This complete professional master’s degree in Update on Pediatric Rheumatology Update will give you the key characteristics of new approaches, from an innovative and global perspective”

Childhood is not a territory exempt from rheumatological disease (RD). Although it is difficult to know their exact prevalence, given the absence of specific and global studies, they are potentially serious diseases that carry with them a significant decrease in the quality of life of the affected child. Comprehensive care for patients and their families as a fundamental part of the process is an essential condition in the approach to this group of diseases. 

This professional master’s degree offers a different look at global care that a child affected by RD needs. A comprehensive approach that covers all aspects of this care: from pre- and post-diagnostic care for families, pharmacological criteria, and psychological and emotional care for the affected person and their environment.

A holistic approach will be acquired through the most specific and comprehensive online training on the market.

During this very complete Master's Degree you will have the opportunity to acquire the basic knowledge necessary to deal with the situations that arise around a child or adolescent suspected of having a RD and ME. From the moment of diagnosis, together with the development of the guidelines to be followed by the specialist, to the information on procedures or approaches to be avoided in this medical practice.

This program will also offer you a different view of what RD means thanks to the participation of expert patients; an unparalleled opportunity to complement your medical knowledge from a different perspective. This approach of the Master's Degree is intended to respond to the need for general practitioners, orthopaedic surgeons, paediatricians, rheumatologists, social workers, nurses, psychologists and many other professionals to be able to manage situations with a high impact on the lives of children and young people and their families.

All aspects of the practice of Paediatric Rheumatology, with a global vision of the care of the affected patient, in the most complete professional master’s degree in the online teaching market"

This professional master’s degree in Update on Pediatric Rheumatology offers you the features of a high-level scientific, educational, and technological program. These are some of its most notable features:

• 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
• Case studies presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by remote learning
• 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 experts, discussions 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 teachers of this Master's Degree have been selected on the basis of two fundamental factors: their experience and knowledge of RD in paediatrics and their proven teaching skills"

Our teaching staff is composed of medical professionals, who are practising specialists. In this way it is ensured that the student is provided with the upgrade target that is intended. A multidisciplinary team of medical experience in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will bring their practical knowledge derived from their own experience to the program: one of the aspects that sets this professional master’s degree apart.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodology used in the design of this professional master’s degree. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, the student will be able to learn by using a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give him the operability he needs in his training. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that regards learning as an intensely practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use E-learning:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, students will be able to acquire knowledge as if they were actually facing the scenario they are learning at that moment. A concept that will allow the student to integrate and lock in learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this professional master’s degree will take the student through different teaching approaches to allow him to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Our innovative E-learning approach allows for an immersive learning experience, providing faster integration and a much more realistic view of the content: learning from an expert"

Our objective is to train highly competent professionals who possess the most up-to-date knowledge and techniques in the medical field. A goal that, in just six months, students will be able to achieve thanks to a high-intensity and precise program.

Our goal is yours: to provide the most comprehensive update in Paediatric Rheumatology Update currently available"

General Objectives

• Distinguish between different types of musculoskeletal problems in children, addressing and referring them as needed
• Treat them from different points of view, be they medical, psychological or physical, or in any case interpret the suitability of applicable treatments
• Assess whether a treatment was sufficiently effective
• Know which approaches, treatments and strategies are inappropriate and should be avoided
• Prevention of diseases and complications
• Identifying basic needs and making referrals to specialized resources
• Identify social and environmental factors and consider the impact they have on the quality of life of patients and their families

Specific Objectives

• Acquire the basic knowledge for the diagnosis of R&MD
• Determine the initial approaches and actions to be taken in the diagnosis of R&MDs
• Learn to rule out specific diseases
• Understand the benefits of the different tests
• Identify the procedures or approaches to be eliminated and why
• Acknowledging the pain of the child or adolescent with R&MD as the most frequent problem
• Identifying the signs and symptoms of pain in the patient
• Understanding the consequences of the patient's pain in a family environment
• Distinguish the most frequent and the rarest causes of pain in the different areas of the muscular-skeletal system
• Review of appropriate initial management
• Identify inappropriate initial management
• Diagnosis of paediatric arthritis
• Diagnosis of arthritis versus ruling out other pathologies
• Application of differential diagnosis in the suspicion of arthritis from its onset in its various forms
• Outline of aetiological treatment
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate assumptions and beliefs
• Review the association of fever with other systemic symptoms of inflammation of the eye, skin and digestive tract
• Recognizing the rheumatological significance of inflammation and fever
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate assumptions and beliefs
• Differentiate other symptoms indicative of R&MD: alterations in gait, hyperlaxity or deformity
• Specific examination of other symptoms
• Detect the most frequent and the rarest causes of a disease
• Judging overall approach and management
• Review actions to avoid, such as overdiagnosis and excessive use of medicine
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate assumptions and beliefs
• Review drug treatments
• Look at common treatments for different conditions
• Review practical aspects of medication
• Identifying the adverse effects of the medication
• Monitoring the progress of pharmacological treatment, in children and adolescents
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate assumptions and beliefs
• Providing a psychological approach to R&MDs to patients and their families
• Become familiar with the use of physical exercise as a rehabilitation technique
• Identifying the timing of orthopaedic surgery
• Explaining proper nutrition guidelines
• Identify the range of existing social supports
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate assumptions and beliefs
• Reviewing vaccination schedules
• Choosing specific preventive approaches according to diseases and treatments
• The identification of osteoporosis in children and its necessary considerations
• Description of the transitional phases and procedures of the management of adults with R&MD to the management of paediatric patients

The fundamentals of holistic care in rheumatological conditions in paediatric-juvenile patients, in a practical approach that allows for its immediate application”