This course is under development and is not accessible to all users.
Development status
Registration | Planning | Production | Beta testing | Alpha testing | Launch |
Complete: 24/01/2021 | Current Phase |
Overview
Suitable for paediatric trainees working with neonates.
Takes 2 hours
Certificate for completing this course
Takes 2 hours
Certificate for completing this course
This course will cover all aspects of neonatal nutrition including antenatal and post-natal nutrition requirements, methods of nutrition (enteral and parenteral), probiotics, growth monitoring and more. This teaching will be evidence based and will provide links to supporting articles for further reading.
Course director
Aless Glover Williams
ST8 Speciality Trainee in Neonatology
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Learning objectives
- Understand the foetal nutritional demands of the second and third trimesters of pregnancy
- Know the macro- and micro-nutrient aims of postnatal nutrition
- Understand the indications for and the merits of enteral and parenteral nutrition options
- Be aware of the controversies around probiotic use in the neonatal setting
- Appreciate the importance of optimal growth monitoring