Master's degree in Clinical and Basic Aspects of Pain

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Responsible Center: Faculty of Health Sciences   Location: URJC (Alcorcon)/UCAN
Modality: blended Title code: 6352 Orientation: professional
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS  Duration of the Master: An academic year or two
Public prices: See table
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Director of the Master: Mr. David Pascual Serrano
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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 2022-23

Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Favorable report first modification

Is it necessary to pass an access test?

It is not necessary.

What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?

You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link

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Objectives

The general objective of the program is the training of professionals trained to work in the field of pain, in its different aspects. Thus, and always respecting the professional skills that the law grants to each of the qualifications, depending on the original training (doctors, nursing staff, physiotherapists, psychologists, pharmacists, dentists, podiatrists, etc.) and the subjects studied Within the Master, the graduate will be able 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 clinics, etc..).

In any case, in the field of health care, the professional activities that graduate students may develop related to the Master's Degree, as well as their limitations, will be determined by the professional training of each student's degree of origin.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

CON1. Understand the general foundations of pain assessment and the management of technologies, tools, and techniques for pain diagnosis and treatment.

CON2. Identify aspects of the design and conduct of biomedical studies and the ethical particularities specifically related to pain research.

CON3. Understand the different lines of research in the development of current research on pain and their impact on the development of research in this field.

CON4. Analyze recent advances in genetic and molecular sciences and developments in invasive and noninvasive techniques for pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment of pathological processes that cause pain.

CON5. Understand the anatomical and physiological mechanisms that regulate pain perception under physiological and pathological conditions.

CON6. Identify the main pathological entities that cause pain in clinical practice.

CON7. Understand cellular structure and function. Biomolecules. Cellular communication. Excitable membranes. Understand the normal structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and systems levels.

CON8. Understand the basic concepts of biostatistics and their application to medical sciences. Understand and interpret statistical data in the medical literature.

Skills

HAB1. Identify and analyze alterations in sensory perception

HAB2. Develop explanatory models of pain pathophysiology and its treatment based on observable experience and critical analysis.

HAB3. Integrate the basic and clinical aspects involved in understanding the determinants of pain.

HAB4. Apply research methodology to the study of pain and will be able to: design and lead a research project in the area of pain and write and discuss the results of their research and/or healthcare work in a scientific article that allows for the dissemination, debate, and exploitation of the results in a specialized journal in the area.

HAB5. Self-diagnose deficiencies and needs in: the acquisition, understanding, and application of knowledge about pain, in the ability to make judgments and prepare medical histories, and in the ability to communicate.

HAB6. Apply information and communication technologies to clinical, therapeutic, preventive, and research activities in the field of pain management. Be able to locate, access, and critically review scientific literature in the field of knowledge.

HAB7. Understand and interpret statistical data in the medical literature. Design and conduct simple statistical studies using computer programs and interpret the results.

HAB8. Acquire advanced, specialized, and multidisciplinary clinical training, geared toward professional specialization and/or initiation into clinical research tasks in the field of pain.

HAB9. Apply the scientific method in basic biomedical research related to the study of pain. Be able to formulate hypotheses, collect and critically analyze information for problem-solving, following the scientific method. Critically understand and interpret specialized scientific texts.

HAB10. Implement processes involved in the development, evaluation, and marketing of an analgesic drug in the pharmaceutical industry.

Competences

COM1. Apply the acquired knowledge to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within multidisciplinary contexts related to pain treatment.

COM2. Within the field of pain, know how to communicate knowledge and conclusions to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.

COM3. Plan, design, and execute sustainable, innovative, and participatory methodologies and/or technologies to improve the lives of people with chronic pain, making responsible use of resources and knowing how to determine the impact that different projects have on the economy, society, and the environment.

COM4. Assimilate the complexity of sustainability from a critical, systemic, and interdisciplinary perspective, to understand how the professional activity of chronic pain treatment interacts with society and the environment, locally and globally, and to identify potential challenges, risks, and impacts.

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.

GENERAL ACCESS CRITERIA:

The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:

Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Psychology, Veterinary Medicine, Chemistry, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry and in general all degrees related to Health Sciences.

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 formed by the director of the Master and the coordinator of the University of Cantabria, meets at the end of the 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.

Recommended requirements:

The recommended entry profile for taking the master's degree "Clinical and basic aspects of pain" is to be in possession of one of the following qualifications:

To take advantage of the degree, applicants should have an entry profile in which skills and prior knowledge must be related mainly to degrees in health and life sciences. Applicants should have studied subjects such as physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology during their original degree.

Selection of applicants:

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 well which 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) (qualification 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 STATE RELATED TO YOUR INTEREST, EXPERIENCE OR WORK IN THE FIELD OF PAIN (UP TO 10 POINTS).
REASONS WHY YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS MASTER (UP TO 20 POINTS).

Offer of places: 50 seats. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

See admission and enrollment

Training itinerary

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Training Itinerary

	a) Name of the module or subject	b) Content in credits ECTS*	c) Temporary organization: semester	d) Compulsory character or optional
635201	Anatomy and Bases of pain transmission	6	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635202	Diagnosis and approach therapy of the patient with pain	6	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635203	Pharmacological basis involved in the action of analgesics	6	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635204	Psychological interventions in the patient with pain	3	S1	Mandatory
635205	Basic and clinical aspects of pain	6	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635206	Interventional techniques in the treatment of pain	3	S2	Optional
635207	Physical medicine in the treatment of pain	3	S1	Optional
635208	Spinal mechanisms of pain and dysfunction sensorimotor	3	S1	Optional
635209	Orofacial pain	3	S1	Optional
635210	Advanced course on receptors for neurotransmitters	3	S2	Optional
635211	Psychopharmaceuticals and pain	3	S1	Optional
635212	Advances in Neuropsychopharmacology	3	S2	Optional
635213	Applied Statistics	3	S1	Optional
635214	Information methodology	3	S2	Optional
	ITINERARY I *
635215	Stay in Pain Units of participating Hospitals	18	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635216	Master's Thesis Itinerary I	6	S2	Mandatory
	ITINERARY II *
635217	Stay in Research Laboratories of participating Universities	18	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635218	Master's Thesis Itinerary II	6	S2	Mandatory
	ITINERARY III *
635219	Stay in Pharmaceutical Industries	18	S1 + S2 (Annual)	Mandatory
635220	Master's Thesis Itinerary III	6	S2	Mandatory

* The student chooses one of the three itineraries

Material resources

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

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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.

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Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.

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Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

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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.”

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