Incorporate into your daily practice the most relevant advances in the area of Hepatology thanks to a distinctive, unique and effective hands-on experience”

Hepatology is of great relevance if we take into account that one out of every three people in the world is exposed to the hepatitis B or C virus, being one of the priority diseases in the Millennium Development Goals of the World Health Organization. In view of this reality, scientific research has driven the improvement of both diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.  

These advances require specialists to keep their knowledge constantly updated. This is why this Internship program was created. An innovative pedagogical program, which goes into the direct and current application of techniques and procedures in a real healthcare scenario. Thus, the professional who enters this program will have access to a clinical center of reference in Hepatology. In this environment you will be able, together with specialists in this area, to test the techniques, tools and methodologies used in the approach to the hepatological patient. 

A 3-week stay, where you will work in a specialized environment, which will allow you to learn first-hand about the state-of-the-art equipment used, as well as the different procedures applied to care for patients whose disease is at different stages. An excellent opportunity to keep abreast of progress in Hepatology in a professional and eminently practical environment.

Enjoy an intensive 3-week stay in a reputable center and get up to date on the latest clinical procedures to achieve professional growth" 

The general objective of the Internship program in Hepatology is to ensure that the professional updates the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of the specialty in an exclusively practical way, through a hospital stay designed with clinical and academic rigor, under the guidance of renowned professionals in a hospital center of the highest scientific quality and technological innovation. In this practical training, the professional will address the main interventions of the specialist, which will allow him to improve and enhance his skills in the medical care of patients. 

In this period you will be together with renowned professionals in Hepatology, who will show you the latest procedures in the management of patients with chronic hepatitis”

General Objectives

• Master the latest techniques, modern scientific postulates and application of cutting-edge technologies in Hepatology treatments
• Incorporate the most effective methods, approaches and clinical analyses into daily work, backed by a team of prestigious experts in the field of Hepatology
• To know the specific approach to patients with chronic hepatitis who are undergoing antiviral treatment

Specific Objectives

• Identify the updated diagnostic criteria for liver diseases, and develop a correct differential diagnosis strategy
• Establish the pathogenic basis of liver diseases, incorporating the latest advances in the field of study
• Apply the treatment plan for the most prevalent acute and chronic liver diseases
• Describe the principles for selecting liver transplant candidates, the surgical basis of transplantation, immunosuppressive drugs, and the short and long-term management of the liver transplant patient
• Define the rationale, indications, limitations, and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests used in Hepatology
• Highlight the impact of the immune system on liver disease
• Explain how to manage patients with chronic hepatitis undergoing antiviral treatment
• Identify the main childhood liver diseases
• Address the diagnosis and treatment of the main hepatic diseases during pregnancy
• Develop a correct differential diagnosis strategy for liver diseases
• Address the imaging diagnosis of cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and hepatic vascular disease
• Use the clinical utility of MRI cholangiography
• Use the main laboratory techniques used in basic research
• Interpret the alteration of liver function tests in primary care
• Address the coordinated management of liver transplant patients in Primary Care
• Describe the pathogenic basis of viral hepatitis, its diagnosis, and treatment
• Establish the pathogenic basis of autoimmune liver disease, diagnostic criteria, and treatment
• Use the different useful imaging techniques in the diagnosis of the main cholestatic diseases and the current treatment options
• Recognize the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of metabolic liver diseases
• Recognize the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment management of systemic diseases that involve the liver
• Characterize the natural history of liver cirrhosis its clinical and hemodynamic manifestations
• Address how to manage the complications of liver cirrhosis: ascites, infections, esophageal variceal bleeding, and hepatic encephalopathy
• Identify the main problems associated with portal hypertension, as well as the diagnosis and possible treatments
• Use hepatocellular carcinoma preventive strategies, staging and therapeutics
• Address the endoscopic management of neoplastic complications in the hepatopancreaticobiliary area
• Describe the epidemiology of hepatocarcinoma and its risk factors
• Apply the curative treatments for intermediate and advanced hepatocarcinoma
• Practice the surgical treatment options in the most frequent liver diseases and evaluate the risks and benefits
• Inform about the most frequent childhood liver problems and how they are treated
• Apply the principles for selecting candidates for pediatric liver transplantation and the short and long-term management of the patient

With this program, you will be able to master the new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the management of the patient with liver and biliary tract pathologies”