title: The training of a neonatologist.
abstract: A neonatologist must acquire the basic knowledge of a perinatologist through training in a perinatal centre with close obstetric collaboration. As a clinician, he/she must acquire competence in the medical care of critically-ill neonates through 3 years of neonatal experience following general paediatric training. As an administrator, skills are required in nursery management, regional planning, audit and follow-up of high-risk survivors. Skills are required as an educator for medical/nursing staff and the community. Training as a researcher enables appreciation of perinatal research and appropriate application of scientific advances to clinical practice. He/she must become a person who cares, able to understand psychosocial and ethical issues in neonatology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: V Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D009359:Neonatology / Q000193:education*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D010500:Perinatology / Q000193:education; D012106:Research