You are one step away from entering a high level program to acquire new skills to perform highly complex pediatric surgical procedures in the digestive system"

The postgraduate certificate in General Pediatric Digestive System Surgery is designed to update medical specialists in the management of digestive pathologies in pediatric patients. Pediatric surgery is a specialty of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases in children and adolescents, being the digestive system one of the broadest and most general areas within this specialty. 

In this course, specialists will have the opportunity to be updated on a wide variety of topics related to pediatric digestive pathology, including esophageal pathologies, evaluation techniques such as pHmetry, impedance and esophageal manometry, gastroesophageal reflux, acquired esophageal pathologies, esophageal motility disorders and esophageal replacement techniques in patients with long-gap esophageal atresia. Additionally, gastric pathologies, proximal and distal intestinal pathologies, inflammatory bowel disease, Short Bowel Syndrome and Coloproctology in pediatric patients will be addressed.

Specialized lecturers, with extensive experience in each subject, will present the most current treatments with the best results. The methodology of the course is completely online, which allows medical specialists to access the content from anywhere in the world, adapting to their schedules and learning rhythms. In this way, the course adapts to the professional updating needs of pediatric surgery specialists and provides them with updated tools to improve their clinical practice and performance in the treatment of digestive pathologies in pediatric patients. 

Get updated on cutting-edge techniques such as Exit surgery, robotic surgery and laparoscopic procedures in children"

This postgraduate certificate in General Pediatric Digestive System Surgery 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 Pediatric Surgery
• 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
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• 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

A rigorous program with which you will learn new approaches to gastric pathology, proximal and distal intestinal pathologies, inflammatory bowel disease, Short Bowel Syndrome and Coloproctology in pediatric patients"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the 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 allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, in which the professional will have to try to solve the different professional practice situations that will arise throughout the academic course. This will be done with the help of an innovative system of interactive videos made by renowned experts.

You will have access to a multimedia library where you will review real cases and practical approaches to a multitude of pediatric twin surgical pathologies"

With this postgraduate certificate you will obtain updated knowledge in the management of digestive pathology in pediatric patients"

The main objetive of the postgraduate certificate in General Pediatric Digestive System Surgery is to provide medical specialists with the necessary update in the management of digestive pathology in pediatric patients. Through an online methodology, students will be able to deepen in topics such as esophageal pathologies, evaluation techniques, gastric pathologies, intestinal pathologies, inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome and coloproctology in pediatric patients, among others. Highly specialized and experienced teachers in each subject, present the most current and effective treatments, which guarantees the complete and updated training of the students in this field of pediatric surgery. 

You will meet your most demanding update objectives thanks to a syllabus specially focused on practice and new surgical developments"

General Objectives

• Develop specialized knowledge and current treatments in pediatric surgery
• Compile the different diagnostic methods, as well as the different therapeutic options, both medical and surgical depending on the pathology
• Expose the possible associated complications and the prognosis of these diseases
• Establish the current treatment guidelines for each of the pathologies described

Specific Objectives

• Examine the new techniques and tests available for motility and functional disorders diagnosis
• Deepen in esophageal functional tests, especially the less common ones such as impedanciometry and esophageal manometry
• Analyze the treatments with the best results in esophageal replacement
• Determine the most frequent pathologies with current diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
• Determine the main digestive and hepatic pathologies that may present in pediatrics, including inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome and intestinal transplantation, coloproctology as , well as hepatobiliary diseases and liver transplant
• Acquire specialized knowledge about IBD and development of the various therapeutic options that can be applied
• Determine the different causes that can lead to intestinal failure Short bowel syndrome management in all its stages
• Establish patient management with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung's disease
• Analyze the functional tests used in coloproctology, with special emphasis on anorectal manometry and its different indications
• Examine the most common hepatobiliopancreatic pathology

A thorough university program with which you will be able to get up to date in the most current techniques and with the best results in the treatment of diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux or inflammatory bowel disease"