Genetics represents an invaluable working tool in the pediatric area, from the moment of conception to the prevention and treatment of hereditary diseases. Get up to speed with this intensive course"

If we were to quantify the impact of genetic diseases at all ages of life we would see that: in 50% of first trimester abortions a chromosomal alteration is found; 2-3% of newborns have a congenital anomaly and, of these, at least 50% have a genetic origin; in developed countries, they are responsible for 20-30% of pediatric hospital admissions and 40-50% of infant mortality. Genetics in pediatrics plays a fundamental role and, therefore, we have proposed in this module to offer a detailed and comprehensive approach to the most common diseases in this area, as well as to teach the different tools that currently exist to provide diagnostic assistance, such as dysmorphology, its management, usefulness and limitations. Besides, we will deepen in the different existing and developing algorithms for the selection of diagnostic techniques in pediatrics at the genetic level.  

Learn to work with the most advanced genetic tools, and take a step ahead of the needs that the labor market will increasingly demand from medical professionals"

This postgraduate certificate offers you the characteristics of a high level scientific, teaching and technological course. These are some of its most notable features: 

• Latest technology in online teaching software
• Highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems. 
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Self-regulating learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

A knowledge of high interest to the medical professional that will enable you to use diagnostic techniques and interpret genetic results in the care of pediatric patients"

This program has been developed by professionals from different Clinical Genetics offices in which they contribute their experience in daily practice, in the care of patients and families with a variety of hereditary disorders, both in genetic counseling and in prevention programs and prenatal and preconception counseling. The faculty involved in the course also carries out important research tasks relevant to the field of Genetics.  

The course program addresses in its different modules the basic and necessary knowledge for the management of patients and their diseases in a Clinical Genetics practice. It offers a practical approach to the different techniques most commonly used for the diagnosis of hereditary diseases, as well as the interpretation of their results. It also , offers an approach to the diseases that motivate the largest number of consultations in daily practice in the field of Clinical Genetics.

The course contains a theoretical text of the subject to be addressed, practical examples extracted from clinical cases that will help the understanding and deepening of knowledge. emplos prácticos extraídos de casos clínicos que ayudarán a la comprensión y profundización en el conocimiento. 

A high intensity course that will lead you to achieve the competencies you need to intervene in this area"

A training that masterfully combines intensity and flexibility, making its objectives easily and comfortably achievable by the professional"

Currently not all hospitals have genetics units and it is foreseeable that all healthcare centers will have genetics units in the coming years. Students in this program will deepen the knowledge required to work as clinical geneticists both in the field of diagnosis and counseling in these units, or to be part of multidisciplinary groups of medical services, where patients with hereditary diseases are treated. 

The objective of this training is to provide medical professionals with a complete, high quality and high impact training in Clinical Genetics in the pediatric field"

General Objectives

• Knowledge of the historical evolution of knowledge in the area of genetics
• Learn the use of genetic analysis for diagnostic purposes
• Approaching cardiogenetics
• Learn about all known hereditary cancer syndromes
• Recognize genetic diseases affecting the sensory organs and know how to manage them
• Detail the molecular basis and mechanisms for the diagnosis of endocrine diseases
• Know the genetic diseases affecting the central and peripheral nervous system
• Learn about genetic nephrourological diseases, such as Fabry disease or Alport Syndrome
• Addressing the different major pediatric diseases
• Review hematological, metabolic and deposit, cerebral and small vessel diseases

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Genetics of Pediatric Dise ases

• To understand in depth the concepts in Dysmorphology
• To deepen in a dysmorphological exploration
• In-depth understanding of congenital malformations 
• Study the main pediatric syndromes
• To detect inherited disorders of metabolism  

Advance in your profession by making your way in a field that is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in present and future medicine"