SNIES: 111527
Qualified registration: 005492 of arpil 5, 2023
Methodology: on campus
Validity: 7 years
Duration: 2 semesters
Value 2024: $9.943.200 per semestre
Number of credits: 30 credits
City: Medellín
Physiotherapy Specialization in Neurorehabilitation
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.
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.
Curriculum
Study Plan
Content
| Motor control | 3 |
| Approach from functioning and health in Disability | 1 |
| Public Health and social management in neurorehabilitation | 1 |
| Pediatric physiotherapy neurorehabilitation | 3 |
| Neuropathology and diagnostic means | 2 |
| Research Seminar I | 1 |
| Practice I | 4 |
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Neuropsychology |
2 |
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Physiotherapy neurorehabilitation in adults |
3 |
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Principles of technological application in neurorehabilitation |
2 |
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Elective •Management of innovation and entrepreneurship •Health economics •Epidemiology •Newborn with high neurological risk |
2 |
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Research Seminar II |
2 |
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Practice II |
4 |
Admission requirements:
To enter any of the postgraduate programs offered by María Cano, the applicant must follow the following procedure:
1. Fill out the online registration form and send the following documents in PDF format to the admissions, registration and academic control office:
to. Authenticated photocopy of the degree certificate of the undergraduate degree.
b. Certificate of work experience (not essential).
c. A legible enlarged photocopy of the identity document.
d. A 3X4 size photo, light blue background.
and. Print the registration payment form for a value of $182,919, at the end of the online registration.
f. Documents are not received physically unless they are required during the admission process.
g. Present virtual interview.
Yo. Consult the list of admitted candidates published on the institutional portal, admissions office.
h. The María Cano University Foundation reserves the right of admission.