Post Graduate Programme in Loss Grief and Trauma Management

Delivery Mode: Blended - Face to face & online using OurVLE

Duration of Programme: 12 months

Neonatology is a subspecialty of paediatrics that involves the care of the newborn infant — especially ill and premature newborn infant. Neonatologists generally diagnose and treat newborns with conditions such as: breathing disorders, infections and birth defects; coordinate care and medically manage newborns born prematurely, critically ill or in need of surgery.

The Department of Child and Adolescent Health offers a full-time degree leading to the award of a Doctor of Medicine (Paeds) degree. The programme aims at providing exit qualifications for graduates to practice independently at Consultant Paediatric level. The programme has graduated over 100 paediatricians and many of them have remained in the region servicing the many Caribbean islands. Other graduates are employed in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom.