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"

This postgraduate diploma will lead the medical professional to integrate into their daily practice the most accurate and current methodology in the management of oxygen therapy, the various modalities of respiratory assistance and care of preterm and premature patients who have possible sequelae and hinder their hospital discharge. All this will also be much easier to achieve thanks to the program designed by experts with extensive experience in Neonatology Units.

The case studies will take you to immerse in the most precise maneuvers of Neonatal Resuscitation”

General Objectives 

• Delve into preterm neonates and their implications
• Update knowledge of the indications for prevention in sick neonates
• Be aware of the protocols that optimize the treatment of the sick neonate
• Describe the main characteristics of the healthy newborn and its basic care
• Systematize the main problems, disorders and diseases of the newborn, such as weight gain and metabolic development, prematurity, congenital malformations, respiratory or cardiac pathology, metabolic and blood disorders, or digestive or nutritional complications
• List and describe the main common procedures in neonatology
• Deepen in the therapeutic activities in the pathologies of the neonate
• Delve into the basic and specific aspects of complementary examinations in this subspecialty and how to perform them
• Investigate the knowledge of the different procedures of neonatal nutrition
•  Analyze the follow-up of the newborn once it has been controlled in the acute period
• Illustrate and reflect on the different moments of care in the models of assistance to the newborn, both healthy and with pathology requiring hospital treatment
• Explain the various systems of care for the sick neonate, delimiting the continuity between the neonatal period of acute illness and its subsequent follow-up
• Describe all the accompaniment that the technology means for the adequate monitoring and follow-up of these children, being able to be coupled to the various guides and protocols to finally obtain a global health concept
• Deepen all the possibilities of on-site and even remote monitoring to achieve a very early and optimal performance on the impact of the disease on the neonate
• Delve into all aspects of the concepts of complementary knowledge that allow understanding perinatology as a complete subspecialty, from the fetal period to long-term follow-up in outpatient clinics
• Detail the parameters that will indicate the correct acquisition of all the developmental items of the various organs and apparatuses in order to obtain an optimal long-term result
• Specify all the elements of the pathological conditions of the sick neonate in order to be able to establish work routines with results at the level of medical excellence

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Aspects of the initial moments highlighted in Neonatology

• Update the initial assessment protocols
• Delve into the classification and assignment of neonatal groups
• Assess the risk, maturity and morphology of the neonate
• Identify the criteria for admission
• Describe the equipment needed to care for neonates
• Delve into the newborn reception protocol in the different Neonatology Units
• Deepen in the basis of neonatal transport
• Identify the different Thermoregulation Appearance
• Update knowledge on newborn analgesia

Module 2. Preterm/Premature Child

• Identify the various types of Preterm Infant
• Delve into the exploration and categorization process of these children
• Describe triggering of prematurity
• Deepen in the assessment of their various pathologies
• Inquire into the care by organs and devices in neonatal
• Address possible sequels

Module 3. Respiratory Pathophysiology and Respiratory Disorders in Neonatology

• Deepen in the pulmonary physiopathology
• Establish the categorization of Neonatal Respiratory Pathology
• Delve into Oxygen Therapy
• Deepen the monitoring of neonates
• Describe the modalities of respiratory assistance

From a theoretical-practical perspective, you will be able to delve into the main complications of endotracheal intubation”