GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name of course :
    UNDERWATER AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Qualification awarded:
    Master (Degree Universitat Barcelona)
  • Number of credits:
    75,00
  • Centre responsible :
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Length of course (in academic years):
    1
  • Mode of delivery (face-to-face/ blended/ distance):
    Blended
MANAGEMENT:

  • Desola Alà, Jordi

  • Roca Torrent, Josep

RECOMMENDED APPLICANT PROFILES AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Holders of bachelor's degrees or pre-EHEA degrees in medicine and surgery, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, biology, veterinary science or other biomedical sciences.

ADMISSION FOR APPLICANTS NOT HOLDING A DEGREE QUALIFICATION:

The course is also open to students with no prior university education, who will acquire the same knowledge and skills and receive a specific qualification for their learner group. Information on the access requirements and other conditions can be obtained from the course directors.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

- To gain the ability to conduct medical fitness assessments for sports and professional divers (Level 1 EDTC/ECHM).
- To gain the ability to work as the doctor in charge of sports, tourism or professional diving centres.
- To gain the ability to work as the doctor in charge of hyperbaric medical centres (level D2 of EDTC/ECHM).
- To be capable of working in hyperbaric medical centres and learn to apply specific treatments for diving accidents and other disorders and diseases that are not related with underwater activities but can also be treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in a single- or multi-place hyperbaric chamber.
Palliative Care for the Chronic Patient at End of Life

FURTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST
  • Enrolment fee:
    • 4.400,00 €
    • An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee
  • In-company placement(s):
    No
  • Classes begin:
    10/16/2017
FACULTY OR SCHOOL WHERE THE COURSE IS TAUGHT
  • Name of individual or institution:
    CRIS-UTH / CRIS Unitat de terapèutica hiperbàrica
  • Address:
    Hospital Moisés Broggi Jacint Verdaguer 90
    08970 Sant Joan Despí
    Catalunya - Espanya
  • Email address:
    cris@comb.cat
  • Webpage:
    http://www.cris-uth.cat
  • Telephone:
    935572662
  • Fax:
    934503736
  • Observations:
    from Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 3 pm (during face-to-face activities on 7-18 May 2018, the timetable will be 8.30 am to 8 pm).
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES
  • Name of individual or institution:
    Dr. Jordi Desola Alà
  • Address:
    Hospital Moisés Broggi Jacint Verdaguer 90
    08970 Sant Joan Despí
    Catalunya - Espanya
  • Email address:
    cris@comb.cat
  • Webpage:
    http://www.cris-uth.cat
  • Telephone:
    935572662
  • Fax:
    634503736
  • Observations:
    from Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 3 pm (during face-to-face activities on 7-18 May 2018, the timetable will be 8.30 am to 8 pm).