This program will provide you with a comprehensive update in the area of Clinical Pediatrics, delving into the latest advances in pediatric emergencies and in hospital and primary care pediatrics"

Of all the existing healthcare areas, pediatrics is one of those that has undergone the greatest changes in recent years. Recent scientific advances in the management of numerous pathologies and the updating of protocols in fields such as emergencies have led pediatrics to incorporate new diagnostic techniques and treatments. Thus, the specialist needs to keep up to date with these new procedures in order to have the most up-to-date methods and procedures. 

For this reason, this program has been designed to bring him/her up to date immediately in many healthcare fields. In this way, throughout this Grand Master, the pediatrician will be able to delve into issues such as the care of the critically ill child outside the pediatric intensive care unit, parapneumonic pleural effusion or eosinophilic esophagitis and its relationship with celiac disease. 

In addition, you will have at your disposal all the scientific evidence in the approach to febrile and parainfectious crises, as well as the respiratory pathology of the newborn and the syndrome of incomplete reabsorption of pulmonary fluid. However, this degree does not stop there and offers the latest innovations in issues such as current biosafety in microbiology laboratories for the handling of samples of different viruses. 

In this way, the specialist will have access to the most cutting-edge knowledge while enjoying a 100% online learning methodology that will allow him/her to work while studying, without interruptions or rigid schedules. Furthermore, you will have the most expert teaching staff, composed of physicians with extensive experience, who will make use of numerous multimedia resources to streamline the teaching process. 

Get updated thanks to TECH's online methodology, which will allow you to study while you continue to develop your professional work without interruptions or rigid schedules" 

This advanced master’s degree in Clinical Pediatrics contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Practical case studies are presented by experts in Pediatrics
• 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 self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in pediatrics medicine
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

In this degree you will have at your disposal the best didactic resources: video procedures, interactive summaries, master classes... Everything to facilitate your learning process"

Its teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Pediatrics, who bring to this program the experience of their work, as well as recognized specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities. 

The 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 learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

TECH will allow you to deepen, through this advanced master’s degree, on issues such as Crohn's disease or paraphimosis reduction, always in pediatric patients"

A teaching staff composed of practicing professionals will guide you throughout the program, ensuring that you get the update you are looking for"

The main aim of this advanced master’s degree in Clinical Pediatrics is to bring the specialist closer to all the recent developments in this discipline, helping them to integrate the latest advances in pediatric emergencies into their daily work. And to achieve this goal, it offers a complete, up-to.date and in-depth syllabus, a teaching staff of great prestige and extensive experience, and a learning method that will adapt to your professional circumstances. 

You will achieve your goal of updating yourself thanks to this program, specially designed to make you a professional up to date with all the advances in pediatrics" 

General Objectives

• Master the latest techniques and knowledge in modern hospital pediatrics
• Become highly fluent in pediatric patient management, ensuring maximum quality and safety during the process
• Develop exemplary skills to provide high quality care, guaranteeing patient safety based on the latest update of scientific evidence
• Update on hospital pediatrics
• Update the physician’s knowledge in advanced life support as well as diagnostic and treatment techniques to use in pediatric patients with an emergency pathology. This is with the aim of providing quality emergency care which allows for a better prognosis for the child and better care for them and their family
• Broaden knowledge in the provision of emergency care to improve the child's prognosis and family care
• Review the main pathologies in children and adolescents and the advances made in them

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Treating Critically Ill Children out of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Delve deeper into the different hospital practices regarding initial child management in life-threatening situations due to acute hemodynamic, respiratory and/or neurological involvement
• Update rapid intubation sequence and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children according to the latest ILCOR 2021 recommendations
• Practical diagnosis and therapy management for children disconnected from the environment
• Know the algorithm of action in case of status convulsus
• Deal with allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, oxygen therapy, fluid therapy, ECG, analgesia and sedation, and be introduced to thoracic ultrasound

Module 2. Infectious Diseases in Pediatrics

• Focus on key issues such as antibiotic policy and isolation measures
• Analyze the most frequent infectious pathologies through new algorithms and protocols, as well as traveler and immigrant infections and new emerging viruses

Module 3. Respiratory Diseases in Pediatrics

• Delve deeper into chronic respiratory pathologies of frequent hospitalization such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, patients with neuromuscular pathology
• Master the latest diagnosis and monitoring procedures and new therapies

Module 4. Digestive System Diseases in Pediatrics

• Take a deeper look into clinical cases and different algorithms in the diagnosis, management and updated therapeutic measures for different pathologies, some very frequent such as abdominal pain and gastroesophageal reflux, and other emerging ones such as eosinophilic esophagitis and biliary lithiasis
• Manage chronic diarrhea, whose etiology is varied and which can be the expression of a benign process or of a serious disease
• Update on inflammatory bowel disease and hepatic dysfunction, which require a high diagnostic suspicion, since they can cause, if detection is delayed, important complications causing a decline in patient quality of life
• Delve into gastrointestinal bleeding which, although infrequent, can have potentially severe consequences

Module 5. Neurological Disorders in Pediatrics

• Develop the diagnostic approach and practical aspects of antiepileptic drugs, as well as the diagnostic approach to hypotonic infants and the most frequent conditions such as headaches, or acute conditions such as ataxia, pediatric stroke, or demyelinating diseases, among others

Module 6. Cardiac Diseases in Pediatrics

• Discover new diagnostic modalities in pediatric cardiology: echocardiographic strain, transesophageal echocardiography, among others
• Delve deeper into the differential diagnosis for suspected heart disease in newborns, early diagnosis and initial stabilization treatment
• Know the clinical approach to heart disease given current regulations, as well as cardiac flow obstruction pictures, the key ideas behind arrhythmias detection, pathologies acquired in childhood, and suspected heart failure in infants and children and new challenges

Module 7. Endocrine System, Metabolism and Nutrition in Pediatrics

• Delve deeper into nutritional assessment and the most frequent alterations observed during hospital admission, early diagnosis and therapeutic lines
• Adopt a critical attitude toward new trends in diet and the possible deficiencies they can generate
• Know when to suspect the presence of a metabolic disease, as well as different clinical pictures, some of which frequent, such as hypoglycemia, diabetic onset and control using new technologies, polyuria– polydipsia and suspected adrenal insufficiency

Module 8. Nephrology and Water and Electrolyte Disorders in Pediatrics

• Offer a global vision of the most frequent pathologies found in hospital admissions through clinical cases, deepening in hematuria-proteinuria, nephrotic syndrome and acute renal damage, arterial hypertension and renal lithiasis, which are becoming more and more common
• Bring new diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms to the nephrological area

Module 9. Pediatric Hemato-Oncology

• Using updated algorithms and clinical cases, explore simple approaches to the most common conditions such as anemia, purpura and neutropenia
• Know the indications for transfusions and anticoagulation
• Approach oncologic emergencies and the differential diagnosis of adenomegaly, hepato-splenomegaly and macrophage activity syndrome

Module 10. Other Pediatric Processes

• Interpret skin lesions and apparent lethal episodes
• Manage complex pediatric patients
• Address pediatric intensive care, palliative care, maltreatment and sexual abuse
• Master standard procedures and new technologies
• Delve into the mental health and safety of pediatric patients in a hospital setting

Module 11. Care for a Healthy Child

• Carry out a complete health assessment
• Describe the psychomotor development and optimal language level at each stage of childhood
• Explain the basic principles of successful breastfeeding according to the needs of the infant
• Describe the foundations of a balanced diet in each of the developmental stages of a normal child
• Implement diet and exercise programs adapted to each stage of growth
• Apply the current vaccination schedule

Module 12. Newborn

• Revise the characteristics of a normal newborn and the care that should receive in the first few hours of life
• Explain the most common health problems that could occur in a normal newborn
• Describe the care protocol for normal newborns
• Differentiate between the most common respiratory problems in newborns with the aim of establishing an appropriate diagnosis and initiating the correct treatment
• Detect jaundice in a newborn and implement early treatment

Module 13. Dermatology

• Describe the etiology and basic characteristics of certain dermatological alterations in childhood
• Implement treatment plans in the case of alterations such as eczema or acne
• Identify possible related illnesses and their etiology
• Explain the course of action in cases of infectious or parasitic dermatoses

Module 14. Sleep Disorders

• Describe the basic principles of sleep and the characteristics at each stage of childhood
• Evaluate problems related to sleep in pediatrics
• Establish an appropriate diagnosis and treatment in these types of disorders

Module 15. Rheumatology

• Describe the main rheumatological alterations that can occur in childhood
• Establish a differential diagnosis with other non-rheumatological pathologies
• Apply appropriate treatment according to the etiological agent causing the infection

Module 16. Allergy

• Describe the main food allergies and how to establish an appropriate diagnosis
• Implement treatment and dietary plans with the aim of avoiding acute allergic reactions in children with allergies
• Describe the different diagnostic tests as well as how to prepare for them and possible complications that could arise
• Describe the action to be taken in case of urticaria and avoid the onset of angioedema by implementing appropriate therapeutic measures

Module 17. Locomotor System

• Identify possible alterations in the locomotor system in children
• Establish the most appropriate corrective treatment in the case of an established pathology
• Identify the causes of back pain and lower limb pain
• Identify walking abnormalities by thorough examination of the feet
• Apply corrective methods to reduce walking abnormalities

Module 18. Ophthalmology

• Describe ocular examination in children and the normal parameters
• Detect ophthalmologic conditions of infectious origin and establish appropriate treatment
• Establish a proper diagnosis in case of strabismus and apply necessary corrective measures
• Identify other ophthalmologic pathologies which require surgical and/or specialist care

Module 19. Surgery

• Describe the main surgical procedures in pediatrics
• Identify the cause of acute abdomen with the aim of establishing urgent surgical treatment if necessary
• Identify the causes of intestinal obstruction in a child and establish an adequate treatment plan

Module 20. Miscellaneous

• Identify the most appropriate forms of administering drugs in pediatric patients
• Explain the appropriate way to calculate the dosis of drugs in pediatrics
• Define alternative treatments in immunosuppressed patients, patients with allergies or with any associated pathology
• Identify the appropriate pediatric doses of commonly used drugs
• Describe the normal laboratory values in the newborns, infants and children
• Identify altered analytical values in the pediatric age group

Module 21. Health Care Organization for Common Pediatric Emergencies

• Identify the different elements of the equipment in the pediatric emergency department
• Practice patient selection according to the different triage systems
• Describe pediatric critical patient transport systems

Module 22. Common Advanced Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiovascular Support

• Identify the signs and symptoms of the main apparently lethal syndromes, as well as recognize the critically ill child

Module 23. Invasive Techniques in Common Critically Ill Pediatric Patients

• Incorporate intraosseous puncture as a frequently used technique in pediatric emergency departments

Module 24. Cardiologic Emergencies

• Describe the main signs and symptoms of cardiac pathologies, arrhythmias, syncope, heart failure and congenital heart disease

Module 25. Respiratory Emergencies

• Update the latest recommendations for the performance of basic and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers and complete upper airway clearance of a foreign body
• To establish the procedures for performing Capnography and Pulse Oximetry, as well as to review the indications for oxygen therapy in pediatric patients, according to the latest scientific evidence
• Identify the main aspects of pediatric airway establishment, rapid intubation sequence, difficult airway and new facilitator devices
• Addressing respiratory pathology in the newborn, in the light of the latest 
  scientific evidence
• Describe the main signs and symptoms of respiratory tract pathologies in the child, and the approach to acute pharyngotonsillitis, laryngitis or croup, spasmodic croup, otitis and sinusitis
• Determine the procedures for the management of the child with asthma and chronic cough, and the different diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, such as airway 
  aspiration, thoracentesis and placement of the pleural tube, forced spirometry and bronchodynamic test

Module 26. Pediatric Trauma and Osteoarticular Injuries

• Review the diagnostic process, assessment and care of the pediatric patient with traumatic brain injury
• Incorporate into medical practice the priorities of evaluation and treatment of the traumatized child and the characteristics of pediatric patients
• Develop and practice the sequences in the different workshops on mobilization and immobilization of the trauma patient, functional bandaging, casting and reduction of painful pronation

Module 27. Unintentional Injuries Child Accidents

• Increase the ability to manage the acutely intoxicated child or adolescent

Module 28. Digestive Emergencies

• To determine the novelties in the management of celiac disease in children
• Address the management procedures of the child with food refusal and relate it to the different digestive pathologies

Module 29. Infectious Emergencies

• Review the latest advances in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the different hepatitis virus infections: HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV, HEV
• Review advances in the management of HPV, herpes simplex and shingles viral infections in children
• Review advances in the management of fungal infections, tinea, candidiasis and pityriasis versicolor
• Update knowledge in infectious diseases in children and the management of immunocompromised children

Module 30. Ophthalmologic and Otorhinolaryngologic Emergencies

• Analyze new developments in the management of children with ophthalmologic and otorhinolaryngologic problems

Module 31. Pediatric Skin Emergencies

• Update the management of the different common dermatological pathologies in the emergency department

Module 32. Nephrourological Emergencies

• Describe the main advances in the management of the child with nephrourological problems, incorporating the techniques of urine collection, suprapubic puncture and bladder catheterization, according to updated clinical guidelines

Module 33. Special Situations in Pediatric Emergencies

• Prepare the specialist to deal with the different special situations that may arise in pediatric emergencies

Module 34. Update on Coronavirus Infections

• Update the pediatrician on the latest advances in coronavirus infections in children 
  and adolescents

You will be able to learn about the most relevant novelties in aspects such as adrenal insufficiency or head trauma in children"