GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name of course :
    INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: ACUPUNCTURE AND ELECTROACUPUNCTURE
  • Qualification awarded:
    Diploma d'Especialització (Degree Universitat Barcelona)
  • Number of credits:
    30,00
  • 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:

  • Lorente Gascón, Marian

RECOMMENDED APPLICANT PROFILES AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Graduates in medicine.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

- To learn the neurophysiological and neuroanatomical principles of acupuncture and its clinical setting in the integrated hospital model.
- To describe the characteristics of acupuncture points and the peripheral nerves.
- To learn the relationships between acupuncture points and the peripheral nervous system.
- To review relevant scientific publications applied to oncological treatments.
- To apply treatments to the neural circuits for pain and their effect on neurotransmitters.
- To resolve clinical cases based on deductions made with basic knowledge of acupuncture.

FURTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST
  • Enrolment fee:
    • 2.160,00 €
    • An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee
  • In-company placement(s):
    No
  • Date on which pre-enrolment begins:
    7/1/2021
  • Date on which pre-enrolment ends:
    10/25/2021
  • Classes begin:
    10/29/2021
FACULTY OR SCHOOL WHERE THE COURSE IS TAUGHT
  • Name of individual or institution:
    Facultat de Medicina
  • Address:
    C. Casanova, 143
    08036 BARCELONA
    ESPANYA
  • Email address:
    lorente@ub.edu
  • Telephone:
    630112909
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES
  • Name of individual or institution:
    Facultat de Medicina
  • Address:
    C. Casanova, 143
    08036 BARCELONA
    ESPANYA
  • Email address:
    lorente@ub.edu
  • Telephone:
    630112909
  • Observations:
    Ten online seminars: Saturday mornings, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m (30 October, 13 and 27 November, 18 December 2021; 15 and 29 January, 12 and 26 February, 12 and 26 March 2022).

    Practical sessions will be carried out face-to-face with each patient group: internal medicine, oncology.

    Patient groups will be coordinated as far as possible for students who live outside Barcelona.

    Sessions will follow a case-study methodology and tutorials will be offered for individual support.

    All sessions will be recorded and students will have access to the full bibliography via the UB intranet.