Maternal-Fetal Medicine

You will be capable of managing high-risk pregnancies, from prevention to treatment and rehabilitation.

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Description

The Specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine, through medical practice supported by an educational methodology focused on problem-solving, becomes highly competent in their specific area of action.

The duration of the Specialty in Maternal Fetal Medicine is 2 years.

Required Academic Background: Specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Primary Clinical Site

Ginequito Hospital

Secretary of Health (SS)
- Maternity and Children’s Hospital

Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)
- High Specialization Medical Unit, Hospital of Gynecology and Obstetrics No. 23

Recognition of Official Validity of Studies (RVOE) granted by the Secretary of Public Education according to agreement: 20193753

Joan Stephanie Celis Jasso

Graduate Program Director

[email protected]

+52 (81) 8215-1000 ext. 1291

Objective

To prepare qualified medical specialists at an excellent level for the management of high-risk pregnancies, experts in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of pathologies affecting the mother and fetus, with the support of technology enabling them to offer the highest standards of care and coordination with a multidisciplinary team within a framework of humanism, ethics, professionalism, and deep respect for the environment; using scientific research as a habitual tool in their daily practice and committed to the continuous updating of their discipline.

Admission profile

Knowledge

Possess scientific foundations in medicine, particularly in Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Evaluation of patients with surgical pathology.
Have extensive knowledge of scientific methodology and the epidemiological method.
Understanding and translation of the English language.

Skills

Managing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in gynecology and obstetrics.
Teamwork.
Having basic internet management skills.
Basic proficiency in different computer packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Knowledge and management of statistical packages.

Attitudes

Having warmth and availability in patient and family care.
Possessing values of honesty and respect for others.
Cultivating the habit of studying and participating in continuous education activities.
Promoting a healthy lifestyle to prevent diseases and enjoy a better quality of life.

Graduate profile

Upon completion of your studies in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, you will have developed the following knowledge:

Having a deep understanding of the most common pathologies, immediate neonatal period complications, and metabolic diseases of the newborn.
Selecting, analyzing, and evaluating medical literature related to maternal fetal medicine, applying it relevantly to their daily work to support, deepen, and expand their professional actions.
Understanding the physical bases of ultrasound and the different existing equipment.
Consulting, selecting, analyzing, and evaluating medical literature in their specialty, applying it relevantly to their daily work to support, deepen, and expand their professional actions.
Knowing the different stages of human development and fetal period, as well as the different structural abnormalities that occur.

Upon completion of your studies in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, you will have developed the following skills:

Effectively and efficiently using the knowledge, methods, and techniques of medical care corresponding to those required by a specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine individually and as part of a team of specialists.
Applying diagnostic and treatment resources critically corresponding to their area of professional practice in the Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialty.
Indicating, performing, or interpreting the necessary procedures (medical or surgical) for the best solution to their patients' health problems.
Applying prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation resources critically within their specialized area of action.
Managing the different existing equipment and applying the principles of ultrasonography in normal and pathological fetal development.

Upon completion of your studies in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, you will have developed the following attitudes:

Productively collaborating with different members of the medical team that requires their daily action, aiming for an integrative vision of their work in relation to the work of other medical professionals.
Interpreting the process of professional formation of the physician as a human and social phenomenon, considering the institutional conditions in which the practice and teaching of medicine are carried out.
Sustaining the practice of maternal fetal medicine on humanistic principles, considering the biopsychospiritual integrity of the individual in their constant interaction with the social environment.
Respecting human dignity, avoiding gender-based violence at all times.
Applying bioethical rights in the physician-patient relationship, in alliance and respect for the principle of autonomy.
Ensuring continuous education and professional development for ongoing improvement and ethical use of medical knowledge.

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Curriculum

Consult the courses that you will take in the Subspecialty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

First year

Code	Course	Credits
HGMF1101	Clinical Training I	70
HGMF1102	Maternal Fetal Medicine I	4
HGMF1103	Ultrasonography I	4
HGMF1104	Cardiotocography	4
HGMF1105	Embryology	2
HGMF1106	Research I	8
HGMF1107	Bioethics	2

Second year

Code	Course	Credits
HGMF2101	Clinical Training II	70
HGMF2102	Maternal Fetal Medicine II	4
HGMF2103	Ultrasonography II	4
HGMF2104	Perinatal Infectiology	4
HGMF2105	Genetics	2
HGMF2106	Research II	8