Update your knowledge of Sports Nutrition with this professional master’s degree and incorporate the latest advances in your daily clinical practice”

Physical activity is essential to maintain a correct state of physical and mental health. A base that must necessarily be accompanied by an adequate diet. All this is even more necessary in athletes and para-athletes who face high demands, where it is required to be at 100% to obtain competitive success. To this scenario must be added the population with special characteristics, such as pregnant women and sportswomen, athletes with diabetes or vegans, who require a much more precise adaptation of their diet.

In this context, scientific studies conducted in recent years have provided the precise knowledge to incorporate the nutrients, supplements and foods required in Sports Nutrition. Advances that have given an important boost to this area in the last decade, and that is why TECH has decided to create this university qualification that offers the nursing professional the most advanced and recent knowledge of this specialty. 

In this way you will have access to the latest information and under the maximum scientific rigor on muscle physiology and metabolic related to exercise, the assessment of the athlete at different times of the season, the approach to the athlete at the time of injury or the of injury or nutrition according to the various sports disciplines. A set of subjects that will be addressed with an advanced and innovative multimedia content, which will allow you to update your knowledge in Sports Nutrition in a much more enjoyable and didactic way. 

In addition, the Relearning Method will allow students to progress through the Syllabus in a much more natural way, reducing the long hours of study , that are more frequent in other teaching methods. 

TECH offers with this Master's Degree a unique opportunity to update their knowledge through a flexible and convenient qualification. Students only need an electronic device with an Internet connection to access the contents of the study plan whenever they wish. In addition, this academic institution offers the possibility of distributing the teaching load according to the needs of professionals, making this program perfectly compatible with work and/or personal responsibilities.

Learn about the latest scientific evidence on the suitability of the use of Creatine or Omega 3 during the period of injury of the athlete”

This professional master’s degree in Sports Nutrition in Special Populations for Nursing 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 Nutrition and Dietetics
• 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 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

You will be able to deepen in the latest news on the nutritional factors limiting the athlete's performance in cold and hot climates”

The program's teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who bring to this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists in the field their work experience into this training, as well as recognized specialists from reference 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. 

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

You have a library of innovative multimedia resources that you can access comfortably from your mobile device, tablet or computer with Internet connection"

It adapts the nutritional characteristics of para-athletes according to whether they suffer from muscular injury or amputations"

The main objective of this professional master’s degree is to broaden and renew the knowledge on Sports Nutrition of Nursing professionals. In order to achieve this goal, TECH provides pedagogical tools in which the latest technology applied to university the latest technology applied to university degrees, and an excellent teaching team with extensive experience in Nutrition and Dietetics. In this way, you will successfully achieve your objectives.

In just 12 months you will get the update you are looking for on Sports Nutrition and the adaptation to special patients such as pregnant women, diabetics or vegans”

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 to implement projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Develop the skills to work in a multidisciplinary environment
• Enhance the 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 ways and learning in the field of sports nutrition , both through the contacts established with professors and professionals in the program , as well as on their own
• 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 age and gender specific situations
• 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

Module 1. Muscle and Metabolic Physiology Associated with Exercise 

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the structure of skeletal muscle
• Understand in depth the functioning of skeletal muscle
• Delve into the understanding of the most important changes that occur in athletes
• Delve into the mechanisms of energy production according to the type of exercise undertaken
• Further understanding of the interaction between the different energy systems that make up the muscle energy metabolism

Module 2. Evaluation of the Athlete at Different Times of the Season 

• Perform biochemical interpretation to detect nutritional deficits or over training states
• Perform the interpretation of the different methods of body composition, to optimize the weight and fat percentage appropriate to the sport practiced
• Monitor the athlete throughout the season
• Plan the periods of the season according to their requirements

Module 3. Watersports 

• Delve into the most important characteristics of the main water sports
• Understand the demands and requirements associated with sports activities in aquatic environments
• Distinguish between the nutritional needs of different watersports

Module 4. Adverse Conditions

• Differentiate between the main performance limiting factors caused by climate
• Develop an acclimatization plan appropriate to the situation given
• Delve into the physiological adaptations due to altitude
• Establish the correct individual hydration guidelines according to the climate

Module 5. Vegetarianism and Veganism

• Differentiate between the different types of vegetarian athletes
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the main mistakes made
• Treat the notable nutritional deficiencies of sportsmen and sportswomen
• Manage skills to provide the athlete with the best tools when combining foods

Module 6. The Type 1 Diabetic Athlete 

• Establish the physiological and biochemical mechanism of diabetes both at rest and during exercise
• Deepen the 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

Module 7. Parathletes

• Delve into the differences between the various categories of parathletes and their physiological-metabolic limitations
• Determine the nutritional requirements of the different para-sportsmen in order to establish a specific nutritional plan
• Further the knowledge necessary to establish interactions between the ingestion of pharmaceuticals in these athletes and nutrients, to avoid nutrient deficits
• Understand the body composition of para-athletes in different sport categories
• Apply current scientific evidence on nutritional ergogenic aids

Module 8. Sports by Weight Category

• Establish the different characteristics and needs within sports by weight category
• Understand in depth the different nutritional strategies for preparing the athlete for competition
• Optimize the improvement of body composition through nutritional approach

Module 9. Different Stages or Specific Population Groups 

• Explain the specific physiological characteristics to be taken into account in the nutritional approach of different groups
• Understand in depth the external and internal factors that influence the nutritional approach to these groups

Module 10 Injury period 

• Determine the different phases of the injury
• Help in the prevention of injuries
• Improve the prognosis of the injury
• Develop a nutritional strategy to meet the changing nutritional requirements during the injury period

Incorporate into your healthcare practice the latest scientific evidence on the latest trends in nutrition and high-performance physical activity"