Learn here about the latest advances in Pediatric Nutrition in Pharmacy to be able to provide quality care”  

In pediatric pathology, nutrition intervenes as an etiological factor and as a complication of other diseases. Therefore, it is essential that pharmacy professionals have studies on food and nutrition in pediatrics, as well as in the treatment and support of a large number of pathologies in children. 
This postgraduate diploma allows the pharmacist to specialize in the field of Pediatric Nutrition in areas of special interest such as: 

• Nutrigenetics
• Nutrigenomics.
• Nutrition and Obesity
• Hospital Dietetics
• Nutritional Trends

With this program, students will have the opportunity to study a teaching program that brings together the most advanced and in-depth knowledge in the field, where a group of professors of high scientific rigor and extensive international experience offers the most complete and up-to-date information on the latest advances and techniques in Clinical Nutrition in Pharmacy.

Incorporate the latest developments in pediatric nutrition into your daily practice and improve your patient care” 

This postgraduate diploma in Pediatric Endocrinology and Nutrition contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice 
• It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning 
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making for patients with feeding problems 
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Availability of content from any fixed or portable device with internet connection

This postgraduate diploma may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Pediatric Endocrinology and Nutrition, you will obtain a postgraduate diploma from TECH"

Its teaching staff includes renowned specialists in nutrition based on clinical practice, who bring the experience of their work to this training. 

Thanks to their multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the pharmacist to learn in a contextual and situated way, i.e. a simulated environment that will provide immersive learning programmed to train in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the pharmacist must try to solve the different situations of their professional practice that arise during the course. 

For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of radiology with extensive teaching experience. 

If you want to improve your daily practice, don’t hesitate to broaden your knowledge with this intensive program"

You will be trained by professionals with extensive experience in Clinical Nutrition in Pharmacy, who will guide you throughout the educational process"

The principal objective of the program is the development of both theoretical and practical learning, so that the pharmacist can master, in a practical and rigorous way, the study of Endocrinology and Childhood Nutrition. 

This refresher program will generate a sense of confidence in the performance of your praxis, which will help you grow personally and professionally"

General Objectives

• Update the knowledge on new trends in human nutrition, in both healthy and pathological situations 
• Promote work strategies based on the practical knowledge of the new trends in nutrition and its application to adult pathologies, where nutrition plays a fundamental role in treatment
• Encourage the acquisition of technical skills and abilities, through a powerful audiovisual system, and the possibility of development through online simulation workshops and/or specific training
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuous education and research 
• Train the professional for research into patients with nutritional problems  

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Assessment of Nutritional Status and Diet. Practical Application

• Analyze the different methods for assessing nutritional status
• Assess and calculate nutritional requirements in health and disease at any stage of the life cycle
• Predict patients’ nutritional risk
• Early detection and assessment of quantitative and qualitative deviations from the nutritional balance due to excess or deficiency
• Assess and maintain adequate hygiene and food safety practices, applying current legislation
• Acquire teamwork skills as a unit in which professionals and other personnel related to the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of dietetics and nutrition are structured in a uni or multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary way 

Module 2. Infant Malnutrition

• Reflect and identify risk factors in school and adolescent nutrition
• Review the pathophysiological aspects of pediatric diseases
• Identify children at nutritional risk who are eligible for specific support
• Evaluate and monitor the supervision of children on nutritional support
• Identify children suffering from malnutrition
• Describe the correct nutritional support for a malnourished child
• Classify the different types of malnutrition and their impact on the developing organism
• Update knowledge on the role that fats play in childrens diets

Module 3. Childhood Nutrition and Pathologies

• Update current trends in the nutrition of infants with delayed intrauterine growth and the implication of nutrition on metabolic diseases
• Review the relation between physiology and nutrition in the different stages of infant development
• Update knowledge on new formulae used in infant feeding
• Get up to date on managing children with gastroesophageal reflux
• Analyze the implications of nutrition in the growth process and in the prevention and treatment of different childhood pathologies
• Describe the nutritional requirements in the different periods of childhood
• Apply the knowledge acquired on nutritional assessment in Pediatrics
• Reflect on the etiology, repercussions, and treatment of childhood obesity  
• Identify the appropriate nutritional therapy for pediatric patients with chronic pulmonary pathology
• Assess the psychological and physiological aspects involved in eating disorders in young children
• Manage diabetic children's diet
• Assess the nutritional support of children with cancer in different situations
• Reflect on the role of nutrition in autistic children
• Reflect on the relationship between constipation and infant nutrition
• Identify exclusion foods in the diets of children with celiac disease
• Update the dietary management of children with nephropathy

Make the most of the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Pediatric Endocrinology and Nutrition”