• Ep 74: Grand Rounds: Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Precision Education: Sorting out Technology in Health Professions Education (Martin Pusic)
    Dec 22 2025

    Recorded on November 28, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Martin Pusic, a Harvard Medical School professor, pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Boston Children's Hospital, and Scholar in Residence at the Brigham Education Institute, discusses AI in the context of medical education.


    Dr. Pusic is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine in the Harvard Medical School, a practicing Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician at the Boston Children’s Hospital, and Scholar in Residence at the Brigham Education Institute. He recently became Director of the Research and Education Foundation at the American Board of Medical Specialties where he encourages scholarly approaches to certification of medical expertise. He is also a core faculty member of the Harvard Macy Institute where he teaches on the intersection of educational technology and Health Professions Education. He is a scholar in the field of medical expertise with his research focusing on the collection and analysis of learning analytic data to nurture and certify expertise development across healthcare specialties. Dr. Pusic obtained his medical degree from the University of British Columbia, a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at McGill, and his Masters (Informatics) and PhD (Human Cognition) from Columbia University. He is a Past President of the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education, Chair of the American Heart Association’s Education Science & Programs Subcommittee and has been Co-Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medical Education Research Grant Committee.


    There is a new wave of innovation in Health Professions Education. Artificial intelligence, precision education, and learning analytics are terms that have come to the vanguard recently. In this keynote, we will explore what its implications are for Health Professions Education. We will discuss data-driven approaches to individualizing education. And the implications for the Educator-Learner alliance. This, of course, has not been sorted out! But what we can do is draw on our experience of adapting to technology in the past to establish some useful approaches.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    1 hr
  • Ep 73: Grand Rounds: Putting Patients to Sleep, Losing Your Own: the Anesthesiologist's Paradox (Rachana Bodani)
    Dec 15 2025

    Recorded on November 21, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Rachana Bodani, a psychiatrist with the University of Saskatchewan, discusses the neurophysiology of sleep and how to manage sleep disruption as a healthcare worker.


    Dr. Rachana Bodani graduated with her Medical Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2009, after which she completed her psychiatry residency training at Western University in London, Ontario. Shortly after beginning her clinical practice, she resumed further education to complete an MSc in sleep medicine through the department of neuroscience at Oxford University. Dr. Bodani has been actively involved in faculty, undergraduate and postgraduate education. She currently holds the positions of the provincial psychiatry rotation director for clerkship, and the competence committee chair for the psychiatry residency program at the U of S. When she is not working, she is a busy mom who loves to cook, travel, and cheer on her 2 busy children.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    1 hr
  • Ep 72: Grand Rounds: Functional Neurosurgical Procedures: What do they want again? (Aleksander Vitali, Jonathan Norton)
    Dec 8 2025

    Recorded on November 14, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Aleksander Vitali, a functional and pediatric neurosurgeon practicing in Saskatoon, and Dr. Jonathan Norton, a PhD neurophysiologist also practicing in Saskatoon, discuss functional neurosurgical procedures and the impact of anesthesia on these procedures.


    Aleksander Vitali received his MD in Poland, completed training in South Africa and fellowships in Functional and Pediatric Neurosurgery in Vancouver. He has been a neurosurgeon in Saskatoon since 2007.


    Jonathan Norton gained his PhD in Neuroscience from University College London, UK, and moved to Saskatoon in 2013 to establish an intraoperative neurophysiology program. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, with an interest in pediatric neurophysiology alongside neuromodulation.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    44 mins
  • Ep 71: Grand Rounds: Acute Traumatic Rib Fracture Pain Management: Experiences from Canada's Largest Trauma Centre (Howard Meng)
    Dec 1 2025

    Recorded on November 7, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Howard Meng, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, discusses the treatment of traumatic rib fracture pain.


    Dr. Howard Meng is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is the Medical Director of the Acute Pain Service and Director of Pain for the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Integrated Pain Program at the Holland Working Conditions Program and an investigator with the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation. He practices chronic pain at Women’s College Hospital as part of the Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    57 mins
  • Ep 70: Grand Rounds: Transfusion Medicine Considerations in Perioperative Patient Care (Oksana Prokopchuk-Gauk)
    Nov 10 2025

    Recorded on October 24, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Oksana Prokopchuk-Gauk, a hematologist and transfusion medicine specialist working in Saskatoon, discusses considerations surrounding perioperative transfusion medicine.


    Dr. Oksana Prokopchuk-Gauk is the Provincial Transfusion Medicine Clinical Lead with the Saskatchewan Health Authority and an adult hematologist with the Saskatchewan Bleeding Disorders Program based at RUH in Saskatoon. Her background includes completion of foundational medical training at the University of Saskatchewan, followed by a Hematology residency and Transfusion Medicine Fellowship in Alberta. Dr. Prokopchuk-Gauk actively participates in provincial and national transfusion medicine committees, including the National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products. Her research interests include identifying strategies to improve transfusion safety and blood utilization, and optimize perioperative care in patients with inherited bleeding disorders.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    59 mins
  • Ep 69: Grand Rounds: Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds (Departments of Anesthesiology, GIM, & Orthopedic Surgery) (Johannes van der Merwe, Michael Prystajecky, Henry Bi)
    Nov 6 2025

    Recorded on October 10, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Drs. Johannes van der Merwe of Orthopedic Surgery, Michael Prystajecky of GIM, and Henry Bi of Anesthesiology, discuss a multidisciplinary approach to patients in the orthopedic setting.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    59 mins
  • Ep 68: Grand Rounds: A review of Perioperative Anaphylaxis: What Happens After Resuscitation (The Perspective of an Allergist) (Greg Peters)
    Nov 4 2025

    Recorded on October 3, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Greg Peters, an immunologist and respirologist working in Saskatoon, discusses perioperative anaphylaxis.


    Dr. Peters graduated at the U of S in 1999, and initially did a family medicine residency, and then worked for 5 years as a small town Family Doctor and Emergency Physician. In 2006, he went back to residency at the U of S in Internal Medicine and did a fellowship in Respirology from 2009–2011 before going to Winnipeg MB in 2011 to do a second fellowship in Clinical Immunology & Allergy. He has worked in private practice in Saskatoon since 2013.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    37 mins
  • Ep 67: Grand Rounds: Updates to Perioperative Practices that can Prevent Post-operative Infection (Jerome Leis)
    Sep 29 2025

    Recorded on September 19, 2025.


    Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Jerome Leis, an infectious disease physician and Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, discusses changes in perioperative practices to prevent post-operative infection.


    Dr. Jerome Leis is an Infectious Disease physician and Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He is an Associate Professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto with a Quality Improvement focus on infection prevention. Examples of such improvements that have been adopted widely into practice include models that support more judicious use of medical devices, antibiotics and diagnostic testing, and use of technology to support hand hygiene improvement.


    Please note that while this podcast is run by healthcare professionals, it is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing beats care that is individualized to your own unique medical needs, so if you have any questions about content covered in this podcast that relates to your own health, please speak with your doctor today.


    Additionally, the views expressed on this show are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the USask Department of Anesthesiology.

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    44 mins