Are you passionate about caring for premature babies? Learn from the best experts in this postgraduate certificate in Preterm Infant and acquire unique skills to provide quality care to the smallest and most vulnerable"

Preterm Infant are those born before 37 weeks gestation and are usually at higher risk for medical complications than full-term infants. These little ones require specialized care to prevent, detect and treat possible pathologies that may arise, so it is essential that health professionals are trained to provide them with the best possible care.

For this reason, TECHaddresses all aspects necessary to understand the etiopathogenesis of prematurity, fetal causes, assessment of respiratory pathologies. Topics such as neurological, ophthalmological, digestive, hematological and endocrinological, resuscitation of low birth weight premature infants, nutrition and other important topics during the development of this postgraduate certificate.

The program will provide an in-depth look at the latest techniques and procedures for the care of the preterm newborn and discuss the latest research in the field.  Experts in the field will teach the classes, including neonatology physicians and other health professionals with experience in the care of these premature infants.

The program will be taught 100% online, and multimedia resources will be used to facilitate the understanding and assimilation of the concepts. Practical sessions will be included in which real situations will be simulated and clinical cases will be solved so that participants can apply the knowledge acquired in real situations. 

With this program you will have access to multimedia and multichannel resources to facilitate your learning. Learn in an innovative way and connect with your vocation!"

This postgraduate certificate in Preterm Infant contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by medical experts focused on 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 to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate in Preterm Infant will provide you with up-to-date knowledge on the latest advances in the care of preterm infants"

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. This will be done with the help of an innovative system of interactive videos made by renowned experts.

Discover how to identify and treat premature infants with the best teachers in Neonatology"

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Preterm infants present a series of particularities and complications that must be approached individually and with a thorough knowledge of their etiopathogenesis, pathologies and clinical management. In this way, this program seeks to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to identify, evaluate and adequately treat premature infants, as well as to establish criteria for hospital discharge and long-term follow-up. All this in order to improve the quality of life and prognosis of these little patients.

Discover the skills needed for neonatal organ and device care and become a complete professional"

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

• 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 
• Addressing possible sequels
• Establish criteria for hospital discharge

Learn how to manage the possible sequelas in preterm infants with the postgraduate certificate in Preterm Infant"