1. Pediatric Fellows’ Day Case Submission
General guidelines and slide template
**This slide deck must be used for submission**

2. What makes a good case? Interesting differential diagnosis
Diagnostic or treatment dilemma
Well organized case presentation and submission
Likely to generate good discussion
Cases with excellent images are preferred

3. General Guidelines Use PIDS template for submission
May duplicate or add slides as needed
Minimum 24 size font
Bullet points should not end with periods

4. General Guidelines Less is more Remember time limit
6-7 lines of text per slide
Use clear, precise and simple English
Remember time limit
5 minutes for case presentation
5 minutes for final diagnosis and teaching points

5. Bullet points are better than paragraphs
“Fat text” (bad)
The ideal anesthetic should quickly make the patient unconscious but allow a quick return to consciousness, have few side effects, and be safe to handle.
“Lean text” (good)
Ideal anesthetics
– Quick sedation
– Quick recovery
– Few side effects
– Safe to handle

6. Case Title This and following slides must be used for submission
Add slides as needed & arrange order as appropriate for the case
Do not include name or affiliation for submission

7. Case Presentation Succinctly summarize the patient presentation
No patient identifiers

8. Patient History Medical/surgical history Family history
Epidemiologic history
Include pertinent positives and negatives
Avoid nonstandard abbreviations

9. Physical examination
Include vital signs and relevant physical exam findings
Normal findings can be spoken, but do not need to be included on the slide
Consider highlighting important findings in bold or red

10. Relevant Labs Be sure to include units and reference range
Consider highlighting important findings in bold or red

11. Consider including a legend to explain the image
Relevant Images
Relevant images can improve your submission
Physical findings
Radiologic imaging
Histopathology
Select images critically
Consider including a legend to explain the image
If images of physical findings are shown the fellow must obtain and keep on file a signed consent form from the patient or legal guardian

12. Black background may work best for displaying radiologic images

13. Differential Diagnosis
List 5 differential diagnoses in alphabetical order, including the correct one
Diagnoses should be plausible
Species names should be italicized
Avoid nonstandard abbreviations *

14. Final Diagnosis Reveal the diagnosis
Briefly discuss how the diagnosis was determined
Review the case management and outcome

15. Teaching Points Highlight interesting teaching points
Presentation
Diagnosis
Management
Avoid excess jargon
Look closely for misspellings or grammatical errors
Add slides as necessary

16. References

17. Acknowledgments
For final presentations only. Do not include acknowledgements in submission.