A highly academic postgraduate diploma that will allow you to acquire or update your knowledge in the field of motor pathology in small animals and their rehabilitation treatment"

This postgraduate diploma  begins with an in-depth focus on the rehabilitation of feline patients. The main obstacle in treating these patients is veterinarians lack of experience of the correct techniques, which is why, during the orthopedic examination, some signs may be overlooked, making the correct diagnosis difficult.
In reponse to this, the rehabilitation of orthopedic diseases will be addressed, among which Osteoarthrosis (OA) is emerging as one of the most prevelant diseases in felines, with studies indicating a prevalence of up to 90%.

Additionally, students will examine the characteristics that make water ideal during the recovery period after a number of conditions. In addition, it develops and compares the different therapeutic options offered by the use of the aquatic environment.
Veterinary sports medicine will also be studied, analyzing the reactions and adaptations the body makes during physical activity and the alterations suffered in the event of certain injuries or physical maladaptations.

First contact with the sports world will be made with the objective of optimizing the performance of each athlete, minimizing the risk of injury and deciding the best treatment and/or training plan for each animal.
Physiotherapy and veterinary rehabilitation will be viewed as a form of complimentary therapy for both medical and post-surgical locomotor treatments. In addition, they can be included as integrated analgesia therapy. The main objective of treatment is always to improve the patient’s quality of life by choosing the appropriate intervention methods and techniques for each case study.

TECH offers all this, with the aim of integrating medicine which always treats the animal in its entireity, since each animal manifests, suffers and responds differently to the same disease. Therefore, treatments should not simply be medical prescriptions, they should be tailored and personalized.

An intensive tour through the different disorders, conditions and injuries, with a special focus on the complex approach to domestic felines” 

This postgraduate diploma in Pathologies and Rehabilitation Plans in Small Animals contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Pathologies and Rehabilitation Plans in Small Animals
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• News on Pathologies and Rehabilitation Plans in Small Animals
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• With special focus on innovative methodologies in Pathologies and Rehabilitation Plans in Small Animals
• 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

A program supported by study aids which have been created to boost the value of the effort invested, converting your studies into skills in the shortest possible time”  

The program includes, in its teaching staff, professionals belonging to the veterinary field, who bring their vast work experience to this specialization, in addition to recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities.

TECH’s Multimedia Content, elaborated with the latest Educational Technology, will grant professionals a situated and contextual learning experience, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive specialization programmed to train students in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the specialist must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by recognized and experienced experts in Pathologies and Rehabilitation Plans in Small Animals. 

You will learn with the highest rated study aids in the online teaching landscape, to facilitate the assimilation of knowledge and improve learning outcomes"

With the convenience of a program conceived to be fully adaptable to your needs, this postgraduate diploma combines flexibility and efficiency with the best distance learning system"

This postgraduate diploma in Pathologies and Rehabilitation Plans in Small Animals aims to train veterinary professionals in the specific aspects involved in the diagnosis, approach and creation of rehabilitation plans for small animals affected by traumatic and orthopedic disorders or any other condition of interest to rehabilitation medicine. A high-quality program that will optimize your effort by converting it quickly into results.

The objective of this postgraduate diploma is to provide the professional with the most comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge regarding how to approach disorders which are related to rehabilitative medicine for small animals”

General objectives

• Develop specialized knowledge regarding the rehabilitation of feline patients
• Analyze the most frequent conditions affecting feline patients that may require treatment by a rehabilitation veterinarian
• Determine the importance and value of hydrotherapy in the field of animal physical rehabilitation
• Examine the physical principles that make hydrotherapy an important tool in animal physical rehabilitation
• Determine the characteristics of the sporting dog
• Analyze the optimization of the dog's physical condition
• Review the different sports modalities 
• Identify the most frequent injuries
• Establish the steps of a complete trauma examination
• Evaluate the effects of immobilization on tissues
• Identify the most frequent traumatological pathologies
• Present the possible treatments for each pathology, as well as an approach to their management in physical rehabilitation
• Generate specialized knowledge on relevant aspects for the indication and follow-up to rehabilitation
• Guarantee a correct rehabilitation process for all patients
• Create a multidisciplinary work plan 
• Cover the physiotherapeutic needs demanded by the patient
• Develop an appropriate treatment plan for patients 

Specific objectives

Module 1. Feline Rehabilitation. Hydrotherapy

• Propose rehabilitation plans adjusted to the peculiarities in the character and management of the feline species both in the clinic environment and at home
• Generate specialized knowledge to detect signs of osteoarthrosis (OA) in the feline species
• Compile therapies and strategies that are well tolerated by the feline species in the Rehabilitation Sessions
• Recognize the main differences between the principles of pool hydrotherapy and underwater treadmill hydrotherapy
• Analyze the indications and contraindications of hydrotherapy
• Examine the differences between swimming and walking in water
• Develop a rehabilitation plan that includes hydrotherapy

Module 2. Sports Medicine. Sports Modalities in Dogs. Most Frequent Pathologies and Prevention

• Examine the key points in the rehabilitation of the performance dog
• Develop a Training Plan
• Analyze the weak points of a performance dog
• Identify abnormalities in a performance dog
• Generate Training Plans
• Establish a recovery plan after an injury
• Determine the importance of sports rehabilitation

Module 3. Traumatologic Examination. Effects of Immobilization on Tissues Traumatologic Pathologies in Rehabilitation

• Identify the changes in morphology and composition of different tissues when subjected to immobilization
• Substantiate the physical therapies carried out during the period of tissue remobilization
• Analyze the effects of different medications on immobilized tissues
• Compile the most frequent trauma pathologies of the forelimbs and hindlimbs
• Evaluate the most common musculoskeletal tumors
• Establish treatment guidelines for fractures and joint dislocations

Module 4. Rehabilitation Plans: Design of a Rehabilitation and Communication Program with the Owner

• Choose the appropriate intervention methods and techniques in each case 
• Achieve control of the disease and its risk factors
• Prevent secondary diseases, complications and sequelae
• Adapt the residual capacity, modifying the environment to facilitate daily tasks
• Convey as much information about the patient's condition as possible to the patient's owner
• Maintain the follow-up of the pathological process and evolution of the patient
• Ensure a better sense of well-being
• Choose the appropriate intervention methods and techniques in each case 
• Generate patient follow-up 
• Facilitate the patient's daily life
• Extend the patient's quality of life
• Improve the patient's physical capabilities
• Alleviate the patient's pain
• Inform those responsible for the patients about their status

A specialization that will give you the opportunity to update your knowledge in animal rehabilitation"