After this Virtual Grand Round, participants should...1) Be familiar with the history of discussing tragic news with patients in medicine and the impact it has on patients and families, 2) Understand the Breaking Bad News (BBN) Program method of delivering tragic news to patients and families, 3) Learn communication techniques that will help healthcare professionals to form trusting relationships with patients and improve their overall patient experience even during the most tragic times. [Recorded 11/11/2022]

In this Virtual Grand Round, participants will... Describe the different therapies available to treat children with cancer, describe the key issues impacting clinical trial development in pediatric oncology, and discuss the potential benefit of microdevices and biomedical engineering.

In this Virtual Grand Round Objectives participants will... Review the preclinical and clinical data for cognitive and endocrine impairment after cranial radiotherapy. Review important factors that influence the magnitude of delayed cognitive effects in brain tumor patients (unrelated & related to radiotherapy). Review strategies to decrease cognitive and endocrine decline following cranial radiotherapy (Radiotherapy; Pharmacotherapy; Cognitive remediation therapy).