06046 - Neonatology

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Docente: Arianna Aceti
  • Credits: 2
  • SSD: MED/38
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 6064)

Learning outcomes

Students will learn the processes leading to neonatal anatomical and functional maturation and the neonatal specific health needs


Course contents

- Neonatal classification

- transition from foetal to neonatal life

- newborn examination

- neonatal screening

- neonatal resuscitation

- neonatal infection

- breastfeeding

- infant formula

- late preterm infants

- complementary feeding

- vaccines and vaccination


Readings/Bibliography

- Power point presentations

- textbook: "Elementi essenziali di Pediatria per Corsi di Laurea Triennali - Ed. Esculapio"


Teaching methods


Assessment methods

Oral examination

Teaching tools

Teaching slides + additional documents on Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Arianna Aceti