Master's Degree in Integrated Care in Chronicity and Aging

As a health provider, are you ready to face the changing needs of integrated care management in the field of chronic illnesses and ageing?

The underlying aim of the Master’s Degree in Integrated Care Management in Chronicity and Ageing from the Pompeu Fabra University is to provide education for health professionals in the field of research into chronic illnesses and ageing.

The principles that promote this master's degree and that have consolidated it over time are:

• A multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach that addresses prevalent health problems from different dimensions: social, clinical, economic and care.
• Health professionals work daily with chronically ill and elderly patients.
• The integration of social and health care is an urgent need for our health system. The patient should be placed at the center of this system.
• The education given in this master’s degree allows health professionals to access Doctorate Programmes and work in research areas related to chronicity and ageing.

It is for all this that from TecnoCampus, University Centers Attached to Pompeu Fabra University, we believe that it is necessary for our health system to have the involvement of well-trained health professionals in research; professionals prepared to lead new models of collaborative work that also include health administrations, those responsible for health policies, researchers, teachers, patients, family members and their carers.

Dr. Esther Cabrera, Master's Director 

Qualification

This master's degree is verified as an Official Master's Degree from Pompeu Fabra University.

Organization and structure

The university master's degree in Integrated Care in Chronicity and Aging (MAICE) is a consolidated and reference master's degree in the territory. Get organized by the TecnoCampus Health Department, the Chair of Aging and Quality of Life at the TecnoCampus and the Research Group on Chronic Care and Health Innovation (SGR AGAUR GRACIS 01604). In addition, it has the collaboration of prestigious organizations such as the TIC Salut Social Foundation, the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, ​​the Pere Virgili Health Park, the Universitary Institute for Research in Primary Care Foundation (IDIAP Jordi Gol ), Fecunmed, the Federation of Older People's Associations of Catalonia (FATEC) and the Fundació Unió Catalana d'Hospitals 

The master's degree has one total of 60 ECTS and is made up of 30 ECTS of compulsory subjects, 12 ECTS of optional subjects, 4 ECTS of external practices and 14 ECTS of the master's thesis.

Admission profile

Health professionals; nurses, doctors, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapists and nutritionists, who need to deepen knwoledge of chronic patholigies and ageing and to enhance their skills in research.

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• Leadership in research projects in the field of chronicity and ageing
• Leadership in clinical and care management in hospitals, care centres and health institutions
• Incorporation into Doctoral Programs
• Incorporation in University Schools, Faculties or Departments for the teaching of undergraduate or postgraduate teaching.
• Health management in geriatric, socio-sanitary or residential centres

ACCESS TO THE DOCTORATE

Due to its orientation, the master's degree in Integrated Care in Chronicity and Ageing gives access to doctoral programs. TecnoCampus School of Health Sciences has established several agreements with doctoral programmes to offer students the possibility of accessing a doctorate course. 

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