Doctoral Program in Health Sciences

Coordinator and academic commission

President

Prof. Ms. Raquel Abalo Delgado CV

Vowels

Prof. D. Jesús Esteban Hernández CV
Prof. Ms. Raquel Hernanz Martín CV
Prof.D. Andres Losada Baltar CV
Prof. Ms. Maria Rocio Giron Moreno CV
Prof. Ms. María Victoria Fuentes Fuentes CV
Prof. Ms. Teresa Fernández Agulló CV
Prof. Mrs. Irene Julia Peláez Cordeiro CV
Prof. D. Cristóbal de los Ríos Salgado CV
Prof. Ms. Nuria Máximo Bocanegra CV
Prof. Ricardo Ortega Santiago CV

Research lines

Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Health Sciences

Coordinator: Prof. Ms. María Victoria Fuentes Fuentes

Coordinator: Prof. D. Cristóbal de los Ríos Salgado

Coordinator: Prof. D. Teresa Fernández Agulló

Coordinator: Prof. D.ª Irene Pelaez Cordeiro

Within the indicated line of research, the aim is for the student to acquire knowledge oriented towards the study and promotion of all the methodological aspects of clinical and epidemiological research, as well as the fundamental tools for its development and consolidation.

Its objective is for the student to acquire advanced methodological training that covers the epidemiological, biostatistical and clinical aspects, as well as all the stages of the research process: from the initial stage, with the development of a research project, to the end, with the written and oral dissemination of the results through the usual scientific channels. The works that will lead to the presentation of the Doctoral Thesis will be carried out in the different research areas led by the professors participating in the program.

The focus of the line of Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Health Sciences is aimed at providing knowledge and experience to train researchers capable of dealing with health problems and their determinants from the perspective of the population, focusing on the translational nature of research in present. Researchers with the ability to understand, interpret, analyze and explain the phenomena related to community health and well-being in today's societies, from a holistic and prospective orientation, and with the ability to intervene and provide interdisciplinary responses that take into account the principles of equity, ethical action and responsibility.

Basic Research in Biomedicine.

Coordinator: Prof. Raquel Hernanz Martín () CV

In this line of research, the aim is for the student to acquire fundamental knowledge about Basic Biomedical Research, including the main research methodologies and techniques, as well as the necessary skills to be able to develop and design experimental approaches, which lead to progress in knowledge of the processes (molecular, cellular and physiological) involved in both the maintenance and deterioration of health, including possible therapeutic strategies and their mechanisms. Thus, the contents will be structured in:

Experimental models (cellular and animal)
Methodologies (cell biology and histology, biochemistry and molecular biology, microbiology, pharmacology, systems biology and omics analysis)
Experimental designs.

In this line of research, special attention will be paid to the models and methodologies that are developed associated with the projects that are carried out in the Faculty of Health Sciences, where there are lines of work related to various aspects related to the metabolic syndrome ( insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia), aging, cancer, Alzheimer's, assessment of different preserving solutions in heart transplantation and stem cells in post-heart attack regeneration

Pain Research.

Coordinator: Prof. María Rocío Girón Moreno () CV

Within the doctoral program in Health Sciences, the line of study and treatment of pain has been included due to the already long tradition of our university in this field.

The research group that directs its activity to the study of the mechanisms responsible for pain, the search for possible therapeutic targets and the development of new drugs with analgesic activity has directed the first university degrees focused on pain, first a doctorate, taught since the year 2001 with a Quality Mention from the Community of Madrid and the Ministry of Education), then an inter-university postgraduate training program, which included the master's degree for the study and treatment of pain, which continues to be taught.

These activities have received different awards, among which the one awarded by the Spanish Society of Pain to the University stands out for its involvement and training trajectory in the field of Pain.

With this background, this line of research offers the possibility of obtaining a doctorate focused on the field of pain, which can be attractive for any of the branches of biomedicine since our training capacity, both basic and clinical, is well proven and the of professors and collaborators is very wide.

Finally, our contacts with international research centers are sufficiently consolidated to guarantee the possibility of achieving International Doctorates.

Psychology.

Coordinator: Prof. Andrés Losada Baltar () CV

This line offers the possibility of carrying out both fundamental and applied research focused on the psychological and social dimension of health and well-being in different contexts. This includes the admission of doctoral thesis proposals from the different areas of knowledge integrated in the Department of Psychology: Clinical, Social, Psychobiology, Educational, Basic and Methodology, as well as others that, in combination with any of the above, adopt a interdisciplinary approach.

Among the topics addressed by the ongoing research projects are the following: endogenous modulation, stress and self-regulation processes in functional pain syndromes; emotional regulation and occupational health; emotional regulation and life cycle, pain in older people; early retirement and welfare processes; diversity management in organizations; flexibility, composition and effectiveness of work teams; Evidence-based psychological interventions, psychological intervention in dementia and family, neural indices of cognitive, affective and social processes, psychophysiological and neuroimaging techniques in chronic pain, psychosocial variables of adolescent development, and experience sampling methods and ICTs applied to sciences of health, psychological variables in health processes, gender and health.

Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine.

Coordinator: Prof. D. Ricardo Ortega Santiago

Coordinator: Prof. Ms. Nuria Máximo Bocanegra

In this line of research, the student will acquire the knowledge and skills related to research in the areas of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine. Therefore, research works related to the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, pathologies, disorders and other health-disease conditions will be of interest and, therefore, aimed at related health professionals (physiotherapists, occupational therapists, doctors, among others).

The objective is for the student to acquire advanced methodological training related to Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, at all possible stages of the life cycle: from the pediatric stage, to old age, whether through a quantitative, qualitative or mixed approach.

The works, which will lead to the presentation of the Doctoral Thesis, will be directed by teaching and research staff participating in the program, and who have extensive clinical, teaching, research and management experience. Proof of this are the numerous research projects, indexed scientific publications, awards received and networks of contacts with hospital and socio-health centers with which the teaching staff is currently linked.

As a reference, the research groups of the Department of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine recognized by the Rey Juan Carlos University are listed: High performance research group in Manual Therapy, Dry Puncture and Therapeutic Exercise; Consolidated research group Movement Analysis, Biomechanics, Ergonomics and Motor Control Laboratory; Consolidated research group in Humanities and qualitative research in Health Sciences; Consolidated research group in Evaluation and Assessment of Capacity, functionality and disability

Presentation and competitions

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The need for doctoral training for graduates in degrees related to Health Sciences is defended both in the academic and professional spheres, where the need to continue researching and advancing in knowledge, techniques and methods is confirmed, and this training doctoral is the main way of training researchers.

The Rey Juan Carlos University proposes the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences, to provide and offer doctoral training that contributes, on the one hand, to promoting the training of people with competence in research and innovation in Health Sciences, and on the other another, to advance, through research, in response to the needs of society within the framework of an integrating program, whose structure and organization allow both specialization, updating and diversification of training, research and transfer in the field of Health Sciences.

Within the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences, the different lines of research will be developed, in accordance with the requirements established in the current legislation and in the regulations of the URJC, contrasting the experience and research proficiency, and the existence of competitive projects. . The line to which the doctoral student will be assigned will be determined by the access requirements and the subject of the thesis project. Each line of research, in turn, will define, without exclusion, the main topics for the development of the doctoral theses, based on the existing groups and the research experience of the assigned tutors and directors.

The Rey Juan Carlos University proposes with this Doctorate Program:

Train new researchers and prepare teams that contribute to social, scientific and economic progress.
Promote the training of new teachers in related disciplines.
Specialize postgraduates who are interested in their adequate professional, scientific and technical development.
Promote the creation of research groups and networks, nationally and internationally, and interdisciplinarity.

Objectives

The general objectives of the Doctoral Program of the Rey Juan Carlos University will be, at least the following:

Encourage and deepen knowledge and professional, scientific and technical development of doctoral students in the field in question.
Train new researchers capable of joining research teams.
Promote the teaching career, deepening the research training of future teachers.
The specialization of the student within the corresponding field, especially in its research aspect.
Provide methodological instruments from which to approach the analysis of theory and practice from an interdisciplinary perspective, and provide basic criteria from which to face practical questions, in the different areas in which they arise.
Have an adequate framework for the achievement and transmission of scientific advances.
Train doctoral students so that they can play an essential role in public or private institutions involved in innovation and research, so that they can lead the transfer from knowledge to the welfare of society.

In short, this Doctorate Program at the Rey Juan Carlos University aims to train doctors endowed with a critical scientific spirit, capacity for research and teamwork, through teaching organized in two areas: one general (techniques and research methods, tools and resources for the same) and another of specialization, typical of the different lines of consolidated specialization that are developed in it.

Competences

Basic skills

Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to that field.
Ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial research or creation process.
Ability to contribute to expanding the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.

Personal abilities and skills

Get along in contexts in which there is little specific information.
Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
Design, create, develop and undertake new and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
Work both as a team and autonomously in an international or multidisciplinary context.
Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
The criticism and intellectual defense of solutions.

Other Competencies

Identify and analyze the specificity, uniqueness and horizon of any educational experience in research, to apply research methodologies and strategies in specific training environments of Health Sciences.
Know and understand the different parts of the preparation of a scientific article.
Know and know how to handle the different databases used in Health Sciences, developing search strategies and information organization
Know and apply the appropriate biostatistical tools (descriptive and inferential) in the field of Health Sciences, adapting them to the characteristics of the study to be carried out.

academic staff

Access and admission

General requirements International Doctoral School

Program Admission Criteria

• ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH CURRICULUM (up to 5 points out of 10).

o Academic record: Bachelor's and Master's qualifications that allow access to the doctorate (or Licenciatura). Up to 2 points out of 10. Explanatory note: To evaluate this section, a Bachelor's and Master's degree certificate is required (if this is necessary to access). The degree weights 80% and the master's 20%.

o Research experience: up to 2 points out of 10. Publications in journals indexed in JCR (1 point/publication) and not indexed (0,3 points/publication), contributions to national and international conferences (0,1 points and 0,2 points each) will be valued. congress, respectively) and participation in research projects, both as principal investigator (1 pt/project) and as collaborator (0,5 pts/project).

o Others: up to 1 point. Obtaining funding for the completion of the thesis (scholarship or pre-doctoral contract), research contracts, prizes, stays, cooperation, membership of committees, courses taken, etc. will be valued.

• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (up to 0,5 points out of 10). 0,5 points/year of experience.

• POSTGRADUATE TRAINING (up to 0,5 points out of 10). It will be valued to be in possession of a specialist degree or additional master's degree (0,5 points), Higher University Course (CSU), Own Titles, etc. (0,25 points); studying the residency (0,25 pts).

• ENGLISH LEVEL (up to 0,5 points out of 10). An official certificate of the level of English will be required (except for students whose mother tongue is English, in which case they must justify it).

• LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION by researchers or doctoral professors other than those who undertake to supervise the doctoral thesis, who are aware of the applicant's capacity and competence (0,5 points out of 10).

• ENDORSEMENT LETTER. Commitment to direct the doctoral thesis by a doctor in the field of Health Sciences who meets the criteria established in the regulations for doctoral studies at the University to direct doctoral theses (up to 3 points out of 10).

Disclaimer: In the case of multiple addresses, indicate it in the student's introduction letter and in the endorsement letter signed by the directors, specifying the tasks to be carried out by each one.

In order to evaluate any of the merits alleged in the CV, it will be essential to provide the corresponding certification.

Disclaimer: It will not be necessary to present all the supporting documents, only those that allow you to reach the maximum score for the corresponding section, according to the scale.

To be admitted, it is a necessary condition to obtain a score of 5 or more points. Applications that meet this requirement will be ordered from highest to lowest score and will be accepted in this order until the number of available places is covered.

Number of new admission places

60 places

Instructions and recommendations for the format of doctoral thesis reports

Instructions for theses by compendium of publications and for theses by chapters

Quality guarantee

ANECA verification report

verified memory

Verification Resolution Council of Universities

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Code of good practices

Results report

Once the follow-up of the Doctorate Program has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information is shown on the results obtained in the follow-up of said Degree, differentiated by academic year.

Report by academic year:

General information collection plan

Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are being carried out as part of the general information collection plan:

Survey addressed to new students of doctoral programs
Doctoral student satisfaction survey with the doctoral program
Satisfaction surveys of the doctoral student with the training activities of the doctoral program
Assessment surveys of supervisors and thesis tutors
Faculty satisfaction survey with the doctoral program

Survey results:

Improvement actions

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.”

Final report renewal of accreditation 2019

Collaboration Agreements

Collaboration Agreement with the State Agency Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).
Framework Collaboration Agreement with the Carlos III National Cardiovascular Research Center Foundation (CNIC).
Specific collaboration agreement with the Carlos III National Center for Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CNIC), regarding the participation of the CNIC in Doctoral Programs.
Collaboration Agreement with the Carlos III Health Institute.
Collaboration Agreement with Banco Santander SA for the promotion of Academic Activities.
Specific Collaboration Agreement with the University Hospital of Fuenlabrada.
Specific Collaboration Agreement with Fundación Alcorcón University Hospital.
Collaboration Framework Agreement with IDC Health.
Collaboration Agreement with the IVI Foundation for the development of Doctoral Programs.
Collaboration Agreement with the Escola Superior de Tecnología da Saúde Coimbra- Portugal
General Academic Collaboration Agreement with the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees.
Specific Educational Cooperation Agreement with the Carolina Foundation.
Doctoral Thesis Joint Supervision Agreement with the Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Amsterdam.
Doctoral Thesis Joint Supervision Agreement with the Federal University of Sao Paolo.

Professors and Researchers

2030 Agenda

Strategic plan

Admission

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