Learn to recognize the most current autonomy support devices in the rehabilitation field, with the most extensive knowledge of their suitability and safe use in geriatric patients”

In the Rehabilitation Medicine field, the incorporation of devices to aid autonomy is an indispensable means of support and care for the patient. Find the most suitable ones that offer the desired advantages is not so easy. A complete assessment is needed that takes into account the characteristics of each patient and his or her actual ability to handle and adapt to the devices. 

To do this, professionals must assess and explore the patient's resistance and physiological reserves in order to establish the appropriate framework for action, home care, residential care, day care centers, social centers or private clinics.   

This work should include treatments for pre-frailty, frailty, pain, trauma, neurological, respiratory and/or pelvic floor disorders, gerontological syndromes or cognitive impairment, side effects of drugs and/or biopsychosocial conditions that may complicate the clinical picture.    

It is therefore essential to know the tools of physiotherapy and the appropriateness of its application in each case, such as active exercise, manual therapy, electrotherapy being able to work in interdisciplinary team, with appropriate communication tools, understanding the concept of person-centered care, having the most updated knowledge of support devices and even the support of current technology, can be key to success in the treatment of physiotherapy.    

A syllabus developed based on the latest information on medical aids in mobility and support for the care of geriatric patients”

This postgraduate diploma in Application of Devices and Aids to Autonomy in Rehabilitation Medicine contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Geriatric Rehabilitation Medicine 
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice 
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning 
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies  
• Theoretical lessons, questions for the experts, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

Students will learn how to perform a proper assessment that will allow the most suitable systems to be chosen for each patient with mobility problems”

The syllabus includes, in its teaching staff, professionals from the sector who bring to it the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities.  

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide professionals with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training, designed for training oneself in real situations.  

This syllabus is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.  

With a high training methodological design, this program is created to allow students to learn in a dynamic and effective way”

Using the most efficient audiovisual systems, this postgraduate diploma will allow students to learn through direct and realistic observation of what is learnt”

This postgraduate diploma compiles the most current knowledge on the use of support systems and autonomy aids in the rehabilitation intervention of geriatric patients.  The objective is to provide the student with specialized knowledge by creating a well-structured foundation to identify the clinical signs associated with the different needs and developments, providing a broad and contextual view of the activity in this field today.     

A syllabus created with the most advanced forms of study to transform knowledge into effective intervention skills”

General Objective

• Develop a critical and reasoned attitude, based on the most recent scientific evidence, towards the physiotherapeutic diagnosis in elderly patients and be able to apply adequate treatment in order to reduce functional impotence, frailty and deterioration, therefore favoring an improvement to physical and mental health in old age

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Clinical Reasoning in Physiogeriatrics 

• Explain active aging from the patient’s point of view
• Define the fields of action of physiotherapy in geriatrics
• Define the role of Physiotherapy in palliative care units
• Define the use of new technologies in Physiogeriatrics
• Explain what interdisciplinary teams in geriatrics consist of
• Define the composition and functioning of the interdisciplinary team 
• Explain the main functions within the interdisciplinary team
• Establish the differential diagnosis: “Red and Yellow Flags” 
• Describe the major geriatric syndromes 
• Explain what “Red and Yellow Flags” consist of 
• Define the most common “Red flags” in clinical practice 
• Explain the correct approach to the physical therapy session in geriatrics 
• Describe the physiotherapeutic examination and assessment of the geriatric patient 
• Define the effects on the neuromusculoskeletal system of certain drugs

Module 2. Update of support devices for the autonomy of people

• Define and classify the different support devices for activities of daily life
• Define and classify the different pressure relieving devices for the prevention of pressure ulcers
• Explain the developments in the different devices designed to facilitate mobility and correct positioning
• Explain the application of accessibility and architectural barrier removal support products
• Define new technology for the creation of low-cost support products

Take advantage of the opportunity to keep up-to-date on the latest developments in the Application of Devices and Aids to Autonomy in Rehabilitation Medicine”