Newborn Medicine

Harvard HMS

This course will introduce students to the normal physiological and biochemical adaptations involved in the transition from fetus to newborn and acquaint the student with the recognition and treatment of major disease states that result from prematurity, congenital anomalies, infection, asphyxia, and other abnormal perinatal conditions. Particular focus will be paid to integrating underlying basic science principles to the pathophysiology of these disease processes. Students will work closely…