This program will generate a sense of confidence in the performance of the physiotherapist's professional practice, which will help you grow personally and professionally”

This is a time of great advances in the field of neuroscience, as well as rehabilitative medicine as a science, which forces specialists to have to update their knowledge both about the functioning of the nervous system, as well as how to assess and therapeutically approach a person with ABI, since each injury is different and will manifest itself in a different way in each patient.

This professional master’s degree in Rehabilitation Medicine in ABI Management aims to be a compendium of the evidence and the most up-to-date scientific knowledge about the nervous system and its rehabilitation when it is injured. As a result, it is a professional master’s degree capable of specializing the rehabilitation physician who has never dealt with people with ABI and, nevertheless, is interested in having a professional future with this type of patients.

Likewise, the professional who is already a neurological rehabilitation physician, whether or not dealing with ABI, will find a space to update their knowledge and reach super-specialization in this group of patients.

On the other hand, by understanding so much information about neuroscience and functionality, it can be a useful tool for the physiotherapist whose patient is not specifically one suffering from an ABI or a neurological pathology, but who nevertheless needs to know the ins and outs of the nervous system to better understand and address the injury or therapeutic need of the patient.

In this professional master’s degree, a space has also been reserved to talk about ABI in pediatric age, since it represents an even greater challenge for the rehabilitation physician due to the specific characteristics of the nervous system and the organism according to the neurodevelopment acquired and to be acquired depending on the age at which the injury occurs.

Update your knowledge through the professional master’s degree in Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management"

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

• The development of more than 75 practical case studies presented by experts in Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management
• 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
• New developments on the role of the Rehabilitation Physician
• Contains practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• Special emphasis on evidence-based Rehabilitation Medicine and research methodologies in Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management
• 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 may be the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management Management, you will obtain a certificate endorsed by TECH Technological University"

It includes in its teaching staff professionals belonging to the field of Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management, who bring to this program their work experience, in addition to recognized specialists belonging to leading scientific societies.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to prepare in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the Rehabilitation Physician must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the course. For this purpose, the Rehabilitation Physician will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts in the field of Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management who have extensive teaching experience.

This professional master’s degree offers education in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations"

It includes clinical cases to bring the program as close as possible to the reality of medical care"

The Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management program is oriented to facilitate the practice of the medical professional in their daily work.

This program is designed to update your knowledge in Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management, with the use of the latest educational technology, to contribute with quality and confidence to decision-making, diagnosis, treatment and patient support”

General Objectives

• Promote the specialization of the Rehabilitation Physician in the field of neurological rehabilitation
• Update the knowledge of the Rehabilitation Physician in Neuroscience applied to the clinic
• Enhance clinical practice that is based on scientific evidence and clinical reasoning
• Facilitate the integral care of the neurological patient in all their complexity

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

• Get to know the structural anatomical bases of the nervous system
• Get to know the functional anatomical bases of the nervous system
• Gain up-to-date knowledge of the physiology of movement
• Analyze the neurophysiological processes of motor learning
• Revise the different theories of motor control
• Gain up-to-date knowledge in the neuroscience applied to neurological injuries

Module 2. ABI

• Recognize what is and what is not ABI
• Gain in-depth understanding of the epidemiology of ABI
• Know the implications of ABI according to the age of the patient
• Identify different symptoms and syndromes according to the area affected by the ABI
• Learn to identify hemineglect and understand its implications for the patient and for the therapeutic approach
• Learn to recognize the pusher syndrome and gain up-to-date knowledge about it in view of its implications in the therapeutic approach
• Understand the difference between cerebellar versus basal ganglia symptomatology
• Distinguish spasticity from other tone disturbances
• Recognize apraxia and its implications for the patient and for the therapeutic approach
• Learn to identify alien hand syndrome

Module 3. Assessment of a Patient with ABI

• Interpret the radiological findings in a CAT scan
• Interpret the radiological findings in MRI
• Get to know the different types of complementary radiodiagnostic tests
• Learn to carry out a complete neurological examination
• Plan the therapeutic approach according to the findings of the neurological examination and the Rehabilitation Physician
• Learn examination techniques for the differential diagnosis of the different neurological signs and symptoms
• Gain knowledge about the pathological reflexes and identify them
• Conduct a review of assessment scales and tests
• Learn how to write Rehabilitation Medicine reports
• Learn to interpret medical reports or reports from other specialists in order to extract the relevant information

Module 4. Multidisciplinary Intervention in ABI

• Know the different methods and concepts used by neurological rehabilitation physicians
• Perform a review of the scientific evidence of the different methods, concepts and therapeutic tools
• Gain knowledge about the therapeutic tools of other professionals from the clinical team
• Get to know the expertise of other professionals on the clinical team to refer patients when necessary
• Review the most useful orthoses and support products for patients with ABI
• Learn to identify communication disorders in order to refer them to the competent professional and contemplate them in the patient's overall condition
• Learn to identify swallowing disorders in order to refer them to the competent professional and contemplate them in the overall condition of the patient
• Know the different cognitive domains
• Recognize the implication of the different cognitive domains injured or intact in movement impairment and what implication they have in the medical approach
• Learn to identify behavioral disorders secondary to ABI in order to refer them to the competent professional and contemplate them in the overall condition of the patient
• Take into account the emotional state of the patient and the family and how it affects the approach and rehabilitation

Module 5. Complications in Patients with ABI

• Revise the most frequent complication of patients with ABI to prevent them or alleviate them
• Learn to identify pain and how to approach it
• Identify the factors which provoke shoulder pain, how to prevent it and how to approach it once it appears
• Recognize respiratory complications and know how to approach them from the Rehabilitation Medicine point of view
• Learn to identify the signs and symptoms of complications that must be referred to other professionals

Module 6. ABI in Pediatrics

• Revise the neurodevelopment normative in order to identify the prognosis in the rehabilitation of the ABI according to the age of the patient
• Learn to assess pediatric patients for their unique and age-specific characteristics
• Know the specific approach models of pediatric rehabilitative medicine in ABI
• Revise the skills of other professionals in the working team in the field of pediatrics
• Know the implication of the educational field in the rehabilitation of minors with ABI

Module 7. ABI in Altered States of Consciousness

• Review the neurophysiology of consciousness
• Learn to assess the grade of alteration of consciousness
• Learn to estimate a prognosis based on examination and evolution
• Identify the appearance of pain in people with altered consciousness
• Learn to program a physiotherapeutic approach protocol
• Gain knowledge about the work of the rest of the professionals in the team to carry out the program of the Rehabilitation Physician
• Carry out a review of the possible complications in at attempt to avoid them or alleviate them

Module 8. ABI in Geriatrics

• Know the characteristics specific to geriatric patients with ABI
• Revise the typical comorbidities in the elderly
• Learn to create a rehabilitation program in conjunction with the rest of the team
• Know the discharge options in order to make the best decision for the patient regarding their residence and rehabilitation
• Learn to appropraitely adjust the environment to make it as functional as possible
• Know the role of the family and legal guardians
• Carry out a review of the most used technical supports for geriatric patients with ABI

Make the most of this opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Rehabilitation Medicine in Acquired Brain Injury Management"