Blanquerna Universitat Ramon Llull
Master's Degree in Therapeutic Physical Activity for People with Chronic Pathology, Aging or Disability
Barcelona, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
, Spanish, English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 8,650 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* price per credit: €144.17
Key Summary
Great areas to develop professionally
- Physiotherapists specialized in work in care centers, public or private, that develop or want to start rehabilitation programs based on the practice of therapeutic physical exercise
- Physiotherapists specialize in working in health centers and gyms that include chronic patients in their training programs
- Physiotherapist entrepreneur in search of new business models based on therapeutic exercise for people with special needs
- Physiotherapist researcher in health sciences with an interest in therapeutic exercise.
If you choose the university master's degree in Therapeutic Physical Activity for People with Chronic Pathology, Aging, or Disability from Blanquerna you choose
- A highly professional master's degree
- Allows you to work in clinical areas and sports centers
- External practices in specific care environments, hospitals, CAP, residences, and sports centers that incorporate a physiotherapist specializing in therapeutic exercise
- This master's degree gives access to the doctorate.
Specialization and recognition
Blanquerna-URL has a wide and recognized program of postgraduate studies (university masters, own degrees, issued by the Ramon Llull University and doctoral programs) that guarantees the best specialization, training for research and response to the emerging demands of the professional sectors that are linked to it.
Who is it aimed at?
The entry profile corresponds to that of a physiotherapist, with an interest in therapeutic exercise and physical activity as therapeutic tools and with experience in caring for people with chronic illness, disability, and aging.
Scholarships for academic excellence
Scholarships for academic excellence mean that 50% of the amount of registration and teaching fees is free during a course for official degrees and, in the case of maintaining academic excellence, they extend to successive courses and until the completion of the degree that the student is studying. The application must be made through Banco Santander's Scholarship Portal, which will cover the cost of the first year of the scholarship through a financial contribution to the Blanquerna Foundation. From the second and consecutive years onwards, it has been in charge of the Blanquerna Foundation.
Blanquerna funding for university masters
The payment of the studies can be made in installments and without any type of interest. At the time of registration, 50% of the total cost of the enrolled credits* is paid; the remaining 50% is distributed in nine monthly installments (from October to June) by direct debit. The amount paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
Alumni discount for masters and own degrees
Ex-students of Blanquerna's official studies have a 15% discount on the registration fee for any master's degree and own title from the same faculty.
This discount is non-cumulative and only applies to students who enroll full-time and for all the credits of the degree.
Financing Banco Sabadell
Banco Sabadell offers finance for all or part of school courses, university studies, language courses, taking a specialization course or attending a seminar, and also related expenses, such as materials, stay, or transfer. With the possibility of starting to return the money at the end of the training.
Funding Tripartite Foundation
Companies have a credit to finance the training of their workers which is made effective through bonuses in the Social Security contributions paid by the companies.
A Therapeutic Physical Activity for People with Chronic Pathology, Aging, or Disability program consists of 60 credits.
First-year
First semester
- Assessment of physical condition in situations of chronicity, aging, or disability
- Therapeutic exercise
- Evidence-based physiotherapy
- Physiology of exercise aimed at people with chronic disease, aging, or disability
- Research methodology and applied bioethics in health sciences
- Therapeutic physical training methodology
Second semester
- Therapeutic physical activity for people with disabilities and/or other special situations
- Therapeutic physical activity for people with problems due to aging
- Therapeutic physical activity for people with chronic pathology
- Nutritional aspects in the practice of therapeutic physical activity
- Entrepreneurship of therapeutic physical activity services
- Support technology for the practice of therapeutic physical activity
Yearly
- External practices
- Master's thesis
Master's Final Thesis
An individual work that allows the integration of the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired throughout the master's degree. Students will have to design and develop a research project or development of a service model in therapeutic physical exercise.
The TFM is contextualized based on the lines of work of the research groups, their research, or the transfer of knowledge of this teaching staff (based on their academic, clinical, and research training). If the student wants to develop a new line, the management, together with the tutor, will assess the suitability of the project by the context of the master's degree.
- Design and development of exercise programs and therapeutic physical activity
- Specialist in exercise and therapeutic physical activity for the chronically ill, aging, or disabled
- Coordinator of teams specialized in therapeutic exercise
- Design and development of care services based on exercise and therapeutic physical activity.
Schedule
Friday and Saturday (from 8.30 am to 7 pm), two weekends a month.
Exceptionally on Thursday according to the calendar.