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

Classically, the indications for performing a bariatric technique consisted of having a BMI >40 kg/m2 or a BMI>35 kg/m2 associated with obesity-related comorbidities. However, it has been shown that BMI is not a good indicator of cardiovascular risk. Several groups advocate for bariatric surgery in patients with BMI <35kg/m2 associated with comorbidities, where conservative treatment has failed. Nonetheless, there is also some disagreement about the most appropriate technique in super-obese patients, in women of childbearing age and with reproductive desires, or in adolescent patients.  

Despite the beneficial effects, surgery can contribute to the development of various complications, including alterations in bone metabolism, accelerated bone remodeling and turnover, bone loss and, ultimately, a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD). Likewise, a loss of muscle mass may also occur with the complications inherent to sarcopenia. 

Sequelae or complications derived from the surgical technique may also appear, such as the appearance or worsening of gastroesophageal reflux, mainly after restrictive procedures, or pathologies associated with the abdominal wall. 

Lastly, bariatric surgery has also been shown to be beneficial in patients who are candidates for solid organ transplantation, although certain techniques are preferred. The same occurs in patients with other associated pathologies, such as inflammatory bowel disease, cardiac, renal or psychiatric pathologies. 

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

This postgraduate certificate in Transplantation, Abdominal Wall and Special Situations in Bariatric Surgery offers you the advantages of a high-level scientific, teaching, and technological course.  These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software.
• A 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.
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations.
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification.
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions regarding the course, discussion 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 postgraduate certificate.

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 this to offer you the high quality postgraduate certificate you need"

Our teaching staff is composed of medical professionals, practising specialists. In this way we ensure that we provide you with the training update we are aiming for. 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.

Do not hesitate to take this training with us. You will find the best teaching material with virtual lessons"

This 100% online postgraduate certificate will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while expanding your knowledge in this field"

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

• Analyze the available evidence on bariatric surgery in patients with BMI < 35 kg/m2, in super obese patients, adolescents and women who wish to procreate
• To determine the adverse effects of bariatric surgery on bone metabolism and muscle mass
• Evaluate the current recommendations for bariatric surgery in patients who are candidates for solid organ transplantation or have associated cardiological, renal or psychiatric diseases
• Establish the significance of postoperative gastroesophageal reflux and abdominal wall alterations

Specific Objectives

• Analyze the safety of treatment in patients with BMI < 35kg/m2
• Evaluate the most appropriate techniques for obese patients
• Describe the complications that can occur in the abdominal wall involved in bariatric surgery
• Establish indications for surgery in patients who are candidates for solid organ transplantation
• Interpret the risk of alterations in bone metabolism
• Evaluate the risk of developing sarcopenia
• Quantify the risk-benefit ratio of surgery in when there is also a pre-existing renal, cardiac or psychiatric pathology
• Compare the results of different surgical techniques with conservative treatment
• Design future lines of work in superobese patients
• Assess the risk of pregnancy in patients put forward for bariatric surgery

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"