Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy in Madrid

CAMPUS:La Berzosa

MODALITY:Classroom attendance

LANGUAGE:Spanish

DURATION:4 years

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Summary

Official degree:Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy

Responsible center:School of Life and Nature Sciences

Branch of knowledge:Ciencias de la Salud

Places offered: 35.

Total Credits: 240 credits.
Minimum 12 ECTS credits and maximum 90 ECTS credits per enrollment and academic year

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Type of Teaching: Classroom attendance

Normativa Académica: General student’s regulations. Credit transfer and recognition. Regulation of student participation. Common procedures for carrying out the Final Research Project

Quality of the degree

Internal Quality Assurance System System managers Incidents, Suggestions and Complaints Job placement report and assessment of training received

External verification and modification reports

Informes externos de verificación y modificación

External monitoring and accreditation reports

Monitoring report Accreditation report

Degree memory

Improvement actions

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Approach based on practical experience

The Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy works under an experience-based approach that is rounded out with personalized practice, access to first-class infrastructures and a specialized clinical field with a clear social interest.

The direct contact with patients starting in the first years, together with the curricular internships carried out in the best public and private centers, makes this degree an example of training for professionals with a clear vocation of service, characteristic of this profession that is so valued by the society as a whole.

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The curriculum offers comprehensive training that starts from the basic and specific knowledge of the degree that accompanies the student to their specialization, providing them with the competences and tools of the most advanced scientific and technological field at the moment.

The degree is taught at the Life Sciences Campus, in La Berzosa, giving the student the opportunity to have laboratories with innovative and state-of-the-art equipment in the sector, which will favor their teaching-learning process and the acquisition of the necessary skills and abilities for their labor insertion.

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Program focused on individualized student learning that will influence the quality of life and well-being of their patients

Specialized professors

Our professors specialized in the most advanced therapies will guide students in the different intervention methods that can be implemented in order to improve the quality of life of people who come in search of professional help.

Holistic training for a comprehensive professional

In addition to developing those competences that allow making responsible decisions based on solid knowledge, communication skills with the patient will also be promoted. These skills will allow the future graduate to offer a humanized service, where, beyond being physiotherapists, they are people caring for people.

Ability to adapt to scientific and technological advances

We train professionals who are interested in staying up to date and having ongoing professional and social training. In this sense, in addition to training in the main therapeutic options, they will acquire skills and abilities for research and will learn to use cutting-edge technology.

Broaden your education

Diploma in English Professional Communication

Nebrija University, which is strongly committed to languages and quality, provides the student with an academic certification in English, a suitable complement to obtain the B2 and C1 levels.

More Information about the Diploma

Subjects in Professional Competencies

Promotion of competencies oriented to employability, management skills, coaching, personal branding and any other topic related to professional and social development, which may be chosen by the student to enrich their personal and professional training.

The University puts within the students' reach a total of three subjects to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become a competent professional within the demands of the current labor market.

Interdisciplinary Learning Courses

Transversal Subjects

Through the transversal subjects you will be able to complement your education and complete your CV in a practical, collaborative and fun way.

It is a voluntary program with no added cost. Upon completion, you will be provided with a diploma.

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Study Physiotherapy in Madrid

Discover our Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy, a program with an entirely practical approach, in which you will learn the best way: by doing. You will enhance your professional profile with internships at the best companies, hospitals and healthcare centers.

Curriculum

All of our degrees and curriculum have been prepared in accordance with the new guidelines set by current legislation, having already been verified by the National Agency for Quality Assessment.
he student must take 240 credits

First year 60 ECTS

First Semester 26 ECTS
6 ECTS | General and Health Psychology
6 ECTS | Biochemistry
6 ECTS | Statistics and Applied Information Technologies
4 ECTS | Human communication and written expression techniques
4 ECTS | Fundamentals of Physiotherapy
Second Semester 26 ECTS
6 ECTS | Human Physiology
6 ECTS | Health Anthropology
6 ECTS | Applied Physic
4 ECTS | General Pathophysiology and Life Support
4 ECTS | Basic Physiotherapy Procedures
Anual 8 ECTS
8 ECTS | General Human Anatomy

Second year 60 ECTS

First Semester 30 ECTS
6 ECTS | Special Human Anatomy and Kinesiology
6 ECTS | Pharmacology and Nutrition
6 ECTS | VAssessment in Physiotherapy
6 ECTS | Medical-Surgical Conditions I
6 ECTS | Kinesitherapy
Second Semester 30 ECTS
4 ECTS | Technical English in Health Sciences
6 ECTS | Specific Methods in Physiotherapy I
4 ECTS | Medical-Surgical Conditions II
6 ECTS | Specific methods in Physiotherapy II
4 ECTS | Public health
3 ECTS | Electrotherapy, Magnetotherapy and Vibrotherapy
3 ECTS | Basic-level Tutored Internships

Third year 60 ECTS

First Semester 26 ECTS
6 ECTS | Specific Methods in Physiotherapy III
6 ECTS | Physiotherapy in Musculoskeletal Conditions
4 ECTS | Community Physiotherapy and Health Education
4 ECTS | Physiotherapy in Adult Neurology
4 ECTS | Bioethics and Professional Ethics in Physiotherapy
2 ECTS | Radiodiagnosis
Second Semester 26 ECTS
6 ECTS | Pediatric Physiotherapy
4 ECTS | Specific Methods in Physiotherapy IV
4 ECTS | Physiotherapy with the Mentally Disabled Persons
3 ECTS | Sports physiotherapy
3 ECTS | FCardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy
3 ECTS | Geriatric Physiotherapy
3 ECTS | Physiotherapy in Obstetrics and Urogyneproctology
Anual 8 ECTS
8 ECTS | Mid-level Tutored Internship

Fourth year 60 ECTS

First Semester 14 ECTS
4 ECTS | Research Methodology in Health Sciences
4 ECTS | Health Legislation and Administration
6 ECTS | Interprofessional Competences Workshops
Second Semester 16 ECTS
10 ECTS | Final Research Project
3 ECTS | Drug addiction
3 ECTS | Occupational Health
3 ECTS | Complementary Therapies
3 ECTS | Economics and Management of Healthcare Companies
Yearly 30 ECTS
3 ECTS | Participation Activities
3 ECTS | Volunteer activities
30 ECTS | Advanced-level Tutored Internships

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Tutored internships 41 ECTS

3 ECTS | Basic-level Tutored Internships
8 ECTS | Mid-level Tutored Internships
30 ECTS | Advanced-level Tutored Internships

Tutored internships include the following educational activities:

Rotations of clinical stays: These are pre-professional clinical practice activities carried out in hospitals and other Physiotherapy services, under the supervision of qualified professionals, with the aim of putting into practice the actions (assessment, methods, techniques, etc.) of Physiotherapy on real patients; for the student to take on professional attitudes, regarding interpersonal relationships, ethical principles, concern for quality and become integrated and familiar with other professionals and activities of the hospital or service, as well as the patient care team, such as, for example, attending clinical sessions. In each rotation and center, the student is assigned a physiotherapist, who will act as a tutor in collaboration and be in contact with the professor of the subject and the Internship Coordinator, supervising their performance, giving them the appropriate guidelines and corrections and participating in their evaluation. This activity will represent at least 70% of the subject’s total teaching load.

Tutoring session: Personalized monitoring of the student through answering questions and problems on the subject.

Individual study and autonomous work: The student will carry out study activities, literature review and use of other means to support learning for the preparation of practices and clinical cases, as well as individual or group work, both for the preparation of dossiers, field notebooks, reflective diaries and practice portfolios, as well as other work, reading, seminars, research papers, etc.

Professional Internships

In order to carry out the supervised internships, we have a series of agreements with centers in both the public and private sectors:

Centers with an internship agreement

Final Research Project 10 ECTS

This project involves the development of research tasks regarding different subjects by the student under the advice of one or several professors of the Department and, occasionally, professionals from the business world. For this, the student has the possibility to choose a project from among those offered.

This final research project may consist either of an original research or review work, or it may have a nature of clinical application.

Transversal Subjects

Through the transversal subjects you will be able to complement your education and complete your CV in a practical, collaborative and fun way.

It is a voluntary program with no added cost. Upon completion, you will be provided with a diploma.

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Legend:

Basic Education (68 ECTS)
Compulsory (115 ECTS)
Electives (6 ECTS)
External Internships (41 ECTS)
Final Research Project (10 ECTS)

Competences

The graduated professionals of the Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy from Nebrija University will have developed the basic, generic and specific competences declared for the exercise of their profession. In this way, they will be able to join multidisciplinary work teams aimed at promoting, supporting, preventing, recovering or rehabilitating individual or collective health conditions, in an ethical, empathic and proactive way.

Generic Competences

Instrumental Generic Competences

GC.1. Ability for analysis and synthesis
GC.2. Organizational and planning ability
GC.3. Oral and written communication in the native language
GC.4. Knowledge of a foreign language
GC.5. Basic knowledge about the area of knowledge and the profession
GC.6. Basic computer skills
GC.7. Ability to manage information
GC.8. Ability to solve problems
GC.9. Ability for decision-making

Generic Personal Competences

GC.10. Ability to work in a uni/interdisciplinary team
GC.11. Ability to work in an international and multicultural context, with recognition of diversity
GC.12. Skills in interpersonal relationships
GC.13. Ability to communicate with non-experts in the field
GC.14. Critical thinking
GC.15. Ethical commitment at work

Systemic Generic Competences

GC.16. Ability to apply knowledge to practice
GC.17. Research skills
GC.18. Learning ability and autonomous work
GC.19. Adaptability to new situations
GC.20. Creativity
GC.21. Leadership
GC.22. Knowledge of cultures and customs of other countries
GC.23. Design and project management
GC.24. Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
GC.25. Motivation for quality
GC.26. Motivation for achievement

Specific Competences

Discipline-specific competences

DSC. 1. Knowledge in Biological Sciences
DSC. 2. Knowledge in Physical Sciences
DSC. 3. Knowledge in Behavioral Sciences
DSC. 4. Knowledge in Clinical Sciences
DSC. 5. Knowledge of the administrative and organizational context
DSC. 6. Knowledge of the socio-political context
DSC. 7. Knowledge of the ethical, deontological and legal dimension

Professional competences

PSC.8. Prepare and fill in the Physiotherapy Medical Record.
PSC.9. Examine and assess the functional status of the patient/user.
PSC.10. Determine the Physiotherapy diagnosis.
PSC.11. Design the Intervention Plan or Physiotherapy treatment.
PSC.12. Execute, direct and coordinate the Physiotherapy Intervention Plan.
PSC.13. Evaluate the evolution of the results.
PSC.14. Prepare the report upon discharge from Physiotherapy.
PSC.15. Provide effective and comprehensive care.
PSC.16. Intervene in health promotion and disease prevention.
PSC.17. Know how to work in uni or/and multidisciplinary professional teams.
PSC.18. Incorporate the ethical and legal principles of the profession into the professional culture.
PSC.19. Incorporate scientific research and evidence-based practice as a professional culture.
PSC.20. Carry out the teaching function.
PSC.21. Acquire skills for the management of health resources and Physiotherapy services.
PSC.22. Guarantee quality in the practice of Physiotherapy.
PSC.23. Coping with stress.
PSC.24. Taking risks and living in uncertain environments.
PSC.25. Motivating others.

Attitudinal competences

ASC.26. Maintain an attitude of learning and staying up-to-date with knowledge, skills and attitudes.
ASC.27. Collaborate and cooperate with other professionals adjusting to one's own professional field.
ASC.28. Show respect, appreciation and sensitivity to the work of others.
ASC.29. Develop the ability to organize and lead.
ASC.30. Work with responsibility and discretion.

Profesores Professors	Porcentaje de Doctores Percentage of PhD holders
7	85%

Profesores

Professors

Natalia Arias del Castillo Profesora Professor Licenciada en Biología, graduada en Psicología, Máster en Neurociencias, Doctora en Psicología e IP del grupo de investigación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida y de la Naturaleza. Su experiencia docente abarca diversos sistemas universitarios, especializada en el seguimiento y maximización de los resultados de los alumnos en entornos universitarios. A nivel de investigación, se interesa por el estudio de tratamientos no invasivos en estadios tempranos de la neurodegeneración, así como en la búsqueda de biomarcadores en dichas enfermedades. Su inquietud abarca desde los ensayos preclínicos hasta la traslación a humanos, lo cual se refleja en las numerosas colaboraciones con universidades nacionales y extranjeras y con empresas.

Víctor Echeverry Alzate Profesor Professor Licenciado en Psicología, en la especialidad de Psicología y Ciencia Cognitiva, máster y Doctor en Psicofarmacología y drogas de abuso, por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Investigador Post-doctoral “Sara Borrell” (Instituto IBIMA, Málaga). Ha participado en labores docentes en la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid desde el año 2010, en las asignaturas de Fundamentos de Psicobiología I y II, Psicología Fisiológica y Aspectos Neurobiológicos y Cognitivos de las Adicciones. Además, desde ese mismo año, y formando parte del grupo de investigación del profesor Dr. Jose Antonio López Moreno, ha participado en la organización de más de once actividades de I+D+i, así como en la supervisión de varios trabajos fin de grado o máster y, actualmente, es codirector de dos tesis doctorales en curso. En el año 2009 realizó una estancia predoctoral en el Instituto Cajal (CSIC), en el laboratorio de Neurobiología de los Ganglios Basales, con la Dra. Rosario Moratalla; y en el año 2017 una estancia postdoctoral en Francia, en el "Groupe de Recherche sur l’Alcool & les Pharmacodépendances (GRAP, INSERM 1247)", dirigido por el profesor Dr. Mickael Naassila. En enero de 2018, se incorporó al Grupo de Neuropsicofarmacología, de la Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud (FIMABIS), dirigido por el profesor Dr. Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, gracias a la concesión de un contrato como investigador postdoctoral "Sara Borrell" (2018-2021). En sus años de investigación, pre y postdoctoral, ha colaborado en más de 15 proyectos de investigación de ámbito nacional e internacional, llevados a cabo tanto en roedores como en humanos. Esto ha dado lugar a 25 publicaciones en revistas indexadas (60.9% en Q1), y más de 35 trabajos presentados en congresos nacionales e internacionales. Dentro de las áreas temáticas de sus publicaciones se encuentran la psicofarmacología, genética, enfermedades neurodegenerativas, conducta, y neurobiología de la adicción. Índice h: 11 (Scopus). Desde el año 2019 forma parte del equipo docente e investigador de la Universidad Nebrija, impartiendo docencia en los Departamentos de Psicología y Educación.

Olivia García-Velasco Rubio Profesora Professor Doctora en Psicología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, máster en Gestión de Recursos Humanos y licenciatura en Psicología por dicha universidad. Máster en Salud Mental por la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid. Publicaciones y ponencias sobre liderazgo y género, dentro del campo de la Psicología Social, y sobre gestión del estrés en adultos. Formación y experiencia en áreas de la Metodología de Investigación, la Clínica y la Psicología del trabajo. Consulta privada de Psicología, dedicada al tratamiento de psicopatología de adolescentes y adultos.

María Dolores Nieto Cañaveras Profesora Professor María Dolores Nieto es graduada en Psicología, máster en Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento y de la Salud con Trabajo Fin de Máster calificado con Matrícula de Honor, y doctora en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud con mención internacional por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Entre el 2016 y el 2018, durante la realización de su tesis doctoral, estuvo contratada en prácticas en la Cátedra de Modelos y Aplicaciones Psicométricos (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid–Instituto de Ingeniería del Conocimiento). En 2017 fue premiada con la Ayuda Julio Olea a Jóvenes Investigadores por la Asociación Española de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento y de la Salud. Su actividad investigadora se centra en los test adaptativos informatizados, el análisis factorial y de la dimensionalidad, y los sesgos de respuesta. Ha publicado en revistas internacionales de reconocido prestigio tales como Psychological Assessment y ha realizado numerosas contribuciones a congresos nacionales e internacionales. Forma parte del equipo de investigación Modelos y Aplicaciones Psicométricas de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y participa en varios proyectos de investigación de distinta índole. Asimismo, trabaja en el desarrollo de software y herramientas interactivas relacionadas con la psicometría y el análisis de datos para uso docente, aplicado e investigador. También tiene experiencia docente en cursos sobre manejo de software para el análisis estadístico.

Álex Ramos Torre Profesor Professor Es Licenciado en Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad de Barcelona (UB). Especialista en Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Diplomado en Nutrición y Dietética (Hospital Clínic -UB). Diploma de Postgrado en Medicina Clínica Preventiva (UB). Máster "Formación de Formadores: Metodologías y Gestión. Experto Europeo en Formación”, Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación, UPC. Máster en Educación de Adultos (UB). Es autor de numerosas publicaciones y comunicaciones científicas en revistas y congresos nacionales e internacionales del sector de formación médica continuada. Actualmente es Director del Programa de Postgrados y de Formación Continua en Ciencias de la Salud de Universidad Nebrija. Ha sido Director del Centro de Estudios del Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Barcelona de 1990 a 2020, funciones: Detección de necesidades formativas en médicos y sanitarios, diseño y programación de cursos, Impartición de cursos, Evaluación, gestión y Acreditación. Ha diseñado más de 180 cursos nuevos de formación continua y masters, ha organizado más de 1.900 cursos para más de 21.000 profesionales sanitarios.

Carmen Soberón Casado Profesora Professor Licenciada y Doctora en Psicología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, 2012 y 2020), Máster en Psicología General Sanitaria (UCM, 2014), Máster en Psicogerontología (UCM, 2013) y Experta en Técnicas Neuropsicológicas (UCM, 2012). Ha sido beneficiaria de un contrato predoctoral de Personal de Investigación en Formación (2015-2020) en el Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Psicología Clínica de la UCM, donde llevó a cabo diversas tareas docentes y de investigación. A lo largo de su carrera ha colaborado en diversos proyectos de investigación relacionados con la exposición a situaciones de estrés traumático (víctimas de violencia, refugiados y solicitantes de asilo) y crónico (cuidadores familiares de personas dependientes). En 2019 disfrutó de una estancia predoctoral en la Duke University (Carolina del Norte, EEUU) bajo la supervisión del Dr. David Rubin, una de las figuras más reputadas en el estudio de la memoria traumática, siendo esta su principal línea de investigación en la actualidad. Es coautora de una escala de evaluación del estrés postraumático (EGEP-5) y ha publicado varios artículos de investigación en revistas de impacto.

Sara Uceda Gutiérrez Profesora Professor Licenciada en Psicología, Máster en Fisiología y Neurociencias y Doctora por la Universidad de Sevilla con Mención Internacional. Actualmente es Decana de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida y de la Naturaleza y Directora del Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad Nebrija. Docente e investigadora del Área de Psicobiología, sus intereses están centrados en procesos cognitivos como el aprendizaje, la memoria, la emoción o la atención. Cuenta con amplia experiencia docente tanto en cursos de grado como de máster, ha participado y participa en varios proyectos científicos nacionales e internacionales y es autora de diversos artículos científicos publicados en revistas con un alto factor de impacto e indexadas en el Journal Citation Reports.

Calendar and schedules

Academic calendar

The teaching period will begin in September 2022 and will end in June 2023. The hours of classroom attendance activity will be from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Employability

Career Opportunities

Physiotherapy services in health care centers (Hospitals, clinics, primary care centers...).
Independent exercise of the profession.
Sports clubs and facilities.
Balneotherapy centers and spas.
Residences for the elderly and social and health services.

Centers for the care of the disabled.
Child care centers.
Prevention and assistance services in the workplace.
Teaching and research.
Organization and management of Physiotherapy services.

Employability recognized in the Rankings

The commitment of Nebrija University to the academic requirement, training in leading companies and institutions, innovation in multidisciplinary programs and international projection, places the University in the top positions of the most important rankings.

The International Ranking QS Stars awards Nebrija University the maximum score in the quality and satisfaction of students in teaching, employability of the graduates and the internationalization of the institution.

The national rankings also recognize Nebrija University as the first Spanish university in teaching and second in employability, highlighting its performance in research, knowledge transfer and internationalization.

Development of Professional Competences

Nebrija University, in accordance with the aims proposed in "The Nebrija Contract", directs its efforts to turn its students into valuable professionals in the labor market. To this end, the Nebrija Institute of Professional Competences (INCP) was created, which leads the training in professional skills, employability, managerial skills, coaching, personal branding and any other topic related to professional, personal and social development.

The activity of the Competence Institute covers all the activity segments of the university. On the one hand, it offers three subjects that are distributed throughout the undergraduate degree and that enable students to effectively manage their work, proactively develop personal and professional self-improvement processes and properly guide their first steps in the workplace.

In addition, the INCP incorporates coaching modules for employability in different postgraduate programs of the university, and designs and carries out customized in-company training actions for different projects in companies and institutions.

The methodology of the actions, which are completely personalized and eminently practical, provides the participant with an adjusted analysis of his/her personal characteristics and his/her fit with the demands of the working world and the company, and offers an individualized development plan that is complemented with practical actions in which he/she must learn to solve real-life situations.