GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name of course :
    UNDERWATER AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
  • Qualification awarded:
    Master (Degree Universitat Barcelona)
  • Number of credits:
    75,00
  • Centre responsible :
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Length of course (in academic years):
    1
  • Mode of delivery (face-to-face/ blended/ distance):
    Blended
MANAGEMENT:

  • DESOLA Alà, Jordi

  • Roca Torrent, Josep

RECOMMENDED APPLICANT PROFILES AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Graduates in medicine and surgery, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, biology, veterinary medicine, physical education, biomedical engineering and other biomedical sciences.

ADMISSION FOR APPLICANTS NOT HOLDING A DEGREE QUALIFICATION:

The course is also open to students with no prior university education, who will acquire the same knowledge and skills and receive a specific qualification for their learner group. Information on the access requirements and other conditions can be obtained from the course directors.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

- To gain the ability to conduct medical fitness assessments for sports and professional divers (level 1 EDTC/ECHM).
- To gain the ability to work as the doctor in charge in sports, tourism or professional diving centres.
- To gain the ability to work as the doctor in charge in hyperbaric medical centres (level D2 of EDTC/ECHM)
- To be capable of working in hyperbaric medical centres and learn to apply specific treatments for diving accidents and other disorders and diseases that are not related with underwater activities but can also be treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in a single- or multi-place hyperbaric chamber (level H2 of EDTC/ECHM)
To acquire an in-depth understanding of major aspects of underwater and hyperbaric medicine and science.

FURTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST
  • Enrolment fee:
    • 4.600,00 €
    • An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee
  • In-company placement(s):
    Yes (consult conditions with the course directors)
  • Date on which pre-enrolment begins:
    12/1/2018
  • Date on which pre-enrolment ends:
    12/20/2018
  • Classes begin:
    1/20/2019
FACULTY OR SCHOOL WHERE THE COURSE IS TAUGHT
  • Name of individual or institution:
    CRIS-UTH / CRIS Unitat de terapèutica hiperbàrica
  • Address:
    Jacint Verdaguer 90 (Hospital Moisés Broggi)
    08970 Sant Joan Despí
    Catalunya
  • Email address:
    cris@comb.cat
  • Webpage:
    http://www.cris-uth.cat
  • Telephone:
    935 572 662
  • Fax:
    934 503 736
  • Observations:
    Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES
  • Name of individual or institution:
    JORDI DESOLA
  • Address:
    CRIS-UTH - Hospital Moisés Broggi - Jacint Verdaguer 90
    08970 Sant Joan Despí
    Catalunya
  • Email address:
    cris@comb.cat
  • Webpage:
    http://www.cris-uth.cat
  • Telephone:
    935 572 662
  • Fax:
    934 503 736
  • Observations:
    Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.