A postgraduate certificate created to take professionals through the essential knowledge in each and every one of the areas that make up a high-level Bariatric Unit"

Despite the advances in surgical technique and the increased specialization of surgeons in the field of obesity surgery, bariatric surgery is not exempt from complications, which can be serious and even fatal, and which, unlike the results, have not been sufficiently studied.

Furthermore, the large increase in the number of bariatric procedures performed worldwide makes it very likely that we will encounter a patient with a history of bariatric surgery in the emergency room, who will need a medical evaluation and for whom we will have to define the best way to approach the sequence of tests to be performed in order to find the right course of treatment. 

Bariatric patients or those with a history of obesity surgery present a series of peculiarities that make them different from standard post-surgical patients, and it is therefore necessary to know these characteristics to help us treat these patients correctly.

This postgraduate certificate in Bariatric Emergencies offers you the characteristics of a high-quality scientific, educational and technological course.  These are some of its most notable features:

A unique training program with which you can achieve professional success"

This postgraduate certificate in Bariatric Emergencies contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the postgraduate certificate are: 

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A 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
• Autonomous 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

The professors for this postgraduate certificate have been selected based on two criteria: the excellence of their medical practice in the field of the creation, promotion and maintenance of bariatric units, and their proven didactic capacity. All this to offer you the high quality postgraduate certificate you need"

Our teaching staff is composed of medical professionals, practising specialists. In this way, we ensure that we provide you with the training update we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of professors with training and experience in different settings, who will develop theoretical knowledge effectively, but, above all, will bring their practical knowledge derived from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodology used in the design of this course. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your training.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this postgraduate certificate will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: learning from an expert"

This program aims to train highly qualified professionals for the workplace. An objective that is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by promoting human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is focused on helping surgical professionals reach a much higher level of expertise and control, meeting all the requirements in the field of bariatric surgery. A goal that, in just a few months, you will be able to achieve with a highly intensive and precise course.

Our goal is yours: to provide you with the best online training and specialization course in Bariatric Surgery on the market. A highly qualified step, from the hands of the best professionals in this specialty"

General Objectives

• Describe the semiology peculiarities of the bariatric patient and the different tools available for the diagnosis of complications
• Know the most common surgical complications involved in bariatric surgery
• Evaluate the specific medical and nutritional complications during bariatric procedures

Specific Objectives

• Analyze the most important findings in the anamnesis and physical examination of bariatric patients, as well as the usefulness of each of the auxiliary diagnostic methods
• Describe the most important complications in endoscopic treatment procedures for obesity, as well as their diagnosis and management
• Study the relative aspects of leakages and fistulas following the different types of surgical techniques, determining the most appropriate algorithm in the treatment of each one
• Establish the main causes of intestinal obstruction which occurs in patients undergoing bariatric surgery, their differential diagnosis and treatment
• Know the most important aspects in the treatment and management of gastrointestinal bleeding and/ or hemoperitoneum after bariatric surgery
• Study the etiology and management of marginal ulcer, stenosis and abdominal digestive disorders in the bariatric patient
• Analyze hepato-biliary complications resulting from post-surgical intestinal malabsorption and bacterial overgrowth after surgery
• Establish the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine, cardiac and renal complications in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery
• Describe the nutritional or toxic deficits most frequently seen in the emergency department after obesity surgery
• Study the etiology and chronic pain management after bariatric surgery

Achieve your goals by keeping up to date with the latest techniques and medical advances in the field of bariatric surgery through a highly demanding postgraduate certificate"