LIBRO + ANEXOS NEONATOLOGÍA

Neonatología. Anexos ❚ 53 Anexo 2. European Requirements for Training in Neonatology 1 European Requirements for Training in Neonatology. Syllabus completed: 22 October 2020 Approved by EBP: January 2021 Paediatric Section of the Union of European Medical Specialists and the European Board of Neonatology (EBN) PREFACE Paediatrics is an independent medical specialty based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of all aspects of illness and injury affecting children of all age groups, from birth to the end of adolescence, up to the age of 18 years. It is not just about the recognition and treatment of illness in babies and children. Instead, Paediatrics also encompasses child health, which covers all aspects of growth and development, and the prevention of disease. The influence of the family and environmental factors also play a large role in the development of the child. Many conditions require life-long management and follow-up before a smooth transition of care to adult services. This document sets out to define the minimum requirements for training in Neonatology. Neonatology is a branch of Paediatrics and formally recognised as such by the EAP, itself a section of the Union of European Medical Specialists (Union Européenne des Medicins Specialistes - UEMS) through the European Board of Paediatrics (EBP). This training curriculum has been developed to support national training programmes in Neonatal Medicine, one of the Paediatric Specialist training programmes as defined by the EBP-UEMS. The new edition replaces the 1 st and 2 nd editions of the Syllabus prepared by the ESPR Working Group for Neonatology, formally approved in 1998 and 2007, respectively. This substantive revision took place to update the training components to modern day clinical work patterns and administrative realities. We have striven to make the modern process of training in Neonatology following the core-training in Paediatrics transparent and, at the same time, to facilitate the incorporation of high-quality national training programmes that were not easily reconciled with the proposed modular system of the curriculum. For these reasons, we believe that all doctors whose practice involves to a large part the medical care of children requires a solid basic training in General Paediatrics, as set out by many National Training Authorities (NTAs) and in the recommended European Common Trunk Syllabus, approved by the EAP- UEMS. The basic training, which should be of 3 years minimum duration, should act as a prelude to specialist training and underpin many of the principles set out in this specialist syllabus. The specialist neonatal training period should equally be of 3 years. This is required so that individual EU countries can