Program Overview

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Neonatal Intensive Care (CHLD0099)

Key Information

• Faculty: Faculty of Population Health Sciences
• Teaching department: UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
• Credit value: 15
• Restrictions: N/A

Alternative Credit Options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Summary

The Neonatal Intensive Care module aims to enhance students' knowledge base and critical appraisal skills to improve their care of critically ill and preterm neonates. It is aimed at those who will be working in both Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Local Neonatal Units.

Students will receive 5 days of face-to-face lectures/seminars and will be expected to supplement their learning through self-directed study.

Specific Module Content has been developed to align with the RCPCH Curriculum for Level 3 Training and the Special Interest Module in Neonatal Medicine. It aims to achieve a balance between core principles of management, underlying physiology, current controversies and ongoing research in the following areas:

• Ventilation strategies for term and preterm infants
• Management options for PDA
• Inotropic support
• Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC): prevention and management
• Surgical conditions affecting the GI tract
• Parenteral nutrition: indications and complications
• Neonatal encephalopathy and neuroprotection
• Preterm brain injury
• Long term outcomes of Neonatal Care
• Fetal medicine: the role of the Neonatologist
• Ethical dilemmas in the Neonatal Unit
• Human factors and crisis resource management in neonatal resuscitation

Who is this module for?

This is one of the available core modules on the MSc Paediatrics and Child Health Intensive Care pathway, and an optional module for all other MSc Paediatrics and Child Health pathways. Any Level 7 students interested in taking this as an optional module, please note the module leader's guidance.

Teaching and Learning Methods

You will receive 5 days of in-person lectures/workshops, supplemented through online learning.

Assessment

This module will be assessed by the following:

• Literature-researched, Critically Appraised Topic, with formative inputs from peers (60%)
• Oral presentation (40%)

Module Deliveries for 2026/27 Academic Year

Intended Teaching Term: Term 2

• Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and Assessment

• Mode of study: In person
• Methods of assessment:
  • 40% Viva or oral presentation
  • 60% Coursework
• Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other Information

• Number of students on module in previous year: 16
• Module leader: Professor Howard Clark

Last Updated

This module description was last updated on 10th March 2026.