This postgraduate diploma offers you a complete and in-depth vision, both in sports injuries and athlete evaluations” 

Given the prevalence of physical injuries in sports nowadays, we must think in terms of physiology when dealing with sports injuries. In this sense, this postgraduate diploma contains several topics which include brief physiological recaps of the different systems related to physical exercise, delve deeper into lactate mechanisms and how they affect sport activity. All this is intended to update physicians in evaluating the physical condition of athletes.
  
This program takes a deeper look into athlete evaluations by covering clinical and functional aspects as well as imaging tests that will establish physical condition to perform sports activities and improve physical performance. Therefore, aspects such as updated knowledge of anthropometric measurements and body composition as a baseline reference point for the athlete are included.  
 
Other topics of great interest are also developed to rule out cardiological pathology, and other more innovative topics are included, such as the evaluation of stress tests with oxygen consumption. All this without forgetting that psychology in sport plays a relevant role along with the other topics developed in this course.
  
The great advantage of this postgraduate diploma is its 100% online teaching format. Physicians will be in charge of choosing the time and place that best suits their availability, schedules and interests. Through a study method of proven efficiency, students will be able to acquire new specific techniques in the areas of Sports Medicine. 

This qualification is a real updating tool to approach the topics in this specialty in a modern, objective and judicious way”   

This postgraduate diploma in Sports Medicine contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date academic program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Sports medicine
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• 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

Expand your knowledge thanks to a simulated environment that will provide you with an immersive learning experience to train you for real situations, such as doping in sport” 

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training 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.
 
The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, which means the student must try to solve the different real-life situations of that arise throughout the academic program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.      

You will be able to access multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, which will allow you to keep up with the latest advances in sports dietetics"

A unique opportunity to get up to date in a high-demand professional field"

The main objective of this program is to instruct physicians so they can learn about the latest advances in Sports Medicine. All this will be essential to safely manage patients, and so physicians can make appropriate decisions in a preventive, therapeutic and innovative way. This postgraduate diploma imparts a theoretical-practical learning experience, so physicians can master the latest advances in the discipline in a practical and rigorous way. 

This refresher program will strengthen your knowledge with greater confidence to continue perfecting your medical practice” 

General Objectives

• Study the different injuries that can occur in different sports
• Know the most frequent upper limb pathologies in athletes
• Explore the radiological findings for upper limb pathologies
• Know the most frequent lower limb injuries in athletes, their etiology and injury mechanisms
• Learn how to perform correct clinical assessments
• Know the most effective diagnostic methods and treatment options
• Know different situations in which exercise and sport have differential aspects from the general population
• Know the benefits and risks of sport in certain diseases
• Explore the different therapeutic modalities to prevent and treat sports injuries, their indications and benefits
• Acquire more specific and current knowledge in the field of sports nutrition and dietetics for specific cases of sports activity and sports nutritional supplementation
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the meaning of doping, its origins, doping substances and their consequences on health, detection techniques, legal bases of regulation and the methods to fight against it, as well as its prevention strategies

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Sports Injuries

• Know how to differentiate types of sports injuries, a key aspect for an accurate diagnosis and therapeutic approach
• Determine the causes of sports injuries and their possible production mechanisms
• Manage the different phases in sports injuries
• Learn what a sports injury prevention program consists of
• Know the physiology of the different systems involved in physical exercise and their relevance in sports injuries
• Gain a deep understanding of the lactate metabolism, and the new approaches to interpreting its functions

Module 2. Athlete Assessment

• Know the clinical and functional tests to be performed on athletes
• Explore the mechanisms of strength, speed, power and physical condition production in athletes and their performance
• Know the main imaging tests that can be performed on athletes
• Explore the main specific functional tests to rule out pathologies in athletes and to adapt the types of training

Module 3. Doping and Nutrition in Sport

• Apply the knowledge acquired in multiple work areas such as: medical assistance, anti-doping institutions, clubs, associations, sports federations, sports medicine centers, lawyers who work with athletes and pharmacists who work with the public

A unique qualification course that will enable you to acquire a superior and deeper update in this field”