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Health professions degree in
Midwifery
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PEDIATRICS
cod. 06882

Academic year 2019/20
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Susanna Maria Roberta ESPOSITO
Academic discipline
Pediatria generale e specialistica (MED/38)
Field
Interdisciplinari e cliniche
Type of training activity
Characterising
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Learning objectives

This course will enable the student to know and understand the tools for the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of the main diseases of the neonatal age and the first years of life.

Prerequisites

Physiology of pregnancy.

Course unit content

- Promotion of health in the first 1,000 days of life.
- Diagnostic-therapeutic framework for acute pathologies in the first 1,000 days of life.

Full programme

- Vaccination during pregnancy
- Vaccinations in the first year of life
- Perinatal infections
- Neonatal sepsis
- Fever of unknown origin and sepsis in the first 3 years of life
- Domestic accidents and airway obstruction
- Prevention of infections in kindergarten and nursery school

Bibliography

Principi N, Rubino A. Pediatria generale e specialistica. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2017.
Slides provided by the teacher and uploaded to the Elly platform.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with slides and audiovisual material.

Assessment methods and criteria

The student's knowledge, understanding and application skills will be assessed through a written test with 31 multiple choice questions with only one correct answer on the course topics. Passing the exam will be possible with at least 18 correct answers.

Other information

In January 2020 (on a date to be determined) at the Sim-Lab of the University of Parma, interested students will be offered the opportunity to participate in a free PBLS-D course (Pediatric Basic Life Support-Defibrillation) to learn on dummies cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers in the child.

The teacher can be contacted for clarification or to schedule an appointment via email by writing to: susannamariaroberta.esposito@unipr.it, ilaria.ferrari@unipr.it

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.medicina@unipr.it
T. +39 0521 033700

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Sandra Cavalca
T. +39 0521 034908
E.  didattica.dimec@unipr.it
E.  sandra.cavalca@unipr.it 

President of the degree course

Prof. Tullio GHI
E. tullio.ghi@unipr.it 

Faculty advisor

Dott.ssa Serena Neri
E. serena.neri@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate  

Dott.ssa Serena Neri
E. serena.neri@unipr.it

Director of Professionalising Teaching Activities (DADP)

Dott.ssa Serena Neri
E. serena.neri@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof.ssa Thelma Pertinhez
E. thelma.pertinhez@unipr
 

Quality assurance manager

Prof.ssa Paola Affanni
E. paola.affanni@unipr.it

Tutor

Dott.ssa Francesca Frati
E. francesca.frati@unipr.it 

Dott.ssa Martina Dardari
E. martina.dardari@unipr.it