In this podcast, the listener will learn the basics of approaching acute appendicitis in pediatric patients. This includes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and complications of acute appendicitis, its presentation, the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in children, investigations for suspected appendicitis, and an overview of its management. This podcast was created by Christina Ray, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in conjunction with Dr. Troy Turner, an emergency physician at the University of Alberta’s Stollery Children’s Hospital.