Food and sport must go hand in hand, as it is essential that athletes follow a proper diet to help them improve their performance"

The postgraduate certificate has multimedia content that helps to acquire the knowledge that is taught, developed with the latest educational technology in turn, will allow the student a situated and contextual learning, within a simulated environment that provides training focused on solving real problems.

This program seeks to educate the nurse in the nutritional and physical assessment of the athlete with diabetes, with the aim of obtaining maximum sports performance. The aim is to provide a comprehensive training that covers different situations that we can find in an athlete of these characteristics, with a high scientific-technical quality and a very high practical component that stands out from the rest of the qualifications available in Spanish.

This training covers the physiological and biochemical aspects necessary to understand how diabetes affects both daily life and exercise, and the possible problems that may arise. With this high-level training the student will be able to acquire the necessary knowledge to establish a nutritional plan for people with diabetes who want to take care of their health and athletes of different modalities based on current scientific evidence.

As it is an online course, the student is not restricted by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but can access the contents at any time of the day, balancing their work or personal life with their academic life.

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice”

This postgraduate certificate in Sports Nutrition in People with Type 1 Diabetes for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision making for patients with nutritional challenges
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Sports Nutrition, you will obtain a certificate from the leading online university in spanish: TECH”

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition.

This course allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations”

This 100% online postgraduate certificate will allow you to balance your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field”

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the nursing professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of sports nutrition in special populations.

This refresher program will provide you with a sense of confidence in your daily work, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

• Handle advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of various fields in order to achieve maximum sports performance
• Learn advanced knowledge about nutritional planning in professional athletes from team sports to achieve the highest sports performance
• Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit needed to launch projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
• Advanced understanding of the context in which their area of expertise is being developed
• Manage advanced skills in the detection of possible signs of nutritional changes associated with sports activities
• Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue educating and learning in the field of sports nutrition, both through contacts established with teachers and professionals of this training, as well as in an autonomous way
• Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its role in sports
• Gain knowledge about the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different situations specific to age and gender
• Specialize in dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of the injured athlete
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of child athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

• Establish the physiological and biochemical mechanism of diabetes both at rest and during exercise
• Develop an in-depth understanding of how the different insulins or medications used by diabetics work
• Assess the nutritional requirements for people with diabetes both in their daily life and in exercise, to improve their health
• Delve into the necessary knowledge to be able to plan nutrition for athletes of different disciplines with diabetes, in order to improve their health and performance
• Establish the current state of evidence on Performance Enhancing Drugs in diabetics

Take advantage of the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Sports Nutrition in People with Type 1 Diabetes for Nurses”