Integrative Medicine and Health Prevention is an emerging field of Health Sciences with great potential, combining the advances of conventional medicine with the most effective praxes and treatments of complementary medicines”

Integrative Medicine is a field of Health Sciences that is in full development in the most advanced countries, with a large percentage of the population using complementary or alternative forms of treatment at least once in their lifetime: 48% in Australia, 70% in Canada, 42% in the USA, 38% in Belgium, and 75% in France. 

The push for this approach is motivating its inclusion in public health services in countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries. For example, 90% of pain management services in the United Kingdom and 70% in Germany include acupuncture among the treatments they provide.

In 1998, the European Union completed a COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) project on non-conventional medicine. With the participation of several government, including Spain, they attempted to demonstrate the possibilities, limitations, and significance of alternative medicine, establishing a common scientific framework, harmonizing legislation, and helping to control healthcare costs. The CAMBRELLA project, a pan-European research network on natural therapies, was launched in January 2010 and has been funded with more than 1.5 million euros through the EU's Seventh Framework Program. The working groups that make up CAMBRELLA focus on terminology, legal framework, patient needs, the role of natural therapy treatments in healthcare systems and research methodology. 

The World Health Organization expressed in this regard the explicit desire to incorporate Traditional Medicine on a global level in its 2014-2023 Strategy.

The best online course in integrative medicine that will allow you to access the latest advances in the specialty quickly and easily” 

This postgraduate certificate in Integrative Medicine and Health Prevention contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the course are:

• More than 75 clinical cases presented by experts in Integrative Medicine and Health
• Graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Diagnostic-therapeutic developments on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in Integrative Medicine and Health
• Practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
• Clinical iconography and diagnostic image tests
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the presented clinical situations
• Incidence in evidence-based medicine and research methodologies in Integrative Medicine and Health
• 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

A high level postgraduate certificate that will be your best investment to update your knowledge in integrative medicine and health with the guarantee and prestige of the first educational institution in Spain, TECH Technological University"

The teaching staff is made up of prestigious and renowned Spanish professionals, including courses from the field of integrative medicine and health, with a long career in health care, teaching and research, who have worked in different hospitals throughout the country, developing professional and teaching experience that they deliver in an extraordinary way in this Postgraduate Certificate.

The methodological design of this course has been developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning courses. Integrating the latest advances in educational technology for the creation of numerous multimedia educational tools that allow the professional, based primarily on the problem-based learning method, to address real problems in their daily clinical practice. This will allow them to advance by acquiring knowledge and developing skills that will impact their future professional work.

Problem-Based Learning underpins this program design, and the doctor must use it to try and solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the course. For this purpose, the physician will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced professionals in the field of Integrative Health and Medicine and other related disciplines, with extensive teaching experience.

Immersion in real situations and patients will allow students to acquire skills quickly and efficiently with an integrated vision of the theoretical knowledge presented"

Join a new concept of medicine, more global and integrative with a course developed to give you the diagnostic and treatment tools essential in this approach"

This postgraduate certificate aims to update and acquire knowledge and practices in postgraduate certificate, through the use of a problem-based learning system, which will place you in real situations, creating a practical environment of high didactic effectiveness.

Learn about the most advanced techniques and preventive procedures of Integrative Medicine and Health Prevention and put them into practice in just a few weeks"

General Objectives

• Acquire the knowledge and skills required to assess the suitability of each discipline in the clinical setting, so as to provide quality care based on scientific evidence
• Acquire up-to-date knowledge of Health Sciences Professionals in the various fields of Integrative Medicine
• Promote work strategies based on an integrative approach and multimodal rehabilitation as a reference model for achieving excellent care
• Promote the acquisition of technical skills and abilities through an effective multimedia system
• Encourage Professional stimulation through continuing Education and Research

Specific Objectives

• Identify cultural, socioeconomic, and historical factors that shape population health disparities
• Examine ways in which integrative practitioners can participate in community-based health programs, identify barriers to access, and develop health resources for underserved populations
• Study how the political, economic, and social macrosystem shapes the health system, determines access to resources, and influences the role of health professionals and the patient
• Demonstrate social and cultural competence in the context of a comprehensive care plan
• Define the clinical practice model, contextualized to the individual's health situation and appropriate goal setting
• Know the different philosophical systems of Integrative Medicine from an anthropological perspective
• Recognize the pathophysiological processes that are common to all chronic diseases
• Know the diagnostic tools useful in these processes
• Explain basic aspects related to the module
• Identify at-risk and vulnerable populations, environmental conditions, and associated chronic diseases
• Discuss symptoms, disorders and diseases associated with exposure to heavy metals, pesticides, chemicals, drugs, nutrients, the natural environment and other toxic causes of oxidative stress
• Review the literature on exposure, exposure time and metabolic reserve in human health
• Analyze assessment tools and strategies to identify the presence of biotoxins
• Discuss integrative medicine therapies designed to reduce the risk of exposure, safely eliminate toxic load and prevent reaccumulation
• Analyze the efficacy of Genomic Medicine in clinical practice, pattern recognition, and evaluation of metabolic networks
• Interpret literature related to the module
• Describe the importance of isolating patterns of meaning within complex signals and the complexity of analyzing large datasets
• Develop customized, clinically meaningful omics-based solutions, with a focus on lifestyle and wellness-centered solutions
• Review the legal context of the application of Integrative Medicine, how to assess risk and mitigate cases of malpractice
• Understand common ethical issues that arise in current clinical practice
• Understand what can be disclosed, to whom, for what reason and what is needed to disclose it
• Reflect on the need for academic and professional organization according to the regulatory framework of some European countries
• Discuss the right of the individual as a patient to free access to Integrative Medicine
• Define and differentiate the categories of drugs approved in the Spanish public system and in other countries
• Review access to complementary medicine therapies in hospital settings
• Address the need to bring Integrative Medicine into the Public Health System
• Reflect the reduction in economic expenditure and improvement in quality of life related to the introduction of IM
• Identify community resources and referral network for patients requiring specialized care
• Review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and mechanisms underlying mood disorders and mental illnesses
• Analyze the relationship between the peripheral and central nervous system with the digestive tract and the immune system
• Study the evidence for integrative medicine treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases
• Establish strategies for an integrative approach to Mental Health
• Review cases related to neurological and psychiatric illnesses and demonstrate expertise in the development of comprehensive care plans
• Study the connection of stress to awareness, mindfulness and self-care
• Develop practices related to Mind-Body Techniques based on mindfulness and related techniques
• Examine heart rate variability, autonomic tone, and self-regulatory practices for emotional care
• Design a care plan based on personal needs and barriers
• Establish basic digital skills
• Examine ICTs in healthcare and the healthcare provider's responsibility to manage increasing amounts of information
• Analyze big data in the context of medical and genomic decision making, and technology
• Examine the impact of ICTs on integrative medicine, predictive analytics and preventive care
• Examine technological advances in the collection, interpretation, distribution, and tracking of data in health care
• Describe data integrity and security issues
• Analyze and use online systems and portable devices, and understand the evidence of their variable impact on health outcomes
• Demonstrate an ability to perform technology assessment on patients, its impact on health behaviors, social relationships and daily activities
• Use technology in IM to collect data and biometric data, track results

Seize the opportunity and take the step to access the most global medicine with the latest developments in integrative health management"