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Mentoring for Euriclea research
Responsible Center: postgraduate unit Location: Alcorcon Campus
Modality: from distance Title code: 6163 Orientation: Research
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS Duration of the Master: an academic year
Price: See table
Academic Calendar Opening hours Examinations Teaching Guides Faculty
Director of the Master: Prof. Dr. Ms. Marta Losa Iglesias. Phone: 91 488 8837
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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?
Among the knowledge that will be acquired are the following:
- Theoretical frameworks in podiatry
- Approach techniques and methodologies that help research in the field of podiatry at different levels (care, biological, social, psychological, etc.).
- To carry out a research project in podiatry.
- To design and carry out research in the field of podiatry.
- To understand how the discipline of podiatry is developing both in Spain and in a global context.
- How it fits into the professional and working world in this discipline.
- The legal and socio-economic environment in which the podiatrist works (civil and criminal liability...etc.).
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 2012-13.
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
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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 this Master's is to expand the student's comprehensive postgraduate training in other fields of knowledge in Health Sciences, such as Podiatry.
To achieve this, students will acquire a solid understanding of the conceptual foundations of the discipline, as well as existing applied research techniques. This will allow you to achieve two specific objectives: to be able to prepare and evaluate research projects in the field of podiatry and b) to be able to propose and develop research in the field of podiatry that represents an advance in scientific knowledge that results in users.
Competences
General skills:
- Acquisition by the student of advanced training, of a specialized and multidisciplinary nature, oriented towards specialization in the field of podiatry research.
- Promote initiation in research tasks, through the knowledge and application of quantitative and qualitative research techniques for the analysis of statistical data.
- Be able to initiate independent research and try to interpret results.
- Show originality in carrying out work within the discipline of specialization.
- Identify relevant sources of information, and their contents.
- Master the technical and computer tools necessary to be able to carry out an applied study.
- Apply deductive and inductive reasoning to the analysis and description of reality with respect to podiatry.
Transversal skills:
- Prepare professionals in promoting respect for fundamental rights and equality between men and women.
- Prepare professionals in the respect and promotion of Human Rights and the principles of universal accessibility and design for all.
- Prepare professionals in the promotion of values of a culture of peace and democratic values and equality between genders and cultures.
- Formulate research questions, methodological designs and evaluation of results, which allow the development of study programs adapted to the context from different methodological approaches.
- Plan, design and develop adapted and viable projects, acting responsibly and ethically, making decisions and solving problems with an attitude based on tolerance and respect.
Specific skills:
- Being able to understand, deepen and analyze the theoretical foundations of podiatry and its development in research.
- Being able to recognize and delve into research related to podiatry and special populations.
- Demonstrate a good ability to recognize and use the possibilities of research in podiatry from an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Understand the legislative and ethical development that affects the current podiatric profession.
- Prepare researchers who are capable of detecting psychological and physical problems from the discipline of podiatry, and especially those derived from the skills that emanate from the profession itself in order to investigate them.
- Develop observation and recording strategies in accordance with the proposed objects and methodology, as well as with the characteristics of the object or field of study or intervention.
- Being able to design and put into practice projects that are coherent and adapted in terms of work times and routines, the nature of the object, the context, and the capacities and potentialities available.
- Start research tasks so that they are able to recognize the impact of podiatry on individual and population health.
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:
Degree in Podiatry.
Diploma in Podiatry.
Conditions or special access tests:
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.
Admission criteria:
- Academic background - 30 points/%
- Professional activity - 30 points/%
- Research activity related to the field of podiatry - 15 points/%
- Knowledge of accredited English - 10 points/%
- Other merits related to experience or work in podiatry - 15 points/%
Offer of places: 30 seats. 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
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Training Itinerary
| Códigos | Subject | Semester | Type | Number of ECTS |
| 616301 | Research Methodology I | 1 º | required | 6 |
| 616302 | Research Methodology II | 1 º | required | 6 |
| 616303 | Bioethics and Applied Biolegal | 1 º | required | 6 |
| 616304 | Research Strategies in Podiatry for Special Populations | 1 º | required | 6 |
| 616305 | Data Collection Techniques and Handling of Tools and Apparatus in Podiatry | 1 º | required | 6 |
| 616306 | Communication of Research Results in Podiatry | 2 º | required | 6 |
| 616307 | Master's thesis | 2 º | TFM | 24 |
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 governing the university master's degrees of the Rey Juan Carlos University
- Regulations for enrollment and permanence in university master's degrees at the URJC || Explanatory notes
- Academic exemption (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title IX)
- 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 claim of the evaluation (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title VII)
- 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
TEACHING COORDINATION
COEXISTENCE REGIME
SCHOOL INSURANCE
ASSOCIATIONS
EVALUATION
- Regulation on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes (in force from 1 September 2024)
- Early call (Regulations on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes - Article 19)
- Article 6.1.2. The favorable resolution of the request for total cancellation of registration does not necessarily imply the refund of the amount paid by the student. To do this, the requirements established in the Article 10.3 of the present regulations.
- Article 11.3. The extension of the period of permanence will be requested through the procedure established for this purpose by the Rey Juan Carlos University in the electronic office, within the established period. The Rector may authorize the continuation of studies in those cases in which exceptional causes, duly documented, have affected the academic performance of the students., valid for that academic year (up to a maximum of one year).
- Article 11.4. In accordance with what is established by the Article 4 of these regulations, those students whose request to remain is resolved favorably will have to enroll in all the remaining subjects to complete their studies.
- Article 11.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once the extension of the permanence period is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
- Article 12.4. Once this is granted, the student must enroll in accordance with the provisions of the Article 4 of the present regulations.
- Article 12.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once continuity in the University Master's studies is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
Quality guarantee
Results report
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.
Report by course:
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.
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2021 / 2022
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2020 / 2021
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2019 / 2020
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2018 / 2019
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2017 / 2018
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2016 / 2017
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2015 / 2016
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2014 / 2015
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2013 / 2014
- Improvement actions specific to the title 2012 / 2013
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.”