The postgraduate certificate was created to take the professional through the essential knowledge in each and every one of the areas that make up a high-level Bariatric Unit"

Although the clinical benefit of bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients is evident, the fact that surgical procedures per se entail a high economic cost should also be taken into account. Even so, several cost-benefit studies support bariatric surgery as efficient techniques with a reduction in health care costs in the medium to long term. However, this leads to an increase in the number of indications and, therefore, the demand for these surgeries exceeds healthcare system possibilities to cater for it, which generates a waiting list, so prioritization criteria must be established for proper management.  

The increase in demand also leads to the creation of more and more surgical groups. Given that laparoscopic bariatric surgery is a technically complex procedure, adequate training must be ensured through programs that use animals and cadavers in order to perform the surgical procedures correctly, meeting quality standards. 
Lastly, the high demand for surgery has led many patients to emigrate to other countries to undergo the procedure, which has resulted in the phenomenon known as bariatric tourism.

This postgraduate certificate in Innovation, Quality of Life, Training and Clinical Management in Bariatric Surgery offers you the advantages of a high-level scientific, teaching, and technological course.  These are some of its most notable features:

A unique training program with which you can achieve professional success"

This  postgraduate certificate in Innovation, Quality of Life, Training and Clinical Management in Bariatric Surgery contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include: 

• Latest technology in online teaching software.
• Highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand 
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Self-regulating learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

The professors for this postgraduate certificate have been selected based on two criteria: the excellence of their medical practice in the field of the creation, promotion and maintenance of bariatric units, and their proven didactic capacity. All in order to offer you the high quality training program that you need"

Our teaching staff is composed of medical professionals, practising specialists. That way we can be sure to offer you the training update we aim to provide. A multidisciplinary team of professors with training and experience in different settings, who will develop theoretical knowledge effectively, but, above all, will bring their practical knowledge derived from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this program.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodology used in the design of this course. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your training. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this postgraduate certificate will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way”

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: learning from an expert"

This program aims to train highly qualified professionals for the workplace. An objective that is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by promoting human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is focused on helping surgical professionals reach a much higher level of expertise and control, meeting all the requirements in the field of bariatric surgery. A goal that, in just a few months, you will be able to achieve with a highly intensive and precise course.

Our goal is yours: to provide you with the best online training and specialization course in Bariatric Surgery on the market. A highly qualified step, from the hands of the best professionals in this specialty"

General Objectives

• Obtain a general vision of the psychotherapy approach in postoperative follow-up care
• Know the criteria used for the initial assessment of a patient with esthetic consequences of obesity after bariatric surgery
• Establish quality standards and appropriate training programs
• Identify the most recent technical advances (robotic surgery and NOTES)

Specific Objectives

• Analyze the psychological profile of the “bariatric patient” and there difficulties in adapting to the postoperative process
• Learn about the process of psychological evaluation and intervention following surgery aimed at enhancing the benefits of surgery and reduce the risk of weight regain
• Identify the most common areas of the body affected by excess skin following weight loss
• Know the most relevant surgical techniques used according to the affected area, to remove skin excesses
• Identify the benefits of robotic surgery and NOTES
• Establish the criteria for prioritizing patients on the surgical waiting list
• Analyze the cost benefit relationship in bariatric surgery
• Establish quality standards
• Assess the advantages and disadvantages of bariatric tourism
• Identify quality of life indicator parameters
• Weigh up the pros and cons of different surgical training methods

Achieve your goals by keeping up to date with the latest techniques and medical advances in the field of bariatric surgery through a highly demanding Postgraduate Certificate"