EXTINGUISHED, new registrations are not allowed
Participating Universities/Organizations: University of Cantabria and the Rey Juan Carlos University
Responsible Center: postgraduate unit Location: Alcorcon Campus
Modality: blended (requires face-to-face tests) Title code: 6221
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS Duration of the Master: an academic year
Public prices: See table
Academic Calendar Schedule Teaching Guides Faculty
Director of the Master: Prof. Dr. D. David Pascual Serrano Phone: (91) 488 8916
E-mail:
University master's information: Phone: 91 665 5060 Inquiries Mailbox
Student attention: Student Help Box Suggestions, complaints and congratulations mailbox
Basic Information
What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?
The Master's Degree in Clinical and Basic Aspects of Pain is conceived as a program that offers students the training of professionals trained to work in the field of pain, in its different aspects.
Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?
Yes (final verification report is attached), starting the first course in the academic year 2015-16.
Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE
What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?
You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link
Recommended income profile
Students who have possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes access to Master's degrees in the country that issued the degree.
Objectives
The general objective of the program is the training of professionals trained to work in the field of pain, in its different aspects. The graduate will be trained to develop their activity in the following areas:
- Study of mechanisms, causes and therapeutic approaches to pain.
- Participation in a multidisciplinary approach to pain treatment and in specialized hospital units (acute and chronic pain units)
- In the out-of-hospital environment: in Primary Care, pain is also the first cause of consultation, therefore specialized training is also of interest to health professionals who carry out their activity in other environments (outpatient consultations, rehabilitation centers, geriatric centers, pharmacy offices, rural consulting rooms, etc.).
Competences
General skills
- CG01 - Have a deep and broad knowledge of neurotransmission and its pathophysiological alterations.
- CG02 - Know the general bases of managing technologies, tools and techniques for diagnosis and treatment.
- CG03 - Know the bases of pain evaluation.
- CG04 - Being able to identify and analyze alterations in sensory perception.
- CG05 - Be able to develop explanatory models and analysis tools for pain problems based on observable experience and critical analysis.
- CG06 - Integrate the basic and clinical aspects involved in the knowledge of the determinants of pain.
- CG07 - Being able to capture the results of their research and/or care work in documents that allow the dissemination, debate and exploitation of the results thereof.
- CG08 - Know the ethical aspects specifically related to pain research.
- CG09 - Be able to self-diagnose your shortcomings, defining your needs -Acquisition and understanding of knowledge - Application of knowledge -Capacity to make judgments -Capacity to communicate and social aptitude.
- CG10 - Obtain and synthesize pertinent information about the problems that afflict patients with pain and understand the content of this information.
- CG11 - Know how to use information and communication technologies in clinical, therapeutic, preventive and research activities.
- CG12 - Know, critically assess and use biomedical information search and retrieval systems in the field of pain, to obtain, organize, interpret and communicate clinical, scientific and health information.
- CG13 - Maintain and use records with information on patients with pain for later analysis, preserving the confidentiality of the data.
Transversal skills
- CT01 - Linguistic and Communicative Competencies in the Academic Field. Oratory. Communicate effectively and clearly, both orally and in writing, with patients and their families, other professionals, and the media.
- CT02 - Comprehension and Written Expression of Scientific Texts.
- CT03 - Graphic Communication in Technical Documents.
- CT04 - Manage information effectively, using critical reasoning.
- CT05 - Interpersonal Relations. Leadership, Teamwork, Anxiety, Emotional Control.
Specific skills
- CE01 - Know the development of current lines of research on pain and its impact on the development of research in this field.
- CE02 - Recognize the impact of the new molecular bases of neural signaling on the possibilities of pain research.
- CE03 - Integrate the new pharmacological therapeutic guidelines in complex pathologies that cause pain.
- CE04 - Know the recent advances in invasive and non-invasive techniques that allow the approach of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of pathological processes that cause pain.
- CE05 - Know and apply the research methodology in the study of pain.
- CE06 - Know the legislation on the design and conduct of studies in biomedicine, with special emphasis on bioethical aspects and the peculiarities of clinical trials focused on pain and analgesia.
- CE07 - Know the recent genetic and molecular advances that allow us to explain the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of pain.
- CE08 - Demonstrate ability to locate, access and critically review the scientific literature in the area of knowledge.
- CE09 - Design and lead a research project in the area of pain, as well as be able to write and discuss a scientific article in the scope of a specialized journal in the area.
- CE10 - Understand and recognize the anatomical and physiological mechanisms that regulate the perception of pain in physiological conditions.
- CE11 - Understand and recognize the pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for the development of pain.
- CE12 - Recognize and understand the main pathological entities that cause pain in clinical practice.
- CE13 - Understand the fundamentals of action, indications and efficacy of therapeutic interventions in pain, based on the available scientific evidence.
- CE14 - Acquire advanced training, of a specialized and multidisciplinary nature, oriented towards professional specialization, and initiation into research tasks in the field of pain.
- CE15 - Being able to apply this knowledge to their professional practice for the benefit of patients, or helping to broaden knowledge of the mechanisms involved in pain and analgesia, always respecting the professional skills granted by the degree of origin (degree, diploma or bachelor's degree).
- CE16 - Know the structure and cell function. Biomolecules. Cellular communication. excitable membranes.
- CE17 - Understand and recognize the normal structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system, at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organic and system levels.
- CE18 - Know the basic concepts of biostatistics and its application to medical sciences. Understand and interpret statistical data in the medical literature. Be able to design and carry out simple statistical studies using computer programs and interpret the results.
- CE19 - Get started in research tasks in the field of pain: Know the principles of the scientific method in biomedical research applied to the study of pain. Being able to formulate hypotheses, collect and critically analyze information to solve problems, following the scientific method. Understand and critically interpret specialized scientific texts.
- CE20 - Know and understand the processes involved in the development, evaluation and marketing of an analgesic drug in the field of the pharmaceutical industry.
Admission and enrollment
Admission:
The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 18, of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28:
- Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
- In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.
Recommended requirements:
The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:
Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Psychology, Veterinary Medicine, Chemistry, in general all degrees related to Health Sciences.
Occasionally, the Master's Academic Committee may assess the admission of students from other degrees as long as it is adequately justified.
The selection of students, where appropriate, will be based on the merits of the student, through the evaluation of their curriculum vitae and an ad-hoc questionnaire created by the Academic Committee.
The Interuniversity Academic Commission meets at the end of the admission application period to evaluate the students, selects those admitted and draws up a list of substitutes to cover possible withdrawals. This proposal is submitted to the competent Vice President, which is ultimately responsible for the final admission of the student.
Candidate selection:
Assessment of the student's curriculum, based on their professional experience, their projection in relation to the objectives of the master's degree, as well as their academic record.
The questionnaire that will be used for the evaluation of applications is available to the student on the pre-registration platform for the Master, with which they know perfectly what are the points that will be valued by the commission at the time of pre-registration.
This scale, in general, is as follows:
- Academic training: (up to 25 points). Degree is valued; record and postgraduate courses.
- Professional training: (up to 15 points) (specialty, accredited professional courses are valued)
- Professional activity: (up to 25 points) (professional and/or research activity is valued.
- Membership in scientific or professional societies related to the field of pain (up to 5 points).
- Other merits that you wish to record related to your interest, experience or work in the field of pain (up to 10 points).
- Reasons why you want to do this master (up to 20 points).
Offer of places: 50 places. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.
Training itinerary
Master's Teaching Guides
ACCESS THE COURSE GUIDES OF THE DEGREE
Training Itinerary
Códigos | Subject | Semester | Type | NUMBER OF ECTS |
622101 | Anatomy and physiology of pain transmission | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Mandatory | 6 |
622102 | Diagnosis and therapeutic approach to patients with pain | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Mandatory | 6 |
622103 | Pharmacological bases involved in the action of analgesics | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Mandatory | 6 |
622104 | Psychological interventions in the patient with pain | S1 | Mandatory | 3 |
622105 | Basic and clinical aspects of pain | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Compulsory (100% face-to-face) | 6 |
622106 | Interventional techniques in the treatment of pain | S2 | Optional (100% face-to-face) | 3 |
622107 | Physical medicine | S1 | Optional | 3 |
622108 | Spinal mechanisms of pain and sensorimotor dysfunction | S1 | Optional | 3 |
622109 | Orofacial pain | S1 | Optional | 3 |
622110 | Advanced course on receptors for neurotransmitters | S2 | Optional (40% blended) | 3 |
622111 | Psychopharmaceuticals and pain | S1 | Optional | 3 |
622112 | Advances in Neuropsychopharmacology | S2 | Optional | 3 |
622113 | Applied Statistics | S1 | Optional | 3 |
622114 | Information methodology | S2 | Optional | 3 |
ITINERARY I * | ||||
622115 | Stay in Pain Units of participating Hospitals | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Mandatory | 18 |
622116 | Master's Thesis Itinerary I | S2 | Mandatory | 6 |
ITINERARY II * | ||||
622117 | Stay in Research Laboratories of participating Universities | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Mandatory | 18 |
622118 | Master's Thesis Itinerary II | S2 | Mandatory | 6 |
ITINERARY III * | ||||
622119 | Stay in Pharmaceutical Industries | S1 + S2 (Annual) | Mandatory | 18 |
622120 | Master's Thesis Itinerary III | S2 | Mandatory | 6 |
* The student chooses one of the three itineraries
External Internships
The External Practices subject is part of the training itinerary of the Master. The details of the teaching guide for this subject can be consulted in the TRAINING ITINERARY section and the list of CONCERTED CENTERS on this website.
The student, at the beginning of the course, will indicate to the coordinator of the corresponding External Practices subject in which he/she has enrolled, the center and desired date for the development of said practices.
After receiving the requests of all the enrolled students, the coordinator of the subject (always in contact with the different centers) will fix these rotations and will communicate them to the student.
Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024
Mobility programs
University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.
Regulation
- Academic Calendar
- Regulations for enrollment and permanence in university master's degrees at the URJC
- academic waiver
- Public prices for university master's degrees
- Exemption from the prices of official master's and doctoral studies for the sons and daughters under 25 years of age of victims of gender violence
- External Internships
- University Master's Thesis
- Review and Complaint of the Continuous Evaluation in the studies of university master's degrees of the URJC
- Acknowledgments / Adaptations of university master's degrees
- Simultaneity of URJC university master's degree studies
- Regulations of the School of Official Masters
- Addendum to the protocol for adapting teaching at the School of Official Master's Degrees
- Royal Decree 1125/2003, of September 5, which establishes the European credit system and the qualification system in official university degrees valid throughout the national territory
STUDENTS
COEXISTENCE REGIME
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ASSOCIATIONS
Quality guarantee
General information collection plan
Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:
- Student profile
- Teacher evaluation
- Degree of satisfaction:
- Of the students
- of the graduates
- From the Faculty
- Administration and Services Staff
- Labor insertion
- External internships:
- Satisfaction of interns
- External tutor satisfaction
- Employer satisfaction
Survey results:
Improvement actions
The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.
Renewal of accreditation
The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.
In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”
- Evaluation Self-Report October 2014
- Open Hearing Form
- Final report renewal of accreditation
- Improvement plan