A 100% online Postgraduate diploma that brings you the most complete and current information on Newborn Care”

The area of neonatology has undergone an important evolution in recent years as a result of the increase in research in this field, as well as the advances in the technology used for patient care, monitoring and oxygen supply at crucial moments for their survival.

A wide field of action that has revalued this specialty and that leads medical professionals to continuously update their knowledge about the main pathologies present in newborns. In this sense, TECH has developed this 6-month University Expert in Neonatal Care with the most exhaustive information, based on scientific evidence.

In this way, the students will learn throughout this academic itinerary about the most advanced equipment and material used in the Neonatal Unit, the special situations that can be encountered when performing Resuscitation, as well as the diagnosis and approach to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Thus, the graduate will obtain an effective update in a dynamic way. The specialist has innovative didactic material in which the latest technology applied to academic teaching has been used. In this line, you will have at your disposal video summaries of each topic, videos in detail, essential readings and clinical case studies, accessible 24 hours a day, from any electronic device with an Internet connection.

An ideal university program to combine with the most demanding responsibilities, since it is not necessary to go to any academic center in person, nor does it have classes with restricted schedules. Therefore, the physician will be able to view the content comfortably, whenever and wherever he/she wishes.

The student will have access to this program 24 hours a day from any electronic device with an Internet connection”

This Postgraduate diploma in Neonatal Care contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Pediatrics and Neonatology
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions for experts, discussion forums on controversial issues and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Balance your clinical responsibilities with a quality university certificate and the most cutting-edge content in Neonatal Care”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

Are you looking to stay informed about studies on the early and pivotal moments of newborns? Achieve it through this program"

An intensive yet productive academic tour through the most relevant information on Respiratory Disorders in Neonatology"

In this university program, graduates will have a curriculum developed by an excellent teaching team specialized in Neonatology. Their clinical and scientific experience in this field is reflected in a content that offers the most rigorous information on the initial assessments of a neonate, the most frequent respiratory and cardiac pathologies, as well as their approach. All this, in addition, complemented by pedagogical tools hosted on the virtual platform and available at all times.

A syllabus of 450 teaching hours focused on evidence-based medicine applied to neonatology”

Module 1. Aspects of the Initial Moments Highlighted in Neonatology

1.1. Neonatal Assessments

1.1.1. By gestational age
1.1.2. By weight at birth
1.1.3. Premature Newborns
1.1.4. Complete Physical Examination of the Newborn

1.2. Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of the Newborn

1.2.1. Newborn Somatometry
1.2.2. Morphological Characteristics
1.2.3. Physiological Characteristics
1.2.4. Monitoring and Follow-Up

1.3. Admission of the Newborn (NB) in the Neonatal Unit

1.3.1. Admission criteria and objectives
1.3.2. Neonatal unit organization
1.3.3. Equipment and Materials
1.3.4. Distribution of staff and functions

1.4. Neonatal Transport

1.4.1. Neonatal transport equipment and supplies
1.4.2. Types of Transport
1.4.3. Respiratory Support
1.4.4. Monitoring

1.5. Neonatal Resuscitation

1.5.1. Initial Stabilization
1.5.2. Resuscitation Equipment and Organization
1.5.3. Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment
1.5.4. Special Situations

1.6. Thermal Management in a Newborn:

1.6.1. Neutral Thermal Environment
1.6.2. Equipment and thermal neutral environment
1.6.3. Thermoregulation Skin Care
1.6.4. Commissioning

1.7. Hypothermia in a Newborn with Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy as a protection

1.7.1. Commitment of Fetal Well-being
1.7.2. Forms of hypothermia
1.7.3. Concept of Neuro Protection
1.7.4. Hypothermia management

1.8. Pain Management in a Newborn

1.8.1. Scales of Neonatal Pain
1.8.2. Pharmacology of Neonatal Pain
1.8.3. Main tables for the Treatment of Pain
1.8.4. Other ways to treat pain

1.9. Newborn Skin Basic Elements

1.9.1. Neonatal skin signs
1.9.2. Newborn Skin Care
1.9.3. Skin and neonatal syndromes
1.9.4. Skin in the Prematurity

1.10. Child of a mother with uncontrolled pregnancy

1.10.1. Child of a smoking mother
1.10.2. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1.10.3. Son of a drug-using mother
1.10.4. Neonatal abstinence syndrome

Module 2. Preterm/Premature Child

2.1. Etiopathogenesis of Prematurity

2.1.1. Definition and Types of Prematurity
2.1.2. Morphological Assessment
2.1.3. Calculation of Gestational Age
2.1.4. Viability Criteria
2.1.5. Ethical and Legal Considerations

2.2. Evaluation of the fetal causes of prematurity

2.2.1. Prevention of Prematurity
2.2.2. Antenatal corticosteroids to accelerate fetal maturation
2.2.3. New indications and neuroprotection in the preterm newborn
2.2.4. Pre-term Care Results

2.3. Arrival of an Underweight Premature Newborn

2.3.1. Initial Stabilization
2.3.2. Resuscitation Equipment and Organization
2.3.3. Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment
2.3.4. Special Situations

2.4. Respiratory Pathology and Cardiovascular

2.4.1. Preterm Respiratory Pathology and Oxygen Administration
2.4.2. Respiratory Physiology and Mechanical Ventilation
2.4.3. Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
2.4.4. Principles of preterm cardiology

2.5. Neurological and Ophthalmological Pathology

2.5.1. Neonatal Seizures
2.5.2. Neonatal intracranial hemorrhages and perinatal cerebral infarction
2.5.3. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Hypothermia
2.5.4. Main ophthalmologic pathology in preterm infants

2.6. Digestive and its nutrition Pathologies

2.6.1. Esophageal Atresia
2.6.2. Necrotizing Enterocolitis
2.6.3. Breastfeeding with mother's milk
2.6.4. Parenteral feeding in the preterm neonate

2.7. Hematologic Pathology

2.7.1. Neonatal Anemia
2.7.2. Neonatal Hiperbilirrubinemia
2.7.3. Platelet Alterations
2.7.4. Hemorrhages and Coagulation Disorder

2.8. Endocrinologic and metabolic pathology

2.8.1. Metabolopathies
2.8.2. Screening
2.8.3. Thyroid and adrenal glands
2.8.4. Glucose Homeostasis

2.9. Hospital Discharge

2.9.1. Feeding
2.9.2. Pharmalogical Supplements
2.9.3. Neuropsychological and Somatometric Monitoring
2.9.4. Prevención of Respiratory Infections
2.9.5. Vaccinations for Premature Newborns

2.10. Long-term follow-up and chronic problems of premature infants

2.10.1. At-risk premature infant follow-up programs
2.10.2. Surgical schedule
2.10.3. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and chronic lung disease
2.10.4. Early Care Units

Module 3. Respiratory Pathophysiology and Respiratory Disorders in Neonatology

3.1. Lung development, embryology, anatomy and physiology

3.1.1. Lung development
3.1.2. Embryology of the lung
3.1.3. Physiology of the lung
3.1.4. Extrauterine adaptation

3.2. Respiratory Pathology in Recent Newborns

3.2.1. Acute Respiratory Failure
3.2.2. Apneas
3.2.3. Pulmonary Hypertension
3.2.4. Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension

3.3. Respiratory Physiology and Mechanical Ventilation

3.3.1. Indications
3.3.2. Mechanical ventilation methods
3.3.3. Complications
3.3.4. Extubation

3.4. Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)

3.4.1. Indications
3.4.2. Non-invasive ventilation methods
3.4.3. Complications
3.4.4. Following Up

3.5. Invasive Ventilation

3.5.1. Different pathologies
3.5.2. Gasometric targets
3.5.3. High Frequency Ventilation
3.5.4. Results

3.6. Oxygen administration

3.6.1. Indications
3.6.2. Form of Administration
3.6.3. Complications
3.6.4. Following Up

3.7. Endotracheal Intubation

3.7.1. Material and method for intubation
3.7.2. Indications
3.7.3. Care of intubated children
3.7.4. Complications

3.8. Endotracheal extubation

3.8.1. Material and method for extubation
3.8.2. Shapes
3.8.3. Care of extubated children
3.8.4. Results

3.9. Impossible extubation process

3.9.1. Attitude towards the child impossible to extubate
3.9.2. Care of the chronically intubated child
3.9.3. Other care of the child with tracheostomy
3.9.4. Ondine syndrome

3.10. Cricothyroidotomy and tracheostomy

3.10.1. Indications for tracheostomy
3.10.2. Tracheostomy care
3.10.3. Various pathologies and tracheotomy
3.10.4. Home care

An academic option that will allow you to investigate the advances in tracheostomy care in neonatal patients”