Program Overview

Master in Analgosedazione nel paziente pediatrico (ASEP)

The Master in Analgosedazione nel paziente pediatrico (ASEP) provides specific knowledge and skills to doctors, nurses, and psychologists for managing pain and anxiety during invasive procedures, ensuring safety and following their scope of practice, through pediatric procedural analgosedation.

Objective

The objective of the Master is to train professionals to manage the entire process, from informing and preparing the child/family to using non-pharmacological and pharmacological pain relief techniques and the recovery phase. Competencies are developed in the safe use of sedative and analgesic drugs during procedures in NORA, non-pharmacological techniques, and common procedures such as ecoguided venous access, sutures, and minor procedures.

Program Structure

The program includes two thematic areas:

• GESTIONE ANALGOSEDAZIONE PEDIATRICA:
  • Pain in pediatric settings
  • Pharmacological therapy
  • Pain in neonatal settings
  • Non-pharmacological therapy
  • Ecoguided venous access
  • Emergency management
  • Pharmacological therapy in neonatal pain
• SETTING E ASPETTI ORGANIZZATIVI:
  • Legislative aspects
  • Monitoring and devices
  • Data collection and definition of reference indicators
  • Teamwork
  • Neonatal pain in different settings
  • Management and definition of reference standards

Target Audience and Occupational Outcomes

The Master is designed for doctors, nurses, and psychologists who acquire competencies to evaluate and manage procedural pain in children during diagnostic-therapeutic procedures, applicable in a hospital setting, even outside the operating room. The training prepares students to use a communicative approach with children and families in a multicultural and highly stressful context, to set up therapeutic plans for analgosedation, and to apply the ecoguided technique in difficult venous accesses.

Duration and Location

• Duration: Annual
• Location: Padova
• Language: Italian
• CFU: 60
• Teaching method: In-person

Tuition Fees

• Total enrollment contribution: € 2,622.50
  • First installment: € 1,622.50
  • Second installment: € 1,000.00

Admission Requirements

• The titles of access will be specified in the selection notice for the academic year 2025/2026.
• Minimum available places: 5
• Maximum available places: 15
• Mandatory frequency: 80%

Final Examination

The final examination consists of the presentation and discussion of a final thesis.

Start Date and End Date

• Start date: 04/11/2025
• End date: 31/10/2026

Direction and Secretariat

• Director: Prof.ssa Franca Benini
• Organizational Secretariat: Referent Andrea Fascina

Open Badges

Open Badges are digital certificates of disciplinary knowledge, personal skills (soft skills), and technical competencies acquired. Discover how they work and how to redeem them.