359 - CONGENITAL CARDIOLOGY MURDER MYSTERY GAME

Saturday, October 25, 2025

3:15pm - 4:15pm ET

Room:309AB

Target Audience: Medical students, Internal medicine trainees, Cardiology trainees

Co-Chair(s)

Varun Srivatsav (he/him/his)

Cardiology Resident
Queen's University
Madison Burella, MD (she/her/hers)

Resident Physician
Western University

Presenter(s)

ET

Edythe Tham

Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta
Santokh Dhillon, MBBS (he/him/his)

Professor
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University/IWK Health Center

Planning Committee Member(s)

Varun Srivatsav (he/him/his)

Cardiology Resident
Queen's University
Madison Burella, MD (she/her/hers)

Resident Physician
Western University
Sarah Lane

Cardiology Resident
Dalhousie Univeristy
Dalhousie University

Workshop Description: This is a case simulation session based on a murder mystery game. "A star performer in a local circus with an unknown congenital heart disease has died under suspicious circumstances." Participants will be provided with the results of investigations, which they must interpret correctly in order to collect clues and interrogate the suspects. The aim is for participants to gather all the relevant information and put the case together to determine: 1) The cause of death? 2) Who did it? and 3) What was their motive?

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

learn how to interpret cardiovascular findings and investigations in a patient with congenital heart disease;
consider the potential complications that can arise in a patient with congenital heart disease and determine the cause of death; and