Description:This combined Pediatric and Nursing Grand Rounds explores how cardiac arrest guidelines evolve from evidence synthesis to frontline practice. Faculty highlight Cincinnati Children’s role in shaping national recommendations and illustrate how these guidelines are translated into local care through team training, bedside support, and continuous performance feedback. Emphasizing implementation science and interdisciplinary collaboration, the session demonstrates how structured processes...

Description:This Pratt Lecture highlights innovative research spanning pulmonary, renal, mental health, and nutrition outcomes in pediatrics. Presenters examine how prematurity shapes long-term lung development, including altered growth patterns, and explore experimental evidence linking early dexamethasone exposure to disrupted kidney development and lasting dysfunction. Additional work evaluates streamlined mental health assessment tools in emergency care and practical strategies to preserve n...

Description:Big Feelings: Addressing Disruptive and Challenging Behaviors focuses on practical, developmentally informed approaches to understanding and managing challenging behaviors in children. This Pediatric Grand Rounds session helps clinicians differentiate expected emotional and behavioral responses from patterns that suggest disruptive behavior disorders, while offering evidence-based strategies to support emotional regulation and family coping. Through a clinically grounded lens, the pr...

Description:National Academies Report on Strategies to Enhance Pediatric Health Research Funded by NIH reviews how federal priorities and funding mechanisms influence the pediatric research landscape. This Pediatric Grand Rounds session examines how NIH decision-making, strategic planning, and reporting frameworks guide investments in child health research, and highlights key recommendations from the National Academies aimed at strengthening and sustaining this work. Attendees will gain a cleare...

Description:Feel Good or Fundamental: Psychological Safety, Clinical Performance, and Well-Being examines why psychological safety is not just a cultural “nice to have,” but a core driver of high-quality clinical care. This Pediatric Grand Rounds session explores how psychologically safe environments influence team performance, learning, and clinician well-being, while highlighting practical, evidence-informed approaches clinicians can use to strengthen safety in everyday practice. Attendees wil...

Description:Boat Lecture Winners highlights the exceptional scholarship of Cincinnati Children’s GME fellows through a curated showcase of award-winning research. This Pediatric Grand Rounds presentation explores the breadth of investigative and clinical work underway across disciplines, illustrating how fellows are advancing scientific understanding and translating discoveries into meaningful improvements in patient care. Attendees will gain insight into emerging innovations driven by trainee-l...

Description:This session follows the journey of a young person with type 1 diabetes through the interconnected lenses of medical care, education, and psychology, illustrating how coordinated, developmentally attuned support improves outcomes. By highlighting practical ways clinicians can strengthen cross-disciplinary collaboration, the presentation underscores how unified teamwork enhances diabetes self-management—and offers insights that can be applied broadly across chronic disease care.Financ...

Description:This Clinico-Pathological Case (CPC) Conference invites clinicians into a guided exploration of a rare or diagnostically challenging patient case, highlighting key clinical and pathological clues. Through a stepwise diagnostic framework, the session illustrates how to build a broad and thoughtful differential—whether navigating unusual presentations of common conditions or recognizing uncommon diseases that appear routine. Attendees will gain practical strategies for sharpening diagn...

Description:This presentation offers an up-to-date look at pediatric tonsillectomy, guiding clinicians through current indications and evidence-based decision-making. It examines how intracapsular and extracapsular approaches differ in surgical technique, recovery, and complication profiles, helping providers navigate nuanced choices for individual patients. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of when tonsillectomy is warranted and how evolving techniques can improve outcomes and postope...

Description:This Health Equity Day/Excellence in Child Health Day presentation explores what it truly means to “move upstream” to address the root conditions shaping children’s health. Through real-world examples and collaborative strategies, the session highlights why upstream action is more urgent than ever and how clinicians and institutions can work together to drive meaningful change. Attendees will leave with clear, actionable steps they can take in the coming weeks to strengthen partnersh...