas still needing improvement.

 

 

Anita Smith

2025-03-19_Anita Smith_Maritime Centre for Pelvic Floor Health-A winding path forward in patient care
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Quality Assurance Rounds- An OB Case Presentation and Discussion 

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OBJECTIVES:

1. Review a recent OB case. 
2. Discuss the care provided in the case and teaching points related to it.
3. Identify cognitive biases and how they may have affected management in this case.
4. Facilitate a group discussion about the case. 
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The Comfort Promise:  New frontiers in Pain Care for Gynecologic procedures

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Rationale for the availability of analgesia and comfort measures for gynecologic procedures
  2. Review the “Comfort Promise” at the IWK
  3. Identify analgesia options available for gynecologic procedures – both pharmacologic and non pharmacologic
  4. Introduce a novel inhalational anaesthetic for gynecologic procedures – Penthrox “the Green Whistle”
  5. Review our new ambulatory procedure room and policy
  6. ASA classification and airway assessment for ambulatory procedures

 

David Rittenberg

2025-02-26_David Rittenberg_The Comfort Promise-New frontiers in Pain Care for Gynecologic procedures
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CANCELLED - Book blurb: A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights

Event Cancellation Notice for Grand Rounds on February 19, 2025 (Wednesday, 7:30 A.M.)

We regret to inform you that the Grand Rounds event featuring our guest speaker, Robin Hansen (Associate Professor at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan), has been cancelled due to a travel disruption caused by the incident on February 17, 2025, at Toronto Pearson Airport.

We are currently working to reschedule the event, and it is more likely to be postponed for April 2025. We appreciate your understanding and apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Thank you!

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Beyond the "Baby Blues": Identifying, Treating, and Caring for Perinatal Mental Illness

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Review key recommendations from the SOGC Guideline No. 454: Identification and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
  2. Provide an overview of the classification, prevalence, and key risk factors for perinatal mental illness 
  3. Evaluate our current screening, diagnosis, and treatment approaches for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders against guideline recommendations
  4. Identify barriers to care and strategies for local improvement
 

 

Kaylee Jabbour

2025-02-12_Kaylee Jabbour_Beyond the Baby Blues-Identifying, Treating, and Caring for Perinatal Mental Illness
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Beyond the OASIS: Long-term Management of Patients with Obstetrical Anal Sphincter Injury

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. To outline the long-term consequences of OASIS
  2. To review the epidemiology of OASIS recurrence
  3. To describe best practice for evaluation following OASIS
  4. To review the current evidence regarding mode of delivery for prevention of anorectal dysfunction following OASIS

 

Jocelyn Stairs

2025-01-29_Jocelyn Stairs_Beyond the OASIS-Long-term Management of Patients with Obstetrical Anal Sphincter Injury
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Hot Topics in Menopause: What's new and review of challenging cases

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Review new menopausal hormone therapies
  2. Explore new non-hormonal option for management of vasomotor symptoms
  3. Review challenging cases in menopause and develop approach for prescribing menopausal hormone therapy

 

Heidi Bentley

2025-01-22_Heidi Bentley_Hot Topics in Menopause-What's new and review of challenging cases
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'Beyond the Bedside: Exploring Alternative Medicine Therapies in Labour and Delivery'

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OBJECTIVES:

1. Learn about different types of alternative medicine therapies studied for labour pain 
2. Explore the evidence behind alternative medicine therapies and their effectiveness in labour 
3. Develop an appreciation for alternative medicine therapies as an adjunct in labour 
4. Discuss future directions and research in this area

 

Anushka Nair

2025-01-15_Anushka Nair_Beyond the Bedside-Exploring Alternative Medicine Therapies in Labour and Delivery
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Positive or Inconclusive NIPS… Now what?

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Implement the new SOGC guidelines on prenatal screening for fetal chromosomal anomalies
  2. Counsel their patients regarding prenatal screening options, including NIPS
  3. Develop a plan for abnormal or inconclusive NIPS results

 

 

Jillian Coolen

2025-01-08_Jillian Coolen_Positive or Inconclusive NIP-Now what
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The ELECTRONIC Nova Scotia Prenatal Record 😲

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Introduce the Reproductive Care Program's new NS Prenatal Care Record Companion Questionnaire as a tool to facilitate efficient comprehensive screening of prenatal patients' past medical history and the social determinants of health that may impact prenatal care and outcomes.
  2.  Showcase the innovative ideas and efficiencies from front-line prenatal care providers that have been implemented (by Accuro) into the Electronic NS Prenatal Record to save time for all providers using the electronic version of the NS PNR.
  3.  Moderate a group discussion for further ideas and feedback that may be incorporated into the Electronic NS PNR and electronic medical records for other patient populations.
 
 
Donna Gilmour

2024-12-18_Donna Gilmour_The ELECTRONIC Nova Scotia Prenatal Record
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Quality Assurance Rounds: Postpartum Vaginal Hematoma

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Objectives :

  1. Review recent cases of postpartum vulvovaginal hematoma 
  2. Provide an overview on the classification and pathophysiology of vulvovaginal hematomas 
  3. Review risk factors, clinical presentation, and potential complications of postpartum hematomas
  4. Outline an approach to management of postpartum hematoma

 

 

Allison Furness, Gillian Ricketts

Balancing Act: Ergonomics in Obstetrics and Gynecology

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OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss ergonomics in obstetrics and gynecology
2. Review groups at risk for workplace injury related to surgery
3. Discuss ways to improve the operating room environment
 

 

Reid Rebinsky

2024-11-27_Reid Rebinsky_Balancing Act-Ergonomics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Contraception after childbirth: best practices for postpartum care

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Review contraception options available for the postpartum patient and its risks, benefits, contraindications, and considerations
  • Examine evidence based guidelines for postpartum contraception
  • Discuss the safety and effectiveness of immediate postpartum contraception
 

 

Gina Choi

2024-11-20_Gina Choi_Contraception after childbirth-best practices for postpartum care
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Prenatal care: Innovative models for patient support and education

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OBJECTIVES:   

  1. Review current guidance on prenatal care
  2.  Introduce novel models of prenatal care designed to enhance patient care and prenatal education
  3.  Evaluate the impact of novel models of prenatal care on maternal and fetal outcomes
  4. Discuss implementation strategies and challenges 

 

Ella Vermeir

2026-11-13_Ella Vermeir_Prenatal care-Innovative models for patient support and education
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'How can we do better? A review of a complex abdominal sepsis case and the factors leading to a delay in proper diagnosis and care'

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Explore the accuracy of CT scans in the diagnosis and staging of diverticulitis including overnight reporting by radiology residents
  • Identify common cognitive bias’s in medicine and how they create and perpetuate diagnostic error
  • Review interprofessional conflict and how it affects providers and patient care
  1. To review a complex case of a pelvic abscess and the roles of Gynecology and General Surgery
  2. To briefly review the general approach to pelvic inflammatory disease and tubo-ovarian abscess

 

Gillian Ricketts

2026-11-06_Gillian Ricketts_How can we do better-A review of a complex abdominal sepsis case and the factors leading to a delay in proper diagnosis and care
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Investigating the role of ovarian suppression and salpingo-oophorectomy in premenopausal hormone responsive breast cancer

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OBJECTIVES:    

  1. To investigate the role of prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in the premenopausal breast cancer population
  2. To review current evidence on ovarian suppression in hormone responsive breast cancer in premenopausal patients
  3. To review the current recommendations for iatrogenic menopause management in pre-menopausal breast cancer patients

 

Kathleena Sarty

2024-10-30_Kathleena Sarty_Investigating the role of ovarian suppression and salpingo-oophorectomy in premenopausal hormone responsive breast cancer
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'What's their most recent temp?' Exploring Chorioamnionitis from Cause to Cure

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Enhance understanding of chorioamnionitis terminology and differentiate between acute, subacute, and chronic forms of the condition.
  2. Examine the epidemiology of chorioamnionitis and identify patient populations at higher risk for developing this obstetric complication.
  3. Explore the complex pathophysiology of chorioamnionitis, including the inflammatory responses in both the fetus and mother.
  4. Clarify the symptomatology of chorioamnionitis, review current diagnostic criteria, and evaluate available and emerging diagnostic tests.
  5. Analyze the clinical implications of chorioamnionitis, including its impact on fetal-maternal thermal regulation and potential intrapartum and neonatal complications.
  6. Review current management strategies for chorioamnionitis, identify their limitations, and explore future treatment options and delivery recommendations.

 

 

 

Mark Hewitt

2024-10-23_Mark Hewitt_What's their most recent temp-Exploring Chorioamnionitis from Cause to Cure
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The IWK's Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic: where are we now?

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OBJECTIVES:    

  • Re-introduce the E&CPP clinic and its members
  • Review current state of clinic flow and metrics
  • Use a case-based example to demonstrate the contribution of the interdisciplinary team members to patient care, their roles, and scope of practice
  • Review the research mandate of the clinic
  • Provide a forum for discussion regarding areas of need and future directions

 

 

 

Elizabeth Randle

2024-10-16_Elizabeth Randle_The IWK Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic-Where are we now
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Learning Environments: From the ideal to the sub-optimal

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  1. Develop appreciation for varied perspectives of what defines an ideal (or suboptimal) learning environment
  2. Identify approaches for creating a healthy learning environment in the operating room and other clinical settings
  3. Explore issues around mistreatment in 2024
  4. Potential alternative avenues to improve shortcomings in the learning environment

 

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Glennie

External Speaker

2024-10-09_Andrew Glennie_Learning Environments - From the ideal to the sub-optimal
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NO ROUNDS

DEPARTMENT MEETING

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Quality Assurance Rounds

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Assess Clinical Protocols
    • Review and evaluate adherence to established clinical guidelines for abnormal uterine bleeding and endometrial cancer
  • Identify Improvement Areas
    • Identify areas of care that require improvement based on recent patient outcomes
  • Enhance Patient Safety
    • Discuss strategies to minimize risks and enhance patient safety within gynecological care
  • Facilitate Multidisciplinary Collaboration
    • Encourage collaboration among healthcare team members to ensure comprehensive care and address quality concerns

 

 

Kathleena Sarty

Combined Grand Round Presentation - Let's Talk ERAS "Enhanced Recovery After Surgery": Standard of Care in Surgery, Review of Best Practices, and How to Achieve Successful Implementation

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OBJECTIVES:

1. Understand history of ERAS 
2. Describe ERAS achievements/challenges in Alberta 
3. Describe key steps to achieve successful ERAS implementation 
4. Discuss future directions and research

Presenter: Dr. Gregg Nelson

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NO ROUNDS

Summer Break

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Quality Assurance Rounds: Obstetrics Case Presentation

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Kimberley Jovanov, Gillian Ricketts

NO ROUNDS - SOGC & ACSC

SOGC & ACSC

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NO ROUNDS - Department Meeting

Department Meeting

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Shifting paradigms: transforming culture to address the hidden curriculum

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OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Define hidden Curriculum
  2. Review local examples of hidden curriculum
  3. Explore consequences of hidden curriculum
  4. Review overcoming toxicity through cultural renovation

2024-05-22_Leanne McCarthy_Shifting paradigms-transforming culture to address the hidden curriculum
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Leanne McCarthy

2024-05-22_Leanne McCarthy_Shifting paradigms-transforming culture to address the hidden curriculum
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Pregnancy: A Stress Test – Cardiovascular risk in the fourth trimester and beyond

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Review the impact of cardiovascular disease on women
  2. Review adverse pregnancy outcomes and their long term health outcomes
  3. Discuss possible follow up recommendations

2024-05-22_Silken Stone_Pregnancy-A Stress Test_Cardiovascular risk in the fourth trimester and beyond
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Silken Stone

2024-05-22_Silken Stone_Pregnancy-A Stress Test_Cardiovascular risk in the fourth trimester and beyond
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Pain Control in Outpatient Gynecologic Exams

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Understand the factors and challenges that influence achieving pain control in gynecologic exams & procedures
  2. Evidence-based review of procedural techniques, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic adjuncts used to improve pain control in outpatient gynecologic procedures
  3. Review of barriers to achieving adequate pain control at our centre and a discussion of suggestions for improvement

2024-05-15_Kimberley Jovanov_Pain Control in Outpatient Gynecologic Exams
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Kimberley Jovanov

2024-05-15_Kimberley Jovanov_Pain Control in Outpatient Gynecologic Exams
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Primary HPV screening: What, why, how, who, when?

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OBJECTIVES:  

  1. Review the burden of HPV related disease
  2.  Discuss the rationale for switch to primary HPV screening
  3.  Suggested pathways, including self-screening
  4.  Challenges and ways to mitigate these
  5.  Impact of the switch to primary HPV screening in Nova Scotia

2024-05-08_Karla Willows_Primary HPV screening-What, why, how, who, when
(Video)

Karla Willows

2024-05-08_Karla Willows_Primary HPV screening-What, why, how, who, when
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Exciting New Research in Reproductive and Perinatal Health by Dalhousie Colleagues - Presented by Nichole Austin, Michelle Dimitris, Alexa Yakubovich, and Moderated by Azar Mehrabadi

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Introduce three early career faculty members and their research programs aimed at impacting birthing parent and perinatal health
  2. Provide an overview of research that explores variation in Canadian access to assisted reproduction.
  3. Discuss the use of advanced quantitative methods to address persistent challenges in perinatal epidemiology: previous work and future directions.
  4. Communicate recent research results on the current capacity of the health system to respond to domestic and sexualized violence in Nova Scotia.

2024-05-01_Azar Mehrabadi et al_Exciting New Research in Reproductive and Perinatal Health by Dalhousie Colleagues
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2024-05-01_Azar Mehrabadi et al_Exciting New Research in Reproductive and Perinatal Health by Dalhousie Colleagues
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The Return of the Episiotomy

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OBJECTIVES: 

  1. To review relevant pelvic floor anatomy
  2. To discuss obstetrical anal sphincter injuries
  3. To review episiotomy types and techniques 
  4. To discuss the trends in OASIS and episiotomy 
  5. To present the literature surrounding prevention of OASIS
2024-04-24_Chelsea Harris_The Return of the Episiotomy
(Video)
Chelsea Harris

2024-04-24_Chelsea Harris_The Return of the Episiotomy
(Video)

The Power of the Pill: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Oral Contraceptives

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OBJECTIVES:

1. Review the history of the oral contraceptive pill 
2. Describe its mechanism of action, applications, risks and benefits
3. Develop a strategy for selecting the right oral contraceptive pill for your patient 
4. Highlight recent advancements in oral contraceptives 
 
2024-04-17_Allison Furness_The Power of the Pill-Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Oral Contraceptives
(Video)
Allison Furness

2024-04-17_Allison Furness_The Power of the Pill-Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Oral Contraceptives
(Video)

NO ROUNDS - Research Day

Department Research Day

External Speaker

CANCELLED Grand Rounds - Department Meeting

Department Meeting

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Lost Libido: Approach to Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. To define hypoactive sexual desire disorder in the context of female sexual dysfunction
  2. To review the physiology of androgens in females and their role in sexual function
  3. To understand the biopsychosocial approach to diagnosis and treatment of hypoactive sexual desire in females
  4. To review the safety and efficacy of testosterone therapy for females with hypoactive sexual desire disorder

 

20240327_Gillian Ricketts_Lost Libido - Approach to Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
(Video)
 

Gillian Ricketts

20240327_Gillian Ricketts_Lost Libido - Approach to Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
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Eating for Two: Understanding the Impact of food insecurity on pregnancy

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. Define food insecurity and outline the state of food insecurity nationally and locally
  2. Describe socioeconomic risk factors associated with food insecurity and pregnancy
  3. Discuss methods of identifying food insecurity in pregnant populations
  4. Highlight the impact of food insecurity on maternal and fetal wellbeing
  5. Raise awareness on guidelines, resources and interventions for supporting food insecure patients

2024-03-20_Chloe Brown_Eating for Two-Understanding the Impact of food insecurity on pregnancy
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Chloe Brown

2024-03-20_Chloe Brown_Eating for Two-Understanding the Impact of food insecurity on pregnancy
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NO ROUNDS - March Break

March Break

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Quality Assurance Rounds

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OBJECTIVES:

Samantha Kinley

Schwartz Rounds: The patient you'll never forget. Presented by Dr. Katie Gardner, Darlene McKinnon and Tanya Snow

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SPEAKERS: Dr. Katie Gardner, Darlene McKinnon, Tanya Snow

OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Provide evidence-based framework that reduces psychological distress and improves staff wellbeing
  2. Conversation focusing on the social and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients and families
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Menopause Matters in Medicine - Guest Speaker Dr. Maria Migas and Dr. Shauna O'Hearn

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SPEAKERS: Dr. Maria Migas and Dr. Shauna O'Hearn

OBJECTIVES:

  1.  Identify the common and uncommon symptoms associated with menopause, and its stages.
  2. Recognize the gaps in knowledge and care that exist in our healthcare systems for individuals suffering with symptoms of menopause.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the potential impact of menopause on an individual's work and how organizations can create supportive environments.

2024-04-21_Maria Migas and Shauna O'Hearn_Menopause Matters in Medicine
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Planetary Health: Can OBGYN do more to help the planet? - Guest Speaker Dr. Husein Moloo, University of Ottawa

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PRESENTER: Dr. Husein Moloo, University of Ottawa

OBJECTIVES:

  1.     Describe the concept of planetary health
  2.     Recognize the impact that healthcare has on the planet
  3.     Identify opportunities to improve the carbon footprint of obstetrics and gynaecology

 

2024-02-14_Husein Moloo_Planetary Health_Can OBGYN do more to help the planet
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2024-02-14_Husein Moloo_Planetary Health_Can OBGYN do more to help the planet
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Cancelled Grand Rounds - Department Meeting

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The SOGC wants you on our team

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OBJECTIVES: To present what the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists can do for Department members to help strengthen women's health.

SPEAKER(S): Dr. Jocelynn Cook, Dr. Diane Francoeur, Dr. Amanda Black, Dr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck

 

2024-01-31_Cook and Francoeur_How the SOGC can collaborate with the University to further strengthen womens health
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Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck

2024-01-31_Cook and Francoeur_How the SOGC can collaborate with the University to further strengthen womens health
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Hysterectomy and Pelvic Floor Damage - Are we creating future Urogynaecology patients?

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OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Define the impact of pelvic organ prolapse on population health and quality of life
  2. Understand the evidence of pathophysiology behind hysterctomy as a cause for prolapse
  3. Understand the evidence behind prophylactic vault suspension at hysterectomy in patients without prolapse
  4. Review surgical approaches for uterosacral suspension

2024-01-24_Nermine Azer_Hysterectomy and Pelvic Floor Damage - Are we creating future Urogynaecology patients
(Video)

Nermine Azer

2024-01-24_Nermine Azer_Hysterectomy and Pelvic Floor Damage - Are we creating future Urogynaecology patients
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Bump in the Road: Navigating a Cervical Cancer Detour in Pregnancy

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OBJECTIVES:

  1. To provide an overview of cervical cancer in pregnancy, challenges and considerations associated with this diagnosis
  2. To review diagnostic staging procedures for cervical cancer during pregnancy
  3. Present a comprehensive outline of treatment modalities tailored to different stages of cervical cancer and gestational ages
  4. Understanding the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy in the setting of pregnancy
  5. Discuss the decision-making process for determining mode and timing of delivery, considering both the fetal and maternal outcomes

2024-01-17_Morgan Burgoyne_Bump in the Road - Navigating a Cervical Cancer Detour in Pregnancy
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Morgan Burgoyne

2024-01-17_Morgan Burgoyne_Bump in the Road - Navigating a Cervical Cancer Detour in Pregnancy
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Assisted Reproductive Technology: what is new!

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OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Revised definition of Infertility
  2. Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy: is there still an indication for PGT-A
  3. Social Oocyte Freezing: new trend
  4. Artificial Intelligence: emerging technology

2024-01-10_Renda Bouzayen_Assisted Reproductive Technology - what is new
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Renda Bouzayen

2024-01-10_Renda Bouzayen_Assisted Reproductive Technology - what is new
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Opioid Use Disorder in the Perinatal Period

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OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Define opioid use disorder (OUD) and review the epidemiology
  2. Review the SOGC Guideline No. 443b: Opioid Use Throughout Women's Lifespan: Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
  3. Review IWK Health Policy #4.07: Care of patients on OAT for OUD including a review of the relevant 'PPOs'
  4. Review screening for and management of OAT patients during the intrapartum and postpartum periods with emphasis on integrated care models
  5. Provide an overview of NOWS management

Grand Rounds OUD 2024.pdf
Grand Rounds OUD 2024.pdf

Caitlin Davis