Emergencies and Ιntensive Care in Children, Αdolescents and Υουng Αdults

The aim of the program is to promote knowledge and research on all contemporary issues in the field of Emergency and Intensive Care of Children, Adolescents and Young People. In the context of this postgraduate program, the basic principles of research, bioethical and legal aspects, the structured approach and treatment of life-critical situations, the principles and design of Emergency Medicine as they are formulated today and their practical application, the developments and current guidelines in the field of Intensive Care of Children, Adolescents and Young Adults, as well as related contemporary issues of pathophysiology, genetics, epidemiology, pharmacology, new imaging technologies, developments in the field of intensive care, and the development of new technologies and techniques for the treatment of children, adolescents and young adults are addressed.

The Program admits holders of degrees from the university or the former technological sector of higher education, or academically recognized qualifications of higher institutions abroad from the Departments of: a) Medicine or Nursing, b) Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, as well as c) related to the Programme, such as Physiotherapy, Health Visitors and Midwifery.

The purpose of the postgraduate Programme "Emergencies and Ιntensive Care in Children, Αdolescents and Υουng Αdults" is to train young scientists in order to gain a strong scientific background, experience, and expertise in a very dynamic area of modern science such as the Emergency and Intensive Care for Children and Adolescents. The program focuses especially on the scientific fields of the recently released guidelines on the various topics of critical illness and injury and is family and patient centered. Issues related to the communication and bioethics are extensively discussed as well as sophisticated methods of monitoring and treatment requiring specialized knowledge in the particularly sensitive these age groups of the dynamically developing modern intensive care units.