The Paediatric nursing specialist training programme uses a cross-cutting approach to competencies related to communication, care and resource management, teaching and research, and a targeted approach to advanced surgery competencies in the different areas of paediatric practice.

The ENT Department at Vall d’Hebron is the leading centre throughout Spain for both adults and children. 35 years of receiving and training medical professionals means we have extensive experience in training residents. Our residents benefit from the high level of surgery performed in all areas of the specialisation, and the advanced technological equipment we use. Thanks to the academic programme we follow, all specialists trained in our unit go on to find work in the public or private sphere. Residents’ rotations have been structured from the least to the most complex specialist procedures.

The specialisation of endocrinology and nutrition includes the study and treatment of disorders of the endocrine glands, the metabolism and all aspects related to nutritional condition.

The Neurosurgery Teaching Unit is led by the Neurosurgery Department, with participation from Neurology, Pathological Anatomy, Clinical Neurophysiology, Intensive Care and Neuroradiology.

The Teaching Unit is led by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, with participation from other specialisations such as General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and the Traumatology Intensive Care Unit. 

The Plastic, Cosmetic and Restorative Surgery Teaching Unit is led by the Plastic Surgery and Burns Department, who work in a team with General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Neurosurgery. The unit also participates in plastic surgery services in other public and private hospitals.

Intensive care medicine deals with assisting the recovery of vulnerable patients with, or potentially at risk of, life-threatening conditions. In the course of its work, the Intensive Care Medicine Teaching Unit collaborates with Intensive Care Medicine from the General and Traumatology Departments, the Coronary Care Unit, Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Care, Internal Medicine, Pneumology, Digestive System, A&E and Anaesthesia. Our teaching unit is amongst those with the greatest capacity for beds for critical patients. Because of this, the Intensive Care Unit stands out for performing the highest number of lung transplants worldwide, as well as treatment of infectious diseases in oncohaematology and acute stroke patients. In addition, the Traumatology Intensive Care Unit specialises in neuro-trauma patients and is a leader in burns and spinal cord injuries.

The Clinical Pharmacology Teaching Unit at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital is led by the Clinical Pharmacology Department, and  works together with the Catalan Pharmacology Institute Foundation (FICF). Other departments involved in the Teaching Unit are principally Internal Medicine, Cardiology, A&E, Infectious Diseases, Paediatrics, Primary Care and the Pain Management Clinic. Since 1987, the Clinical Pharmacology Department has accommodated 23 Resident medical intern programmes and trained 79 specialists.

Resident doctors in Cardiology are offered the chance to work in a centre with highly specialised care activities thanks to the operational structure and cross-cutting programmes that include cardiac surgery and paediatric surgery. Specialists working here deal with a diverse range of disorders such as arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, heart failure, acute coronary syndrome and valvulopathy, among others.

Angiology and vascular surgery deal with prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research of vascular diseases. In this field, resident doctors administer non-invasive medical and diagnostic therapies through imaging techniques, direct surgical treatments, endoscopies and endovascular procedures in adults and children. In the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Teaching Unit you will acquire the knowledge and experience necessary to carry out the specialisation in hospitals at any level, and where specialists have to treat the most straightforward to the most complex of issues.