Obtaining advanced knowledge in child malnutrition and pediatric nutrition is essential to advise patients on balanced diets"

Children with digestive pathologies or malnutrition require personalized nutritional care that allows them to acquire the nutrients necessary to improve their health. Therefore, the specialization of pediatricians in nutrition is the essential response of the professional to the healthcare and preventive needs of the population in matters of nutrition and health. Enhance your training, this program provides an overview of childhood malnutrition, while focusing on the most important and innovative aspects of feeding in pediatric digestive pathology, including diseases in which feeding plays a highly relevant role.

In this way, this postgraduate diploma provides the opportunity to deepen and update knowledge on this subject, with the use of the most current educational technology. In addition, it allows specialization in the field of clinical nutrition in areas of special interest such as nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, nutrition and obesity, hospital dietetics, and nutritional trends.  

One of the main advantages of this training is that it is presented in a 100% online format, which is a unique opportunity to continue studying from anywhere in the world, as you only need a computer or mobile device with an internet connection. Thus, our students will be able to choose their own study schedule, which gives them the opportunity to self-manage their time, being able to organize themselves with the rest of their daily obligations. 

Improve your knowledge through the postgraduate diploma in Malnutrition and Digestive Pathology in Childhood, in a practical way and adapted to your needs"

This postgraduate diploma in Malnutrition and Digestive Pathology in Childhood 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 experts in malnutrition and digestive pathology in childhood
• Its graphic, schematic and practical contents provide scientific and assistance information on those disciplines essential for the professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Special emphasis on the research methodology used in Malnutrition and Digestive Pathologies in Childhood
• 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

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make in the selection of a professional program for two reasons: in addition to upgrading your knowledge in Malnutrition and Digestive Pathology in Childhood, you will obtain a Postgraduate Diploma certificate from TECH Technological University"

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of pediatric nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The 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 training experience designed to train for real-life situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, where the medical professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the specialist will be assisted by a novel interactive video system developed by renowned and experienced experts in Malnutrition and Digestive Pathology in Childhood. 

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge with this postgraduate diploma course"

Take the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in this field and apply it to your daily practice"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the physician can master in a practical and rigorous way the Malnutrition and Digestive Pathology in Childhood. 

This postgraduate diploma will allow you to improve your knowledge in Malnutrition and Digestive Pathology in Childhood with the use of the latest educational technology, in order to contribute with quality and security to the decision making process"

General Objectives

• Provide pediatricians with the latest trends in human nutrition, both in health and in pathological situations
• Promote work strategies based on the practical knowledge of the new trends in nutrition and its application to child 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 education 
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuous education and research 
• Prepare the professional for research into patients with nutritional problems

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Infant Malnutrition

• Predict patients’ nutritional risk 
• Early detection and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative deviations from the nutritional balance due to excess or deficiency 
• Identify children at nutritional risk who are eligible for specific support 
• Identify children suffering from malnutrition 
• Describe the correct nutritional support for a malnourished child 
• Classify the different types of malnutrition and their impact on the developing organism 
• Identify the appropriate nutritional therapy for pediatric patients with chronic pulmonary pathology

Module 2. Childhood Nutrition and Pathologies 

• Analyze the implications of nutrition in the growth process and in the prevention and treatment of different childhood pathologies 
• Explain current trends in the nutrition of infants with delayed intrauterine growth and the implication of nutrition on metabolic diseases 
• Reflect on the etiology, repercussions, and treatment of childhood obesity 
• Explain the nutritional treatment of the most common deficiency diseases in our environment 
• Define the role that fats play in children’s diets 
• Assess the psychological and physiological aspects involved in eating disorders in young children 
• Review the pathogenesis and update the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism 
• Identify exclusion foods in the diets of children with celiac disease 
• Identify dietary factors related to bone metabolism 
• Explain managing children with gastroesophageal reflux 
• Describe the main malabsorption syndromes and how they are treated 

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