Perioperative medicine of congenital heart diseases

The master aims to:

1) provide the fundamental knowledge for the diagnostics and treatment of patients with congenital heart diseases from the prenatal period to the grown up age

2) give a specific insight in the congenital heart disease pre-, intra- and post-operative/procedure process;

3) illustrate the theory and practice of the state of art in the field of congenital heart diseases

4) develop clinical and management skills that can enable a correct understanding and compilation of core pathways in congenital heart diseases in different geographic backgrounds

5) give the basis of multidisciplinary team work in the process of clinical evaluation and shared therapeutic decision-making

The master “Perioperative medicine of Congenital Heart Diseases” is designed for physicians that work with congenital heard disease patients.

European and Non-European citizens in possess a University Degree in Medicine (or an equivalent qualification) and Specialization in Anesthesia and/or Intensive Care, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Pediatrics and/or Neonatology (or an equivalent qualification) can apply. Other University Degree qualifications could be accepted under the Evaluation Committee assessment.

Students who are enrolled in University programs and expect to gain the Specialization Degree within the beginning of the Master are also eligible.

The Master Course has a duration of 18 months for a total of 700 teaching hours, divided as follows:

160 hours of classroom seminars and lectures;
240 hours of on-line learning (e-learning platform, open source Moodle);
300 hours of residential training programs in Fondazione G. Monasterio, Regione Toscana-CNR, Massa and in other qualified international Institutions selected by the Master’s Direction