Gaining up-to-date knowledge in this field of medicine is key to improving patients' quality of life. Specializing in hyperbaric oxygenation treatment is a valuable tool when treating a number of different diseases"

Although Hyperbaric Medicine is more than 200 years old, its multiple use and advantages are unknown to many health professionals. The professional master’s degree in Hyperbaric Medicine will allow the health professional to deepen their knowledge of hyperbaric chambers and their usage. This course will also provide you with the skills to manage a Hyperbaric Medicine center in any environment, providing a firm basis for your future professional development. 

The program provides solid up-to-date training in hyperbaric oxygen therapy which will allow professionals to develop the necessary skills to identify and resolve different medical cases for which hyperbaric oxygenation can be effective and efficient.

Its usefulness in a wide range of medical specialties enables us to consider incorporating this therapeutic tool into a variety of medical procedures. This improves professional practice and optimizes medical treatments based on the foundations and effects of HBOT.

Our current understanding of Hyperbaric Medicine has been formed by the experiences of the different teachers in the field all the while considering the current reality of this specialty. The applications and limitations of hyperbaric chambers for low pressure treatment are presented on this course, as well as the concepts of traditional Hyperbaric Medicine and the basic concepts of underwater pathologies.

The fact that HBOT is now used for low pressure treatments means it has wider applications. It can be implemented by any health professional with the appropriate training and is adapted to the use of hyperbaric chambers offering patients and chamber technicians greater accessibility and safety.

The 100% online format, with theoretical content, online videos on specific topics, interactive classes, presentation of clinical cases and tutored self-assessment questionnaires makes this professional master’s degree unique within the specialty.

The objective of the course is to make professionals aware of the benefits of hyperbaric chamber treatment for diseases of varying origins and the limitations and applications of the different chambers that exist in the current market. In addition to enabling them to detect the contraindications of this treatment and evaluate patients' responses to the treatment.

Make the most of this opportunity to learn about the latest advances in this area in order to apply them to your daily practice"

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

• Development of practical cases presented by experts in Hyperbaric Medicine
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Developments in Hyperbaric Medicine
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Hyperbaric Medicine
• 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 in Hyperbaric Medicine, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University"

TECH includes, in its teaching staff, professionals belonging to the field of Hyperbaric Medicine who have contributed their vast experience of working in the field to the program, in addition to recognized specialists from reference 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 learn using real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the specialist must try to solve the different situations which commonly arise in professional practice throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Hyperbaric Medicine with extensive experience.

This program has the best educational material, which will enable a contextual study that will facilitate your learning"

This 100% online professional master’s degree will allow you to balance your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

This professional master’s degree in Hyperbaric Medicine is oriented towards providing professionals with training in the foundations and applications of HBOT and highlighting the scientific evidence related to the different specilaities within the field of health. 

This professional master’s degree will provide you with everything you need to know about the latest advances in Hyperbaric Medicine"

General objectives

• Promote the usefulness of hyperbaric oxygenation treatment in different medical specialties
• Train health professionals on the foundations, mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications and applications of hyperbaric oxygen
• Study the degree of evidence published and the recommendations and indications of the different scientific societies related to Hyperbaric Medicine
• Recognize the potential applications of hyperbaric oxygen in different clinical cases and the benefits that can be achieved with the treatment, as well as performing the indication and detection of the contraindications
• Achieve the skills to define, evaluate and determine the diagnostic and therapeutic focus in chronic patients in Hyperbaric Medicine with a neuropathic, musculoskeletal, oncological and visceral origin

Specific objectives

Module 1. Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine

• Introduce the world history of Hyperbaric Medicine and the operation and differences in the types of hyperbaric chambers that exist today
• Describe the current state of new indications and applications based on the development of evidence, the evolution of the different models and types of hyperbaric chambers, and the origin of scientific societies related to the specialty
• Develop the concept of oxygen toxicity, contraindications and adverse effects related to the discoveries of its mechanism of action (e.g. Bert effect)
• Present the new concept of Hyperbaric Medicine which includes treatment with lower pressure, its indications, limitations and potential future applications

Module 2. Principles of Hyperbaric Oxygenation Treatment (HBOT)

• Understand the basis of Hyperbaric Oxygenation Treatment (HBOT) and mechanisms used to achieve hyperoxia
• Present the intervening physical laws and the Krogh mathematical model which substantiates the effect of the treatment at different pressures
• Describe the differences between the volumetric and solumetric effect of HBOT and its limitations in the treatment of different diseases
• Present the types of hypoxia described and the scenarios of hypoxia-related disorders in different pathologies

Module 3. Physiological Therapeutic Effects of HBOT

• Learn the effects of hyperoxia on a mitochondrial level and the physiological benefits it triggers
• Describe the importance of mitochondrial reactivation with HBOT and its potential effect on different related pathologies with mitochondrial dysfunction
• Present the physiological effects that are triggered with HBOT and the production of reactive oxygen species
• Relate this physiological effects with different indications of HBOT
• Get to grips with the analysis of different clinical cases which can benefit from the therapeutic effects of HBOT

Module 4. HBOT in Wound Healing Process and Infectious Pathology

• Present the scientific evidence of HBOT on different types of complex wounds and burns
• Learn about the role HBOT plays in wound healing process
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the evidence of the physiological therapeutic effects of HBOT on wound healing and medium pressure
• Demonstrate the experience in these applications with a presentation of clinical cases

Module 5. HBOT in Pain, Rheumatic Diseases and the Medical Clinic

• Describe the effect and scientific evidence of HBOT on altitude sickness
• Demonstrate the mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen on analgesia and experimental evidence
• Learn about the application of HBOT in rheumatic diseases and neurosensitive syndromes
• Discuss the possible application in the prevention of metabolic pathologies, with an inflammatory component or ischemia-reperfusion injury
• Present the experience of HBOT in clinical cases of chronic pain, intoxications and clinical medicine

Module 6. HBOT in Physical and Neurological Rehabilitation

• Present the scientific evidence on the neurological indications of HBOT
• Describe the effect of HBOT on physical rehabilitation
• Learn about the indications of HBOT in sporting injuries and trauma pathologies
• Describe the effect of HBOT on recovery and performance in sport
• Discuss the role of hypoxia in the development of neurodegenerative diseases and present the evidence of HBOT on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
• Present the experience of clinical cases treated with HBOT

Module 7. HBOT in Oncology

• Describe the applications and experience in cases of clinical oncology
• Present the scientific evidence on the use of HBOT as a coadjuvant of oncological treatment
• Describe the effects of HBOT on the different radiotoxicities
• Learn about HBOT's oncological safety (angiogenesis and tumor growth)
• Present the experimental evidence of the safety and efficiency of HBOT in oncologic pathology

Module 8. HBOT in Toxicology

• Present the evidence and the application of HBOT in intoxication from gases
• Discuss the indication of HBOT in pressures lower than those described in the literature, considering the importance of speed in establishing HBOT in the case of carbon monoxide poisoning
• Present evidence on intoxication and injuries from venomous animal bites (Loxoscelism, snake bites)

Module 9. HBOT in Dysbaric Pathology

• Present the scientific evidence on decompression sickness in divers
• Introduce the concept of dysbaric pathologies and Underwater Medicine
• Discuss the need for the volumetric effect of HBOT and the use of high-pressure chambers
• Describe the evidence of the effect of HBOT in iatrogenic embolism
• Introduce the concepts of work safety with high pressure chambers
• Present the requirements and regulations for the installation of the different hyperbaric chambers

Module 10. Indications and Contraindications Integration Module

• Learn about the valid indications of HBOT for the different societies of Hyperbaric Medicine and the emerging indications based on the physiological therapeutic effects of HBOT
• Describe the adverse events that are expected from HBOT with different treatment pressures
• Present the contraindications of HBOT
• Discuss different clinical cases based on the integration of validated applications and the potential future applications of HBOT 

Take advantage of the opportunity to get up to date with the latest developments in Hyperbaric Medicine"