McGill healthcare-management case competition: an educational innovation addressing critical healthcare issues in operations management.

The McGill Healthcare-Management Case Competition was developed to increase exposure and understanding of medical learners to operations management and quality improvement. The case competition was designed and implemented based on Kern's curriculum development framework focusing on experiential learning and case-based gamification. Informed by the Medical Council of Canada's objectives, it enabled participants to critically analyze real-world healthcare operations and associated challenges.

Non-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Psychological Interventions May Not Make the Difference in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain.

Background And Aim: Chronic pain in pediatric populations presents a multifaceted challenge with biopsychosocial impact, requiring a multidisciplinary approach including psychological treatment. At our interdisciplinary pain center, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic-related disruptions led to the cessation of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and other psychological interventions during the pandemic. The aim of this retrospective cohort study with secondary retrospective matched case-control analysis was to evaluate the impact of interruption of non-CBT psychological interventions, namely psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy, on children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Management of anaphylaxis after pre-hospital epinephrine use in children with food-induced anaphylaxis.

Background: Previous guidelines recommend prompt epinephrine administration, followed by observation in the emergency department (ED). The need for transfer in all cases of anaphylaxis has recently been challenged.

Objective: To evaluate the need for additional ED treatment among children with anaphylaxis who received prehospital epinephrine.