The role of physicians in the field of sports is essential for the nutritional guidance of people who wish to increase their fitness and engage in some kind of physical activity"

Medical professionals must update their knowledge of nutrition so that they can provide the best dietary recommendations that are aimed at not only preventing disease but also enabling optimal health in sportsmen and women facing challenging sporting situations. The meticulous choice of foods, which not only establishes a varied and balanced diet in sufficient quantity, but which also is essential for the correct development of the individual.

The professional master’s degree has multimedia content that helps you acquire the knowledge that is presented, elaborated with the latest educational technology. At the same time, it will allow the student a contextual and situated learning, within a simulated environment that provides training focused on solving real problems.

This professional master’s degree focuses on the aspects that are least studied during university, allowing students to broaden the knowledge requried to cover a wide spectrum of potential athletes, as well as to meet their nutritional needs. Within this program we can find a teaching staff of the highest level, made up of professionals closely related to Sports Nutrition, outstanding in their field and who lead lines of research and field work, as well as recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

As it is an online program, the student is not constrained by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but rather, they can access the contents at any time of the day, allowing them to balance their professional or personal life with their academic life as they please.

Delve into the study of this very complete professional master’s degree and improve your skills in nutritional consulting for sportsmen and women"

This professional master’s degree in Therapeutic Sports Nutrition contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision making for patients with nutritional challenges.
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This professional master’s degree is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of sports nutrition, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University"

The teaching staff includes medical professionals who bring their experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition.

This professional master’s degree gives you the opportunity to practice in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train in real situations"

You will learn how to prepare the most appropriate diets for each type of athlete and recommend the products that best suit their physical needs" 

The principal objective of the program is the development of both theoretical and practical learning, so that the professional can master, in a practical and rigorous way, the study of sports nutrition in special population groups.

This refresher program will provide you with a sense of confidence in your daily work, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

• Handle advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of various fields in order to achieve maximum sports performance
• Learn advanced knowledge about nutritional planning in professional athletes from team sports to achieve the highest sports performance
• Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit needed to launch projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Manage advanced skills in the detection of possible signs of nutritional changes associated with sports activities
• Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue ways and learning in the field of sports nutrition both through the contacts established with professors and professionals in the program as well as on their own
• Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its role in sports
• Know the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in the different situations specific to age and gender
• Become a specialist in the dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of injured athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of child athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Muscle and Metabolic Physiology Associated with Exercise

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the structure of skeletal muscle
• Understand in depth the functioning of skeletal muscle
• Deepen understanding of the most important changes that occur in athletes
• Delve into the mechanisms of energy production according to the type of exercise carried out
• Further understanding of the interaction between the different energy systems that make up the muscle energy metabolism

Module 2. Athlete Assessment at Different Times of the Season

• Biochemical interpretation to detect nutritional deficits or overtraining states
• Interpretation of the different types of body composition in order to optimize the appropriate weight and fat percentage for the sport being practiced
• Monitoring of the athlete throughout the season
• Planning of seasonal schedules according to individual requirements

Module 3. Water Sports

• Deepen understanding of the most important characteristics of the principal water sports
• Understand the demands and requirements associated with sports activities in aquatic environments
• Distinguish between the nutritional needs of different water sports

Module 4. Extreme Conditions

• Differentiate between the main performance limiting factors caused by climate
• Develop an acclimatization plan appropriate to the situation given
• Deepen understanding of the physiological changes caused by high altitude
• Establish the correct individual hydration guidelines according to the climate

Module 5. Vegetarianism and Veganism

• Differentiate between the different types of vegetarian athletes
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the main mistakes made
• Treat the notable nutritional deficiencies of sportsmen and sportswomen
• Manage skills to provide the athlete with the most effective tools to combine foods

Module 6. Type 1 Diabetic Athlete

• Establish the physiological and biochemical mechanism of diabetes both at rest and during exercise
• Deepen the understanding of how the different insulins or medications used by diabetics work
• Assess the nutritional requirements for people with diabetes both in their daily life and in exercise, to improve their health
• Deepen the knowledge necessary to plan nutrition for athletes of different disciplines with diabetes in order to improve their health and performance
• Establish the current state of evidence on Performance Enhancing Drugs in diabetics

Module 7. Nutrition for Paralympic Athletes

• Deepen understanding of the differences between the different categories of para-athletes and their physiological-metabolic limitations
• Determine the nutritional requirements of the different paralympic athletes in order to establish a specific nutritional plan
• Further the knowledge necessary to establish interactions between the ingestion of pharmaceuticals in these athletes and nutrients, to avoid nutrient deficits
• Understand the body composition of paralympic athletes in different sport categories
• Apply current scientific evidence on nutritional performance enhancing drugs
  

Module 8. Weight Category Sports

• Establish the different characteristics and needs within sports by weight category
• Understand in depth the different nutritional strategies for preparing the athlete for competition
• Optimize the improvement of body composition through nutritional approach

Module 9. Different Stages or Specific Groups

• Explain the specific physiological characteristics to be taken into account in the nutritional approach of different groups
• Understand in depth the external and internal factors that influence the nutritional approach to these groups

Module 10. Injury Period

• Determine the different phases of the injury
• Help in the prevention of injuries
• Improve the prognosis of the injury
• Develop a nutritional strategy to meet the changing nutritional requirements during the injury period

Our goal is to achieve academic excellence and to help you achieve it too"