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Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University Paediatric Grand Rounds
Paediatric Grand Round lectures take place every Wednesday from 12:00-13:00hrs in the Children’s Hospital from September through June. These rounds cover a wide range of basic and clinical science topics relevant to paediatrics.
Target Audience
Department of Paediatrics and Schulich Medicine faculty, community paediatricians, residents, and students are welcome to learn about paediatric topics, research, challenging clinical cases.
Objectives
The Paediatrics Grand Rounds are designed to discuss and evaluate cutting-edge topics relevant to contemporary pediatric practice. It is a forum for information exchange and showcase excellence in paediatric research and education. The lectures are presented by the faculty of Western University and guest faculty from around the country and the world.
Our scheduling goal is to present balanced topics covering general as well as specific paediatric health care. The rounds offer formal 45-50-minute lecture presentations with 10-15 minutes of interactive discussion.
Accreditation
Grand Rounds are accredited by the Royal College as a Category 1 Continuing Professional Development activity,
Children’s Hospital staff desiring CME credit are asked to sign in One45 and then complete the online survey. Please submit your evaluations as a way of recording your attendance. Recommendations for future speakers/or topics are also recorded from these Surveys, which help determine future Grand Rounds presentation topics and speakers.
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Dr. Ojha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the Western University, Ontario and in 2014 became an Academic Paediatrician at the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. He earned his Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical degrees from India. He completed his Fellowship in Paediatrics from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and worked at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia. He served as a lecturer at Sydney Medical School- Nepean (University of Sydney) before moving to Canada. Dr. Ojha has vast clinical and teaching experience in the field of Paediatrics. He has worked as a Paediatric specialist in India and served the Ministry of Health in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Gwen is a Perinatal Professional Practice Consultant with the MNCYN – Regional Perinatal Program. She received her BScN from the University of Western Ontario in 1980. Gwen has dedicated her career to perinatal nursing. She was employed for several years on the antenatal, labour/birth, mother/baby care units and the NICU at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, which was the tertiary perinatal centre for southwestern Ontario at the time. Gwen has been a nurse consultant with the Regional Perinatal Program since 1987. In this role, she has also facilitated a Maternal Newborn Nursing course as a joint venture between the MNCYN and Fanshawe College and has worked alongside her physician colleagues to provide ongoing professional education and consultation regarding the care of mothers and infants.