The necessary knowledge in toxicity and risk groups in phytotherapy, in a postgraduate certificate created for the pharmacy professional"

There is now a scientific basis supporting the efficacy of many phytotherapeutic products for certain indications. The place that Phytotherapy should occupy in therapeutics should be that for which it has demonstrated its usefulness and safety. 

Efficacy is achieved only with the proper use of phytotherapeutic preparations, 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 involved in the postgraduate certificate, since in one way or another they all work in the field of phytotherapy or are related to it. 

Thus, the student will learn based on the experience of the teachers and experience evidence-based medicine, which results in specialization the student to be more effective and accurate. 
Taking into account that, on the one hand, the different university educational programs generally lack a deep and continuously updated specialization in Phytotherapy, and on the other hand, that current health trends lean towards the use of safe and effective natural remedies, it is necessary to be able to offer students the possibility of expanding their knowledge and therapeutic skills with a greater specialization in the use of medicinal plants, from the professional and academic side necessary to adequately face their future in this field. 

Get up to date in all the latest developments in the field of Phytotherapy. by completing the most effective postgraduate certificate in this field available on the market" 

The postgraduate certificate in Toxicity of Medicinal Plants and Risk Groups in Phytotherapy contains the most complete and updated scientific program on the market. The most important features of the postgraduate certificate are:

• 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 practising 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 postgraduate certificate

A complete postgraduate certificate created with the best learning systems of the moment, which will propel you to a much higher level of competitiveness"

Our teaching staff is composed of medical professionals, practising specialists. In this way we ensure that we deliver the educational 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 put at the service of the postgraduate certificate the practical knowledge derived from their own experience: one of the differential qualities of this specialization. 

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological 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 certificate  will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Take a leap towards greater specialization and propel yourself towards greater competitiveness in the labor market"

This postgraduate certificate will allow you to define the limits of the use of phytotherapy to be able to handle it safely and the patient, so that you can make the appropriate decisions to use it in a preventive and therapeutic way. 

Know the safe methods of using medicinal herbs and learn how to apply each option in the recommended groups, with accurate knowledge and management of possible interactions and side effects"

General Objectives

• Define the therapeutic limits of Phytotherapy and recognize the cases in which it can be used safely
• Describe the use of Phytotherapy oriented to the satisfaction of the needs derived from the patient's health problems and the prevention of complications, guaranteeing a safe and quality practice
• Solve cases related to the field of phytotherapy
• Explain the use and indication of medicinal plants, evaluating the expected benefits and associated risks
• Apply theoretical knowledge to practice

Specific Objectives

• Know the toxicity of medicinal plants in each case
• Work with phytotherapy taking into account interactions with other drugs
• Know the use and its suitability in case of pregnancy and breastfeeding period 
• Check the possibilities of use in pediatrics  
• Know safe use in geriatrics 

Learn under what circumstances and with what safety to use phytotherapy in children, the elderly or during pregnancy and breastfeeding in just a few weeks of intensive specialization"