Program Presentation
Gerontology is a high priority area attracting interest from different disciplines. That is why both broad and specific training has become a major demand for all professionals who work with the aging. This is especially true these days when gerontology constitutes one of the main sources of employment, nationally and internationally.
Gerontology is the study of aging processes and of individuals as they go from childhood to the later stages in life. It includes the study of physical, social, and mental changes in older people, and the investigation of the changes in society resulting from the increasing aging population.
Older people are very different amongst one another. As one gets older the needs, resources and capabilities vary. The field of aging is very diverse and therefore offers many employment opportunities. The increasing number of elderly people is a social tendency and is a cause of the need for professionals with technical knowledge in aging.
Finally, we can include the high demand that training in Gerontology continues to enjoy.
This Master will not only allow one to specialize in Gerontology, but it also provides an important way of practicing in the field of Gerontology, allowing its contents, methodology and tools to train the professional to cover the high demand in Gerontology training.
Specialities
Who is the programme for?
The clear and diverse curricular designof the Master's Degree in Gerontology is intended for:
- Licensed professionals in Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Sociology, Physiotherapy, Kinesiology, Social-cultural organizers, Economy, Law.
- Other interested Licensed / Graduate professionals.
The Master's Degree in Gerontology program is an ideal complement to enrich undergraduate or postgraduate training for anyone interested in specializing in geriatric subjects.
Diploma
Successful completion of the Program will enable you to be awarded the degree in Master in Gerontology.
After successfully completing the Program, the student will receive the degree as awarded by the University where they have enrolled.
Program Structure
The credit structure of the Master in Gerontology program is shown in the following table. It should be noted that the duration is merely indicative, as the methodology followed integrates the knowledge and skills to be acquired in each part through integrative exercises of knowledge acquisition and internalization of project practices:
| CREDITSa | |
|---|---|
| Block 1: Compulsory module | 45 |
| Block 2: Elective module | 25 |
| Block 3: Practicumc and Master’s Degree Final Project | 20 |
| TOTAL | 90 |
a. The equivalence in credits may vary according to the university where he/she has enrolled. One (1) ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is equivalent to 10 + 15 hours. If the student is enrolled in a university that does not belong to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the relation between credits - hours may vary.
Duration
La Master in Gerontology tiene 90 créditos. La duración de la Master in Gerontology es de 12 to 24 months. En este período de tiempo, el alumno tiene que haber superado con éxito todas las actividades evaluadas y aprobado el Proyecto Final.
Objectives
General objective
- To learn the basic processes of leadership, management and quality control of geriatric centers as well as acquiring a global vision of the different factors related to gerontology.
Specific objectives
- Getting an overview of the different aspects related to gerontology.
- Identifying the main clinical manifestations of geriatric syndromes for an adequate diagnostic characterization of the pathological processes in the field of aging.
- Designing intervention programs aimed at older people who are sick, by selecting the phases, the objectives, procedures and the most appropriate instruments according to the characteristics of the problem and the context.
- Planning programs of social and environmental intervention that help to improve the quality of life of older people.
- Creating interdisciplinary strategic plans to be implemented in the health context.
- Planning the foundations of food and nutrition as part of the strategy of comprehensive care of the elderly people to decrease the morbidity and premature mortality and improve quality of life.
- Adapting the social and ethical implications of the intervention with older people and respecting and defending the rights of older people in all areas.
- Knowing, selecting and applying the present architectural features, which are ideal for the everyday life of the elderly, as well as recognizing the variety of technologies and technical aids available for older people with disabilities.
- Planning and advising the different types of home help social programs aimed at older people, teleservice, community services, informal support and sociocultural animation programs.
- Knowing and applying the positive communication skills for intervention with healthy and sick older people from the perspective of aid relationship - counselling as a model that enables communication in gerontological intervention.
Career Opportunities
Some Career Opportunities for the Master’s Degree in Gerontology are the following:
- Professionals who wish to specialize in topics pertaining older adults.
- Professionals who act as advisors or consultants on issues of economic management, architectural or legal centers for the elderly.
- Community Social Services staff.
- Geriatric Clinical Evaluator.
- Workers in Residential Centers for the Elderly.
- Collaborators in Elderly Associations (Alzheimer's disease, etc.)
- Teacher for Seniors.
- Collaborator in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) for the elderly.
Study Plan
The Master's Degree in Gerontology has a curricular structure based on 3 training blocks seeking to place the student in a real framework according to a continuous specialized knowledge on this topic. The blocks are:
- BLOCK 1: COMPULSORY MODULE
The block 1 allows you to know and understand all the complexity in relation to the field of Gerontology from its theoretical, conceptual and historical foundations, until its organizational implementation and intervention.
The corresponding subjects and credits of the program are shown in the following table:
| BLOCK 1: COMPULSORY MODULE | ||
|---|---|---|
| SUBJECTS | CREDITS | |
| 1 | Introduction to Gerontology | 4 |
| 2 | Biopsychosocial Aspects of Aging | 6 |
| 3 | Planning of Gerontological Programs | 5 |
| 4 | Food and Nutrition for the Elderly | 5 |
| 5 | Geriatrics, Major Geriatric Syndromes and Dementias | 6 |
| 6 | Bioethics and Legal Aspects for the Elderly | 4 |
| 7 | Architecture and Technical Aids for the Elderly | 4 |
| 8 | Communication Skills of the Gerontologist | 5 |
| 9 | Scientific Research Methodolgy | 6 |
| TOTAL | 45 | |
- BLOCK 2: ELECTIVE MODULE
The block 2 offers the students the opportunity to specialize within its gerontological approach, in an area of specific intervention: they can choose to specialize in the subject of the quality of life, health or social intervention, health management and care, and palliative care.
The objective of the subjects is ensuring that students acquire an overall idea of Gerontology and that they are able to master the basic techniques of evaluation, diagnosis, intervention in processes of aging, and also that they have a vision of multidisciplinarity in the gerontological assistance in each context of the intervention.
| BLOCK 2: ELECTIVE MODULES | ||
|---|---|---|
| MODULE | SUBJECTS | CREDITS |
| Elective module 2.1 Intervention in Quality of Life of Elderly People |
Intervention Programs for the Elderly | 5 |
| Geriatric Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy | 5 | |
| Physical Activity in Elderly People | 5 | |
| Health Policies and Social Protection | 6 | |
| Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | 4 | |
| Elective module 2.2 Social Intervention |
Health Policies and Social Protection | 6 |
| Intervention Programs for the Elderly | 5 | |
| Geriatric Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy | 5 | |
| The Economics of Health | 4 | |
| Health Management Tools | 5 | |
| Elective module 2.3 Health Intervention |
Intervention Programs for the Elderly | 5 |
| Geriatric Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy | 5 | |
| Health Management Tools | 5 | |
| Healthcare Planning | 4 | |
| Management of Health Services | 6 | |
| Elective module 2.4 Home Care and Management |
Health Policies and Social Protection | 6 |
| Home care | 4 | |
| Health Management Tools | 5 | |
| Geriatric Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy | 5 | |
| Intervention Programs for the Elderly | 5 | |
| Elective module 2.5 Palliative Care |
Intervention Programs for the Elderly | 5 |
| Geriatric Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy | 5 | |
| Symptom Controls in Palliative Care | 6 | |
| The Duel: the Experience of Loss in Elderly People | 4 | |
| Health Management Tools | 5 | |
- BLOCK 3: PRACTICUM AND MASTER'S DEGREE FINAL PROJECT
The last part of the Master's Degree is aimed at the realization of the Master’s Degree Final Project or Thesis and elective internship, which can be started prior to the end of the 1st Part: Subjects of the compulsory and elective module.
The objective of the development of the MDFP is to present a complete document that shows the total development of the proposed project, including the possibility of its practical implementation in accordance with the guidelines and details of the presented Master’s Degree Final Project or Thesis.
The Project must be a contribution to some of the studied fields or to their relationship, both theoretical and applied in accordance with the doctrines, theories and related disciplines.
In the same way, the practicum must also correspond to the effective implementation of the skills acquired over the previous theoretical-practical blocks.
Note: The contents of the academic program may be subject to slight modifications, depending on the updates or the improvements made.
Description of the Subjects
BLOCK 1: SUBJECTS OF THE COMPULSORY MODULE
- INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY
Objectives: Acquiring an overview of the different factors related to Gerontology.
Contents: Concept of gerontology. Concept of old age. Demographic indicators. The socio-economic situation and health status in old age.
- PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING
Objectives: Analyzing the biopsychosocial aspects that occur in the aging process
Contents: Sensory and motor functioning. Language. Intellectual functioning. Memory and learning. Psychosocial theories. Personality. Family and support. Successful aging. Life styles.
- PLANNING OF GERONTOLOGICAL PROGRAMS
Objectives: Recognition of the principles, phases and essential criteria of intervention with older adults for use in the design of the gerontological schedules.
Contents: Planning. Strategic planning. Operational planning. Implementation of the plan, program or project, by activities. Assessment. Quality Management of Social Services and residential centers.
- NUTRITION AND AGING
Objectives: Setting the foundations of the food and nutrition as part of the strategy of comprehensive care of the elderly in order to decrease the morbidity and premature mortality and improve quality of life.
Contents: Definition. Demographics and current situation. Theories of the aging process. Physiological changes in the aging process. Psychological, socio-economic and health factors and their impact on food. a) Nutritional status assessment. Anthropometry and biochemistry. Epidemiology of nutritional alterations in aging. Nutritional requirements. Diet during aging. Importance of physical activity in aging. The most frequent pathologies associated with aging and their relationship with nutrition. Drugs during aging.
- GERIATRICS. MAJOR GERIATRIC SYNDROMES AND DEMENTIAS
Objectives: Identifying the different geriatric syndromes, including dementias, through an approach of their comprehensive assessment and intervention.
Contents: Geriatrics. Major geriatric syndromes. Senile dementia
- BIOETHICS AND LEGAL ASPECTS FOR THE ELDERLY
Objectives: Analyzing the different legal and ethical issues related to elderly people. Acquiring a critical attitude and professional responsibility in the specific actions of the elderly population.
Content: The Law and Bioethics, similarities and differences. The concept of person in the Law. The legal capacity and capacity to act. The personal rights. The incapacitation. Concept and extension. Tutelary institutions: the protection of incapacitated people. Other forms of protection of elderly people with dementia. The right to food. The information and the informed consent. The mistreatment of elderly people. Legal and ethical aspects of abuse. The prevention of child abuse. Plans and Programs. The protection of personal and family data. Professional secrecy. Living wills or advance directives. Ethical aspects related with the end of life
- ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNICAL AIDS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
Objective: Judging the architectural aspects and technical assistance related to elderly people.
Contents: People with disabilities and the physical environment. Concepts, person and physical environment: satisfactory solution to the problems, people with disabilities, accessible physical environment, reality of people with disabilities. Groups of persons with disabilities and difficulties in the use of the physical environment. Main tools to act: elderly people and physical environment. Needs analysis.
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF THE GERONTOLOGIST
Objective: Identifying positive communication skills for intervention with healthy and sick elderly people from the perspective of aid-counselling relationship as a model of communication in gerontological intervention.
Contents: Humanization and human dignity. The aid-counselling relationship in the gerontologist. The empathy with the elderly person and other communication skills. Accompaniment of people with Alzheimer's disease and in the end of life.
- SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Objective: Knowing and planning research with methodological rigor in the field of gerontology.
Contents: Scientific knowledge. Characteristics of scientific knowledge. Stages of scientific work. Publication: forms of scientific communication. Types of scientific sleuthing. Sleuthing strategies. Other processes related to scientific sleuthing. How to write a research project: processes and stages.
BLOCK 2: SUBJECTS OF THE ELECTIVE MODULES
- INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR ELDERLY
Objectives: Designing, developing, and evaluating intervention programs and health promotion at individual and group level for elderly.
Contents: Intervention in cognitive disorders (dementia). Intervention in affective disorders. Intervention in sociocultural animation.
- GERIATRIC NURSING. PHYSIOTHERAPY. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Objectives: Acquiring a critical attitude and professional responsibility in the specific actions of the elderly population. Assessing the techniques of evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention in the areas of geriatric nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
Contents: Gerontology as a multidisciplinary discipline: general objectives, introduction, the gerontological team. Gerontological nursing: introduction, interdisciplinary assessment. The nurse and the nurse team, principles of action in the geriatric syndromes. Physiotherapy in gerontology: introduction, physiotherapy, and gerontology, medical history of the physiotherapist, therapeutic techniques and methods, intervention according to pathologies. Occupational therapy in gerontology: introduction, conceptual foundations of occupational therapy, the gerontological assessment of occupational therapy, occupational history, gerontological assessment and occupational diagnosis, planning and treatment of occupational therapy in gerontology.
- PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
Objectives: Integrating and consolidating advanced knowledge of physical training for the elderly.
Contents: Benefits of physical activity in aging. Health exam and pre-participation to an exercise program. Physical capacity assessment and assessment of the level of physical activity in elderly. Training of flexibility, strength and endurance. Aging, illness and physical activity.
- SOCIAL POLICY FOR ELDERLY
Objectives: Learning, developing, assessing and managing different types of social programs (home help, telecare, community services and sociocultural animation programs).
Content: Needs of elderly and their families and care systems. Case management. Primary Care Social Services: aging at home. Programs and resources to support families and/or friends who care for dependent elderly people. Alternative accommodation and housing. Care programs for elderly people living in rural environments.
- HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY
Objectives: Designing care quality protocols for elderly people in health care context. Reflecting on the quality and safety of health services knowing the importance of patients in the processes.
Contents: Care quality: components and importance. Management by processes. Planning and implementation of quality. Quality control and improvement plans. Conceptual framework of the clinical safety of the patient. Management of the health risk and prevention of adverse effects
- ECONOMICS APPLIED TO GERONTOLOGY
Objectives: Judging the economic aspects associated with elderly people.
Contents: Introduction to economy. Economic effects of aging: macroeconomic and microeconomic levels. Theories and evidence on elderly consumers behavior: Perception, perceived risk, attitudes and habits. Marketing mix strategies for elderly consumers: product, price, distribution and communication. Empirical analysis of elderly consumers.
- HEALTH MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Objectives: Analyzing the methods and means of the mechanisms that can be used to understand how a health center is working properly.
Contents: Organizational climate and culture. Methods and techniques of planning and organization of the time. Leadership in the health field. Competency management, design of competency profiles and profiles of charges. Communication functions.
- HEALTHCARE PLANNING
Objectives: Identifying and applying concepts of strategic planning in health, models, scopes of the process and ratings of health services. Designing strategic plans applied in the health context.
Contents: Strategic direction and Objectives and levels of health planning. Qualitative and quantitative techniques in health planning. Planning model. Tactical, strategic and process planning. Assessment of needs and use of services.
- MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
Objectives: Analyzing the state of the art in the management field to generate a database that will allow the development of the tools and skills to be applied in the various health facilities.
Contents: Elements and principles of health management. The product and the production process in the hospital. Technical aspects of management control. Implementation of an integrated system of management control.
- HOME CARE
Objectives: Health care interventions in the home of the elderly person considering the maximum respect for the habits and ways of life of the person.
Contents: Models of home care (public and private) and their operation. Address of the service/role of the technical direction. Selection and management of resources and equipment SAD. The customer SAD (sick and families). Professional ethics and conflict management in home care. Coordination with other services/ entities (continuity of care)
- SYMPTOM CONTROLS IN PALLIATIVE CARE
Objectives: Deepening the conceptual bases of palliative care in geriatrics. Optimizing the pharmacological and non-pharmacological options more appropriate in the processes of intervention in palliative care in a coordinated manner with the interdisciplinary team.
Contents: Conceptual bases and principles of palliative care in geriatrics. Typical symptoms of the geriatric patient in palliative care. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention appropriate to each geriatric context of palliative care. Rehabilitation interventions which are urgent and surgical in palliative care. Palliative care at the end of life in geriatric context.
- MOURNING: THE EXPERIENCE OF LOSS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
Objectives: Deepening the conceptual bases and classic models of mourning.
Supporting the dimensions involved and the needs of the person in grief. Designing the evaluation and intervention guidelines on the accompaniment of mourning in the elderly person. Contents: Conceptual Bases and classic models of mourning. The dimensions involved and the needs of the person in grief. Mourning in the context of palliative care. The experience of grief and loss by the elderly person. Humanization of the mourning in elderly people.
BLOCK 3: MASTER'S DEGREE FINAL PROJECT OR DEGREE THESIS AND PRACTICUM
The last phase of the program is aimed at the realization of the Master’s Degree Final Project or Degree Thesis and elective internship, which can be started prior to the end of the 1st and 2nd Part, Compulsory and Elective Subjects, since at that time the student will have the elements needed to begin the work.
The objective is to present a complete document that shows the total development of the proposed work, contemplating the possibility of its practical implementation, in accordance with the guidelines and details of the submitted Master’s Degree Final Project or Degree Thesis. The work must be a contribution to some of the studied fields or to their relationship, both theoretical and applied in accordance with the doctrines, theories and related disciplines.
In the same way, the practicum must also correspond to the effective implementation of the skills acquired during the previous theoretical-practical blocks.
Management
Academic Direction
- Dr. Maurizio Antonio Battino. Biochemist researcher and professor at the School of Specialization in Food Science. Professor at the Polytechnic University of Marche. Scientific Director in the European University of the Atlantic.
- Dr. Irma Domínguez Azpíroz. PhD in Education (in process). International Master's Degree in Nutrition and Applied Dietetics from the University of León. Master’s Degree in Physical Activity: Training and Sports Management from the UNINI. Degree in Nutrition and Applied Dietetics from the University of León. International Academic Coordinator of the Health and Nutrition Area of the Iberoamerican University Foundation.
Teaching staff and Authors
- Dr. Antonio Illana Conde. Lawyer and Judge of the Motril Court in Granada. Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Social Gerontology of Granada.
- Dr. Antonio Martínez Maroto. Doctorate in Law. Head of the Gerontological Plan Area of IMSERSO. Coordinator of the Ethics and Legislation Group of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
- Dr. Antonio Martos Martín. Doctor by the University of Granada. Professor at the University of Granada and the University of Malaga.
- Dr. Arturo Xose Pereiro. Doctor in Psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Dr. David Padilla Góngora. Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Almeria.
- Dr. Diego Gómez. Doctorate in International Public Health from the University of Lisbon. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. Fidel Ortiz Ordaz. Doctor in Economic Sciences. Master's Degree in Management from the University of Havana. Researcher and Business Consultant "Hermanos Saíz" University of Pinar del Río.
- Dr. Luis Olivera Madge. Doctor of Dental Surgery. Resident Professor of the Specialty of Orthodontics and Maxillary Orthopedics of the Scientific University of the South.
- Dr. Pedro Zayas. Doctor in Psychological Sciences. Assistant Professor and Researcher of the Center for Business Management Studies of the University of Holguín.
- Dr. Ricardo Almeida. Doctor in Education Nurse. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. Roberto Silva Piñeiro. Doctor by the University of Santiago de Compostela. Professor of physical activity for children and gerontology at the University of Vigo.
- Dr. Alejandra María Corona Romero. Doctor in Public Health Sciences from the University of Guadalajara. Professor and researcher.
- Dr. Amélia Cristina Stein. Doctorate in Sport and Physical Activity Sciences, University of León. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. Assumpció Roset Elías. Doctor in Pharmacy. Coordinator of the Health Education Program at the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
- Dr. Carmen Moreno Lorite. Doctorate in International Mediterranean Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Master in International Cooperation for Development and Humanitarian Action and Couselling. Head of the projects and research department and professor at the San Camilo-Center for the Humanization of Health in Madrid.
- Dr. Carmen Sánchez Carazo. Doctor in Medicine and specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health from the University of Comillas.
- Dr. Clícia Jatahy Peixoto. Doctor in Psychogerontology. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University and the International University of Valencia.
- Dr. Consuelo del Moral Ávila. Architect and professor in the Department of Architectural Constructions and Director of the Universal Accessibility Area of the University of Granada.
- Dr. Divka Inge Rojic Becker. D. in Neurosciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Researcher in the group of memory enhancement and retrieval in the Department of Psychobiology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
- Dr. Gema Torres Luque. D. in Sports Science. Master's Degree in High Performance Sports. Professor coordinator of the Didactic Area of Corporal Expression at the University of Jaén.
- Dr. María del Pino Sánchez Hernández. D. in Gerontology and Postgraduate Professor at the University of Granada.
- Dr. María Dolores García Olalla. Doctorate in Psychology by the Rovira i Virgili University. Collaborating Professor at the Rovira i Virgili University.
- Dr. Misericordia Camps Llauradó. Doctor in Psychology. Researcher and professor at the Rovira i Virgili University.
- Dr. Montserrat Celdrán Castro. Interuniversity Doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Barcelona. Associate Professor, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona.
- Dr. Montserrat González Gómez. D. in Public Health Sciences from the University Center of Health Sciences, University of Guadalajara. Professor at the University of Guadalajara. Professor at Institute of Graduate Studies and Sciences S.C. Professor at University of Valle de Mexico.
- Dr. Nuria Garatachea. Doctor of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences. Professor from the University of Saragossa.
- Dr. Priscilla Almeida. Doctor in Biomedicine, University of Zaragoza. Professor at the University of León and the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. Ramona Rubio Herrera. D. in Psychology from the Central University of Barcelona. Professor of Gerontology at the University of Granada.
- Dr. Silvia Quer. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Health. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. Susana Martínez. Doctor in Biology from the University of León. Professor at the University of León and the European University of the Atlantic.
- Dr. (c) Lucibel Vásquez. D. candidate in Psychosocial Intervention. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. (c) Rosana Oddone. D. candidate in the Doctorate in Projects at the International Iberoamerican University. Master's Degree in Design, Management and Project Management from the University of León. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. (c) Vivian Lipari Zegarra. Doctoral candidate. Coordinator of the Master in Health Management and Research at FUNIBER. Master in Public Health from the University of Chile and Mg (c) in Health Services Administration from the Federico Villarreal University of Peru. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- Dr. (c) Leandro Maroto Gomez. Doctoral candidate in Palliative Care at the Rey Juan Carlos University. Head of the Palliative Care Unit of the Segovia Health Area.
- M. Dayro Gutiérrez Bejarano. Master in Epidemiology and Medical Specialist in Family and Community Medicine in Segovia. Clinical Practice and Teaching Experience in Palliative Care.
- M. Gustavo Saleme. Master in Human Resources in Organizations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Degree in Psychology from the National University of Tucumán.
- M. Laura Martín. Master in International Health and Cooperation and Expert in Communication and Digital Marketing in Health. Food Quality Consultant/Auditor. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- M. Núria Fustier García. Master's Degree in the Management and Direction of Local Administration. Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Barcelona.
- M. Stefanía Carvajal. Master in the Strategic Management of Health Organizations. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- M. Verónica Lopes. Master in Community Nursing and Public Health by the Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal - Escola Superior de Saúde, Setúbal, Portugal. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- M. Anabel Pérez. Master in Applied Social Gerontology. Degree in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona.
- M. Cristina Muñoz Alustiza. Master's Degree in Palliative Care, Couselling, Nursing Home Management and Services for the Elderly. Responsible for Training and Quality at the Camillian Center for the Humanization of Health.
- M. Helia Silva Bustos. Magister and Medical Specialist in Public Health, University of Chile. Professor and academic coordinator of Public Health courses in Chile. Researcher in the Occupational Health Area.
- M. Juan Manuel Diminich. Master's Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention with specialties in Hygiene, Ergonomics, and Psychosociology. Surgeon from San Martin de Porres University. Specialist in Medical Auditing. Occupational Health Superintendent - Minera Chinalco, Peru.
- M. María Eugenia Delvaux. Master in International Nutrition and Dietetics. Professor at the International Iberoamerican University.
- M. Pilar Rodríguez Rodríguez. Diploma in Social Gerontology and expert in Social Research and Planning from the Complutense University of Madrid. President of the Foundation of Pillars for Personal Autonomy.
- Lic. Cecilia Edineth Camero Zavaleta. Medical Doctor. Clinical Practice and Teaching Experience in Palliative Care.
- Lic. Elena Jiménez Gómez. Licensed Psychologist. Professor of the University School of Nursing "La Paz" at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
- Lic. Gloria Arbonés Vilá. Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona. Community Pharmacist
- Lic. José María Corella. Specialist Dentist in Orthodontics and Dento Maxillary Orthopedics. Member of the Colombian Society of Orthodontics and World Federation of Orthodontists.
- Lic. Niurka Y. Cabrera. Specialist in Telecommunications and Business Leadership.
- Lic. Ricardo Filipio Borges. Medical Doctor. Clinical Practice and Teaching Experience in Palliative Care.
- Lic. Mª Carmen Santiago Trapero. Licensed in Nursing. Clinical Practice and Teaching Experience in Palliative Care.
- Lic. María Nuria Sanchis Luis. Nursing Degree. Palliative Care Home Support Team of Segovia. Clinical Practice and Teaching Experience in Palliative Care.
- Sra. María Luján Japón Belmonte. Director of Projects and Institutional Relations of Asisttel, Servicios Asistenciales S.A.
- Sr. Enrique Arrieta Antón. Diploma in Health and Alzheimer's Disease Care. Member of the ethics committee at the Segovia Rural Health Center. Palliative care researcher. Associate Professor at IE University.
FUNIBER Training Scholarships
The Iberoamerican University Foundation (FUNIBER) allocates periodically an extraordinary economic item for FUNIBER Training Scholarships.
To apply, please fill out the information request form that appears in the web of FUNIBER or contact directly the Foundation’s headquarters in your country that will inform you if you need to provide some additional information.
Once the documentation is received, the Evaluation Committee will determine your application's eligibility for the FUNIBER Training Scholarship.