
Municipality of Fuenlabrada, Spain
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The fundamental objective of the proposed postgraduate program is to acquire a series of postgraduate skills and competencies that allow future graduates to be able to implement, with guarantees of effectiveness and maximum safety, healthy physical exercise programs for the general population, as well as exercise programs. adapted for people affected by chronic non-communicable diseases, always under the direction of medical personnel.
Admissions
Curriculum
Curso 1
Primero
- Ejercicio físico y estilos de vida saludable (637502)
- Fisiopatología avanzada de las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (637501)
- Prácticas en laboratorios de ciencias del deporte (637503)
Segundo
- Prácticas académicas externas (637507)
- Programas de entrenamiento adaptado para personas afectadas por enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (637506)
- Trabajo fin de máster (637508)
Optavitas
Primero
- Emprendimiento y gestión para profesionales del ejercicio físico y la salud (637504)
- Metodología de investigación en ejercicio físico y salud (637505)
Program Outcome
Competencies
- C01 - Adequately adapt physical exercise based on information provided by the health professional about a person's health status, considering the complex mechanisms of diseases, the functioning of the body, and risk factors.
- C02 - Adequately develop an advanced training program adapted to the needs of users with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative, mental, respiratory, metabolic, cancer, and musculoskeletal diseases, appropriately applying training control methods.
- C03 - Apply the main advanced technological tools for the application of health-oriented physical exercise programs and research (bibliographic, computer, laboratory) with the aim of developing scientific research.
- C04 - Decide appropriately regarding the ideal strategies for quantifying the load in physical training in chronic diseases based on the most current scientific findings.
- C05 - Appropriately apply strategies that contribute to the success of business projects related to Physical Activity, exercise, and health, so that you can fully propose a business project consistent with the legal and institutional framework.
- C06 - Develop a systematic, rigorous, and autonomous work habit, planning professional development with dedication and working as a team through the construction of alliances, adequate communication, and leadership for the promotion of physical activity, exercise, and health.
- C07 - Implement a complex research in the field of physical exercise and health, from its initial approach to the presentation of results, so that you will be able to develop, present and defend a project in the field of Physical Activity before an academic tribunal and Health, under the tutelage of a professor and expert, in which the skills acquired in the Master's teachings are synthesized and integrated and showing mastery of scientific and professional language related to sports sciences applied to health.
- C08 - Act with ethics and professional responsibility in the face of social, environmental, and economic challenges, taking as references the democratic principles and values and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- C09 - Contribute to the design, development, and execution of solutions that respond to social demands, showing awareness of respect for diversity and the principles of universal accessibility and design for all people, taking into account the Sustainable Development Goals as a reference.
Skills or abilities
- H01 - Report the general mechanisms of chronic diseases and the risk factors for highly prevalent diseases and syndromes based on the latest scientific findings for the safe and effective adaptation of physical exercise prescribed by a health professional.
- H02 - Apply a training program prescribed by a health professional for adequate physical preparation in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative, mental, respiratory, metabolic, cancer, and musculoskeletal diseases, taking into account complex training control methods.
- H03 - Apply advanced research designs, quantitative and qualitative analyses, and appropriate statistical tests in the different scientific disciplines applied to Physical Activity and Sports Sciences.
- H04 - Analyze complex problems related to the start-up, expansion, and consolidation of a business project, related to Physical Activity, exercise, and health, so that a business project consistent with the current legal and institutional framework is developed.
- H05 - Use current technological tools for evaluating physical condition and monitoring training load, as well as information from scientific articles, books, etc.
- H06 - Appreciate the current fundamental ethical aspects of professional research and interventions. TYPE: Skills or abilities
Knowledge or content
- K01 - Explain the general physiological mechanisms, the risk factors for diseases, and the functioning of the body in a disease situation for the safe and effective adaptation of physical exercise prescribed by a health professional.
- K02 - Identify healthy lifestyles and advanced key aspects related to a sedentary lifestyle and adherence to physical exercise.
- K03 - Cite the latest scientific findings regarding the benefits and possibilities of physical exercise in populations affected by chronic diseases, as well as exercises contraindicated for different non-communicable diseases.
- K04 - Recognize the main advanced technological tools for evaluating and monitoring physical load for the application of physical exercise programs in users with chronic diseases.
- K05 - Identify advanced research designs, quantitative and qualitative analyses, and the most current and appropriate statistical tests in the different scientific disciplines applied to Physical Activity and Sports Sciences.
- K06 - Describe complex strategies and the legal framework for the start-up, expansion, and consolidation of a business project, related to Physical Activity, exercise, and health.