Dermatological and Other Applications of Phytotherapy

A unique specialization program that will allow you to acquire advanced training in this field"

A program developed to offer nursing professionals the support of the most advanced knowledge in dermatology and other applications of interest”

At present there is a scientific basis that supports the efficacy of many phytotherapeutic products for certain conditions. Phytotherapy should be used in therapeutics to deal with the situations it has proven to be useful and safe.

For phytotherapeutics to be effective, the proper preparations must be made, both in terms of indications and form of administration.

This program offers a current vision of Phytotherapy and its application in the health field, including the latest contributions and advances. The contents are guaranteed by the teaching staff on the Postgraduate Diploma, since they have all worked in the field of Phytotherapy, or in a related one, in some way, shape or form. Thus, students will learn based on our professors’ experience and on evidence-based medicine, resulting in an effective and precise specialization for students. Given, on the one hand, that different university programs generally lack a deep and continuous updated training program on Phytotherapy; and, on other other, that current health trends lean toward safe and effective natural remedies, students must be offered the possibility of expanding their knowledge and therapeutic skills with greater training in the use of medical plants, both from a professional and academic perspective so as to prepare themselves for the future in the field.

The latest advances applications in dermatology and other related areas, based on the latest scientific evidence for the most advanced nursing professional”

The Postgraduate Diploma in Dermatological and Other Applications of Phytotherapy comprises the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practicing experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

A specific specialization for nurses that will allow you to fully and successfully apply the latest work methods in Phytotherapy applied to dermatology”

Our teaching staff is made up of working specialists. In this way, we ensure that we provide you with the training update we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of doctors trained and experienced in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will bring their practical knowledge derived from their own experience to this course: one of the differential qualities of this training.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodology used in the design of this Postgraduate Certificate. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, you will be able to study with a range of easy-to-use and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the necessary skills you need for your specialization.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  With the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this Postgraduate Diploma will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

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

The contents have been developed by the different experts on this course, with a clear purpose: to ensure that our students acquire each and every one of the necessary skills to become true experts in this field.

A complete and well-structured program that will take you to the highest standards of quality and success. Expert patients participate in the preparation of the program, which adds a very original and close perspective, with real cases and situations that are not only clinical but also social. It has a holistic perspective, not just a medical one, making it of interest to healthcare professionals of any kind.

All the applications of Phytotherapy in dermatological conditions, among others, in a complete and up-to-date compendium”

Module 1. Phytotherapy and Herbal Medicines

1.1. Phytotherapy: Definition and Scope of Use

1.2. Botanical Nomenclature and the Citation of Species in Phytotherapy

1.3. Current Classification of Plant Groups

1.4. Legislation and Registration of Herbal Medicines in Spain

1.5. Regulation of the European Market for Medicinal Herbal Preparations: Legal Regulations and Scope of Application

1.6. Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Preservation of Medicinal Plants

1.7. Plant-Based Drugs: Impact of Drug Recognition on the Quality of Phytotherapeutic Products

1.8. Mushrooms with Medicinal Utility

Module 2. Active Plant Ingredients, Pharmaceutical Forms and Galenic Preparations

2.1. Active Ingredients: Main Groups and Properties, as a Basis that Justifies the use of Phytotherapy

2.2. Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Sulfocyanogenetic Heterosides and their Therapeutic Application

2.3. Simple Phenols, Coumarins and Lignans and their therapeutic application

2.4. Flavonoids and their Therapeutic Application

2.5. Tannins and Quinones and their Application

2.6. Isoprenoids, Saponins and Cardiotonic Heterosides and their Application

2.7. Resins and their Application

2.8. Alkaloids and their Application

2.9. Magistral Formulation in Phytotherapy

2.10. Other Pharmaceutical Forms in Phytotherapy

2.11. Industrial Processing of Herbal Medicines

Module 3. Dermatological Phytotherapy

3.1. Phytotherapy for Infectious Skin Diseases

3.2. Phytotherapy for Allergic Skin Diseases

3.3. Cosmetics and Phytotherapy

3.4. Phytotherapy in Autoimmune Skin Diseases: Vitiligo and Psoriasis

3.5. Phytotherapy for Scalp Disorders

Module 4. Other Phytotherapy Applications: Immunomodulatory Phytotherapy, Phytotherapy for Sensory Organ Pathologies, Phytotherapy for Parasitic Diseases and Aromatherapy

4.1. Aromatherapy

4.2. Uses and Limitations of Aromatherapy

4.3. Immunostimulant Plants

4.4. Immunosuppressive Plants

4.5. Phytotherapy for the Most Frequent Conditions of the Anterior Part of the Eye

4.6. Phytotherapy in Otological Affections

4.7. Vermifuge Medicinal Plants

4.8. Phytotherapy for the Treatment of other Parasitic Infections

The knowledge necessary for nursing professionals to acquire the practical skills of a specialist in Phytotherapy as applied to this field”