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This course is for all staff who working in neonatal units across the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Network. Bringing together recent peer reviewed evidence and practical ideas and tools, the cue based feeding course aims to provide you with a sound foundation skills to equip you to provide the best possible feeding support for infants and families in your care.

The course is split into core foundation modules, recommended for any team member who is supporting infants and families with feeding on your neonatal unit,  and additional modules for those of you wanting a more enhanced, specialist level of understanding.

Certificates will be available upon completion to add to your professional development portfolios.

As a new course we will use your feedback to review, improve and develop further content and resources so please don' forget to complete the learning evaluation so we can make this as useful for everyone as possible.

Cranial ultrasound is a valuable screening tool and performed frequently on the neonatal unit both in term and preterm infants. It can be used to identify and monitor a number of important pathologies to include intra-ventricular haemorrhage, post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation, cystic periventricular leukomalacia, structural anomalies and perinatal arterial ischaemic stroke. It is safe (avoids ionizing radiation), portable and can be performed quickly and repeated as many times as required to monitor progress. It is therefore an important skill for paediatricians and neonatologists to develop. This course is designed to introduce learners to the basic principles of cranial ultrasound in neonates, including how to perform a scan, obtaining standard views and how to identify normal and abnormal scan findings

Course Aim:

To provide an overview on how to perform and interpret cranial ultrasound scans in neonates

Course Objectives:

1. To provide an overview on how to perform and interpret cranial ultrasound scans in neonates.

2. To identify normal variants (in term and preterm infants) on cranial ultrasound.

3. To provide an overview of common pathologies & structural malformations which can be identified on cranial ultrasound.

4. Learn how to write a structured scan report.