Don't miss the opportunity to become one of the best pharmacists, specialized in Pediatric Nutrition, with this program of high scientific rigor"

With this intensive specialization, the student will delve into the most relevant aspects of Pediatric Nutrition, from the hand of professionals with extensive experience in the field. 

This postgraduate diploma offers a global vision of Pediatric Nutrition in Pharmacy while focusing on the most important and innovative aspects of nutrition in the pediatric age, including from the intrauterine phase to adolescence, as well as the diseases in which nutrition plays a highly relevant role.

The syllabus covers the main current topics in nutrition for pharmacists so that those who master them will be prepared to work in this field. Therefore, it is not just another qualification on your CV, but a real learning tool to approach the topics of the specialty in a modern, objective way and with the ability to make a judgment based on today's most cutting-edge literature.

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

This postgraduate diploma in Pediatric 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 Nutrition, you will obtain a postgraduate diploma from TECH Technological University"

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.

This postgraduate diploma offers training in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations"

Renowned professionals have contributed their knowledge and experience to the development of this program"

The main 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 Pediatric Nutrition.

The role of pharmacists in the field of nutrition is fundamental in advising those customers who wish to improve their health"

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. New Developments in Food

• Describe the composition and utilities of new foods
• Early detection and assessment of quantitative and qualitative deviations from the nutritional balance due to excess or deficiency 
• Analyze the different methods for assessing nutritional status 
• Interpret and integrate anthropometric, clinical, biochemical, hematological, immunological, and pharmacological data in the patient's nutritional assessment and dietary-nutritional treatment 
• Describe new formulae used in infant feeding 
• Reflect on the role of human milk as a functional food

Module 2. Physiology of Infant Nutrition

• Explain the relationship of physiology and nutrition in the different stages of infant development 
• Identify the repercussion that a pregnant and lactating mother's nutrition has on the intrauterine growth and evolution of new-borns and infants 
• Perform nutritional assessment in pediatrics 
• 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 
• Assess and prescribe physical activity as a factor involved in nutritional status 
• Calculate child and adolescent athlete dietary needs and risks 
• Reflect and identify risk factors in school and adolescent nutrition 
• Explain current trends in the nutrition of infants with delayed intrauterine growth and the implication of nutrition on metabolic diseases 
• Review current trends in premature infant nutrition

Module 3. Artificial Nutrition in Pediatrics

• Incorporate into clinical practice the different techniques and products of basic and advanced nutritional support related to pediatric nutrition 
• Identify children at nutritional risk who are eligible for specific support 
• Evaluate and monitor the supervision of children on nutritional support 
• Reflect on new trends and models in infant feeding 
• Analyze the operation of milk banks

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