Master’s Degree in Aesthetic Medicine Continuing Education

Upon completion of the two-year learning process, which involves acquiring theoretical knowledge and practical skills, submitting Final Research Project, passing assessment and obtaining the Master's Degree in Specialization in Aesthetic Medicine from Nebrija University, students will be able to apply the following specific competences in their professional practice:

• Discern from an ethical point of view the weighted psycho-emotional balance of the patient, even collecting a report with a third professional opinion. It is necessary to avoid spirals of chronic dissatisfaction in certain patients whose problems cannot be solved with endless medical aesthetic interventions.
• Know the materials commonly used in clinical practice: syringes, needles, cannulas, catheters, gauze, gloves, etc. in accordance with the standards recommended by the current scientific societies of the sector, nationally and internationally.
• Know how to correctly apply local and truncal block anesthetics, according to the clinical practice guidelines of recognized and accredited Scientific Societies of the aesthetic medical sector.
• Correctly use injectable fillers: cross-linked and non-cross-linked hyaluronic acid, poly-L-lactic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite, polycaprolactone, according to the standardized protocols of scientific societies.
• Know the instructions and apply facial and body tensioning threads, according to the standards of scientific literature and accredited clinical practice guidelines.
• Know the instructions and use of botulinum toxin in facial aesthetics and in hyperhidrosis, in accordance with scientific evidence and good medical practice guidelines of professional associations of the aesthetic and dermal aesthetic medical sector.
• Know the composition, combination and applications of skin exfoliation treatments (peels), in accordance with the standardized protocols of recognized scientific societies in the aesthetic medical sector.
• Properly use the active principles used in dermocosmetics, always knowing the components and their effectiveness, of the magisterial formulation for use in skin pathology, if supported by verified clinical or observational studies.
• Know how to apply injectables used in facial and body mesotherapy and alopecia treatments, observing the most appropriate technique and proven in rigorous studies with scientific evidence.
• Learn and know how to use injectable drugs used in sclerotherapy, in accordance with protocols of good medical practices in terms of proven effectiveness.
• Learn and know how to apply the combined treatments of microfoam and laser in sclerotherapy, with instructions supported by standardized protocols in biomedical publications.
• Know the instructions and applications of carboxytherapy based on protocols of good medical-aesthetic practices.
• Learn and know how to apply light sources, lasers and radiofrequency in facial and body treatments with certified margins of efficacy, effectiveness and safety.
• Learn and know how to apply the instructions of ablative and fractional lasers Er: YAG and CO2.
• Know how to perform an Eco-Doppler diagnosis in varicose pathology as a painless and harmless practice effective to determine a bloodless diagnosis and a more appropriate treatment for venous pathology.
• Carry out a diagnosis of skin lesions by dermoscopy to be able to act from the aesthetic medical sector or, where appropriate, to refer to the specialist in dermatology.
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to apply diet therapy treatments in obesity and other pathologies, with the minimum guarantees of avoiding undesirable effects of nutritional deficiencies and with a focus on food reeducation.
• Know the techniques in non-surgical rhinoplasty and/or rhinoplasty in accordance with proven protocols of scientific societies in the aesthetic medical sector.

The training program lasts two years, taught by a faculty of professors carefully selected based on their academic, professional, teaching and research experience.

The first year of the Master's degree includes a set of general chapters of online theoretical material.

The online teaching system will be carried out entirely through the Virtual Campus, accessible online through the teletraining platform currently in use at the University.

At the beginning of the course, the student is provided, online (email and downloadable material from the website), with the general documentation of the Master's degree, which will include:

• General information with all subjects
• General calendar.
• List of professors.
• General teaching methodology.
• Description of the type of documents that are published.
• Basic contact information, with email addresses for tutoring session and consultations.

Along with this general documentation, and also online, the student will be provided with a didactic guide for each subject, which includes:

• ailed program of the subject and the competences that the student will achieve upon finishing it.
• Details of the set of training activities, evaluation criteria in ordinary and extraordinary calls, bibliography and recommended links.
• Location and detailed mechanisms for tele-tutoring with the professor.
• Any other information and guidance necessary to follow the course.

This material will be accessible at all times through the Virtual Campus.

Each subject is coordinated by a tutor-professor, who is responsible for setting the training itineraries and providing students, through the Virtual Campus, with all the necessary material to take the subject.

The Virtual Campus for each subject is structured around a set of folders for communication, documentation, notices, etc. typical of e-learning educational projects. The platform also offers a series of fundamental tools for online learning, such as forums, videoconferencing, submission of work or document repositories for the dissemination of notes among students. Additionally, it incorporates tools such as surveys and exercises.

The teaching of the subjects is structured on training itineraries that are learning sequences programmed by the tutor based on the contents of the subject.

The tutor monitors the students' progress, knowing at all times what documents they have read and how much time they have spent on it.

The professors are permanently accessible via email with a maximum response time of 48 hours.

The publication of documentation is distributed throughout the academic year, in several installments corresponding to the different modules and learning stages, so that the student gradually assimilates the subject matter. Each of these educational material publications will be composed of various types of documents:

• Theoretical content of the subject. Each didactic unit (module or stage) explains a complete topic of the subject. Its content, which is very detailed, includes complementary information on concepts, definitions, bibliography and web links of interest.
• Assessment tests with multiple-choice answers and follow-up tests. The results will be published on the platform.
• Proposed exercises that the student must carry out and that deal with the contents of the subject and its application to problems, examples and practical cases (they may be considered self-evaluation at the professor's discretion, after notifying it in advance and with the submission schedule).

The theoretical contents of the 24 units are periodically published online on Nebrija's virtual campus, Blackboard. The student individually arranges and studies the contents according to their schedule and has at their disposal an individualized tutoring service for questions.

In addition, the student has a regular scheduled program of live webinars through the virtual campus, the dates will be communicated in advance. The Webinars will be recorded for those who are not able to attend them live, which is the preferred mode due to the opportunity for professor-student interaction.

Practical face-to-face course of 30 teaching hours in a university teaching classroom equipped to carry out practices with clinical cases, simulated patients and volunteers. It will be held in a single intensive week from Monday to Friday, 4 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon, with the support of the industry, at the Nebrija University campus in Madrid.

Submission and passing a tutored research project or Final Research Project (FRP). Each student must present and pass the results of a basic, clinical or bibliographic research project related to the contents of the master's degree before an evaluating tribunal. Each student will have the help of a tutor to carry out their research project. The estimated time for the execution of the FRP is 6-9 months.

In order to obtain the corresponding degree, it will be necessary to take the theoretical contents and attend over 90% of the theoretical-practical contents taught face-to-face, pass the online theoretical evaluations, pass a face-to-face theoretical-practical exam, pass the evaluation of the internship tutor, and pass the presentation of the FRP before the corresponding tribunal.