269 - CONGENITAL CARDIOLOGY MURDER MYSTERY GAME

Friday, October 24, 2025

4:30pm - 5:30pm ET

Room:309AB

Target Audience: Medical students, Internal medicine trainees, Cardiology trainees, Adult congenital cardiologists, Pediatric congenital cardiologists, Clinical cardiologists, Echocardiologists, Electrophysiologists, Heart failure specialists, General: All cardiovascular (clinical and research) health professionals

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)

SD

Santokh Dhillon, MBBS, MD (he/him/his)

Professor
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University/IWK Health Center
MP

Munawar Peer, MD

Cardiology Resident
Dalhousie
VP

Vanessa Pickard, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers)

Resident
Dalhousie University
Edythe Tham, MBBS (she/her/hers)

Professor
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Varun Srivatsav (he/him/his)

Cardiology Resident
Queen's University

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 (she/her/hers)

Cardiology Resident
Dalhousie Univeristy
Dalhousie University

Workshop Description: This is a case simulation session based on a murder mystery game. "The director of the Opera 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
enjoy an interactive session that incorporates a murder mystery experience.