With the division’s long-standing tradition of academic excellence and the recent developments aimed at expanding the division, it is the goal of all faculty members and the neonatal support staff that we will remain dedicated to providing continuing education and training. The Neonatal Fellowship Program involves some of the core aspects of the division’s academic activities. As for the training of pediatric residents, bedside interactive teaching and small-session didactics during the residents’ NICU rotations provide opportunities not only to learn about the field of neonatology, but also about normal and abnormal newborn conditions of interest to the general pediatrician. In addition, at each host site’s NICU, ongoing education and training for neonatal nurse practitioners, registered nurses, respiratory therapists and ECMO specialists are offered on a regular basis.

The neonatal faculty and NICU staff at the various hospitals within the USC Division of Neonatal Medicine are also dedicated to support the educational needs of parents of babies who are admitted to our units. Thus, besides traditional means of communicating to parents the difficult concepts concerning their sick babies’ medical problems, this website aims to be an important tool at providing useful educational materials and resources for parents.

Also very important to the educational goals of the Division is the Neonatal Intranet (username/password required).

The book "SIDS" by Toke Hoppenbrouwers, PhD and Joan Hodgman, MD is available here free of charge in PDF format.