Physiotherapy Specialization in Neurorehabilitation
What is Physiotherapy Specialization in Neurorehabilitation?
Through the training of professionals specialized in the approach of people with movement disorders of neurological origin, and with a comprehensive perspective from a biopsychosocial projection that enables the understanding of the health-disease process in relation to the field of neurosciences, Fundación Universitaria María Cano aims with the Specialization in Physiotherapy in Neurorehabilitation to respond to the social health needs of the local context jointly international dynamics.
One of the main axes of the Specialization in Physiotherapy in Neurorehabilitation is the applicability study in neurorehabilitation technologies for the physiotherapeutic approach of people based on the best scientific, available, and revitalized evidence through knowledge, devices, instruments and procedures that enable responses to the diversity, challenges and opportunities in health demanded by the area.
In addition, the Physiotherapy specialist in Neurorehabilitation will have the opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary teams in a variety of contexts, both hospital and outpatient or in intervention in the direct environment in which people develop.
SNIES: 111527
RC N. 005492 of April 5, 2023
Validity: 7 years
Duration: 2 semesters
Number of program credits: 30 credits
Modality: In-person
Degree awarded: Specialist in Physiotherapy in Neurorehabilitation
City: Medellín
2025 semester fee: $10,481,127 per semester
2025 Value with discount: $7.336.789 semester
Professional profile:
The Physiotherapist Specialist in Neurorehabilitation of Fundación Universitaria María Cano University will have the ability to analyze, plan, design and implement therapeutic strategies in relation to neurosciences and human body movement; its maintenance, optimization or potentiation, prevention, and recovery of its alterations; as well as the habilitation and comprehensive rehabilitation of the population. This participation in interdisciplinary teams contributes to the quality of life and social development from the specific field, using the best available and revitalized evidence through knowledge, devices, instruments, and procedures that enable responses to the diversity, challenges and opportunities in health demanded by the area.
Occupational profile
The Physiotherapist Specialist in Neurorehabilitation of Fundación Universitaria María Cano will be able to work as a:
· Health care professional who participates in interdisciplinary teams for the Neurorehabilitation area in centers of low, medium, and high level of complexity.
· Neurorehabilitation Physiotherapist in health and rehabilitation institutions in different populations throughout the life cycle.
· Researcher in development projects in health promotion, disease prevention and rehabilitation, both for governmental and non-governmental entities, related to the field of physiotherapy in neurology.
· University professor in higher education institutions that offer undergraduate programs in Physiotherapy and postgraduate programs related to the area of Physiotherapy in Neurorehabilitation.
· Neurorehabilitation Physiotherapist in processes of inclusion in the labor and educational sector.
· Neurorehabilitation Physiotherapist in health and rehabilitation institutions.
· Designer and executor of health and rehabilitation development projects, convened by governmental and non-governmental organizations, which promote physiotherapeutic intervention processes in the neurological area.
· University professor in Physiotherapy schools in Neurological Rehabilitation.
Graduate Program Enrollment Requirements:
Before accessing the enrollment platform, you must have the following documents ready:
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Undergraduate Degree Certificate.
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Identification document (enlarged to 150%).
If you experience difficulties uploading the documents, you can send the information to the Admissions Office via email at: documentosadmisiones@fumc.edu.co.
Complete the online enrollment and generate the payment receipt through PSE for $213,022 COP.
Fundación Universitaria María Cano reserves the right to admission and to assign class schedules to applicants.
Discounts:
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Graduates of undergraduate and graduate programs from Fundación Universitaria María Cano are entitled to a 30% discount on tuition fees.
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Early payment: 15% discount on tuition fees if paid within the period specified as early payment, as indicated in each billing statement.
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Discounts are not cumulative.
Curriculum
Study Plan
Content
Module 1 | |
Physiology applied to sport | 2 |
Biomechanical evaluation and analysis in sport | 2 |
Methods of training physical abilities | 2 |
Risk factors and prevention of sports-related injuries | 3 |
Practice I – Epidemiological surveillance systems in sport | 4 |
Research Seminar 1 | 1 |
Total | 14 |
Module 2 | |
Sports rehabilitation | 3 |
Transdisciplinarity in sport | 3 |
Elective | 2 |
Practice II – Sports readaptation | 4 |
Research Seminar 2 | 2 |
Total | 14 |
Total program credits | 28 |
Total credits: 28
Note: María Cano’s undergraduate and graduate academic programs may include classes on Saturdays.