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Understanding the nutritional problems that can affect the very young is a fundamental task for pediatricians, since an early diagnosis can prevent complications in the patient. In pediatric pathology, nutrition intervenes as an etiological factor and as a complication of other diseases. For this reason, there is a growing interest in the study of food and nutrition in the genesis, treatment and support of a large number of pathologies in children,as future healthy adults. 

This program offers the possibility of deepening and updating knowledge, with the use of the latest educational technology. To this end, it offers a global vision of nutrition in children with diseases that affect nutritional status while focusing on the most important and innovative aspects of feeding in the pediatric age, in the case of diseases in which feeding plays a highly relevant role.  

Specifically, this postgraduate diploma delves into areas of special interest such as: nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, nutrition and obesity, hospital dietetics or current nutritional trends, so that doctors can acquire superior training in this field that allows them to act with greater confidence in their daily practice.  

This program offers the possibility of deepening and updating knowledge, with the use of the latest educational technology. And all this with a 100% online format, which facilitates the study especially for those who cannot travel to physical centers due to their work. Therefore, with this postgraduate diploma you will be able to decide yourself when to study, since you will have total availability to access the didactic material.  

We offer you a unique study opportunity to specialize in this field of high professional demand. You will notice a personal and professional growth"

This postgraduate diploma in Non-Digestive Pathology and Nutritional Deficiencies in Children 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 Non-digestive Pathology and Nutritional Deficiencies in Children
• Its graphic, schematic and eminently practical content, with which it is conceived, gathers scientific and assistance information on those disciplines that are essential for 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
• Its special emphasis on research methodologies in Non-Digestive Pathology and Nutritional Deficiencies in Children
• 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 selecting a professional program for two reasons: in addition to upgrading your knowledge in Non-Digestive Pathology and Nutritional Deficiencies in Children, you will obtain a diploma from TECH Technological University"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the field who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading 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 immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

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Take the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in this field in order to 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 Non-Digestive Pathology and Nutritional Deficiencies in Children 

This postgraduate diploma will allow you to update your knowledge with the use of the latest educational technology, to contribute with quality and security to decision-making" 

General Objectives

• Improve the pediatrician's knowledge on new tendencies 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 qualification
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuing 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 frequent deficiency diseases in the present 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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