The II level University Master's Degree in Pediatric Neurorehabilitation is an advanced training course, which aims to complete and expand the specialist skills already acquired, providing tools and skills aimed at developing application and professional skills in the developmental age.
The Master is promoted by the Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Area ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma in collaboration with the Neurorehabilitation Unit of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome.
THEUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma thanks to the support of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, it offers a scholarship covering the entire registration fee reserved for SIMFER members.
Educational objectives
At the end of the Master, participants will be able to:
- chair and govern the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team;
- define the project and the individual rehabilitation program of the child and adolescent with disabilities;
- know the mechanisms of neuronal plasticity and its activation modalities;
- manage the care of patients in the developmental age with disabilities deriving from pathologies such as infantile cerebral palsy, stroke, head trauma, brain tumors, spinal injuries, genetic syndromes, etc.;
- use pharmacological, surgical, rehabilitative, prostheses, orthoses and aids in an optimal and integrated way in order to develop the full potential of the child;
- understand and intervene in the psychological dynamics of the family;
- use new technologies in the rehabilitation of disabilities.
Career opportunities
The professional figure trained by the Master, in accordance with current legislation, can be placed in:
- Companies and organizations in the private and public health sector (hospitals, local health authorities, etc.).
- Departments and services of child neuropsychiatry.
- Territorial pediatric rehabilitation services.
- Socio-educational and rehabilitation day centers operating in the field of developmental age disabilities.
- Pediatric palliative care centers.
Recipients and access requirements
To be admitted to the Master's program, it is necessary to have obtained a degree in Medicine and Surgery.
Priority will be given to residents and specialists in one of the following areas:
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- Child and adolescent neuropsychiatry.
- Neurology.
Didactic structure and thematic areas
The course is structured in 14 thematic modules which include integrated forms of theoretical activities, individual learning and field experiences:
- Fundamentals of child neuropsychiatry
- Operational Methodology
- Development, Plasticity and Neuroimaging
- Early diagnosis in the first year of life. The premature baby in the NICU
- The role of the family
- Rehabilitation in the first year of life
- Dysphagia, malnutrition and breathing disorders
- Developmental neuropsychology
- Neurorehabilitation of the child between 1 and 5 years
- The child with acute neurological pathology
- "Invasive" treatments
- Upper limb rehabilitation
- The school-age child
- The adolescent and the transition to adulthood
Lessons will normally take place on a monthly basis and on the following days and times:
- Friday from 02:00 pm pm to 06:00 pm pm
- Saturday from 09:00 am to 01:00 pm and from 02:00 pm to 06:00 pm
The Master will be held in blended mode: 50% of the lessons in person and 50% in live streaming.
Internship
The internship activities will take place at the following facilities:
- IRCCS Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital of Rome – Department of Neurorehabilitation and Robotics – Palidoro - Via della Torre di Palidoro snc – Fiumicino, Rome
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea – Our Family Association, Via don Luigi Monza, 1 - 22037 Ponte Lambro (CO) (at the various offices of the association)
Any other pediatric rehabilitation facilities may be accredited upon proposal of the learner following suitability assessment by the Scientific Management.
Any partial acknowledgments of the internship activity may be evaluated by the Scientific Direction following the presentation of the service certificate.
Method of admission
The application for admission to the Master must be submitted by 23:59 on 27/11/2024 using the online procedure available on the page dedicated to the Master and involves the insertion of:
- personal data and contact details;
- information relating to the qualification;
- CV
- identity card;
- self-declaration in lieu of a certification;
- details of the successful transfer of the admission fee (€60).
The selection will be made through curricular evaluation.
Attendance fee
THEUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma thanks to the support of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, it offers a scholarship covering the entire registration fee reserved for SIMFER members.
The enrollment fee for the entire Master is €3.800,00 to be divided into 2 installments:
- €1.900,00 upon registration
- €1.900,00 by 30/06/2025
There are reduced rates of €3.000,00 (instead of €3.800,00) for the following categories:
- Undergraduates and graduates atUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma;
- employees of the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital Foundation;
- employees of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome;
- UCBM Academy Ambassadors.
All payments, including the one relating to the admission application, must be made by bank transfer to the bank current account in the name of:
Accountholder: Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Bank: Unicredit Sp A.
IBAN: IT63Y0200805181000106877148
specifying in the reason for payment: Surname Name Master Pediatric Neurorehabilitation, application for admission, or first installment, or second installment, or total enrolment.
In no case will the participation fees paid to the Master be refunded.
Title awarded
Participants who complete the Master and are in compliance with the administrative obligations will be awarded the title of II Level University Master in Pediatric Neurorehabilitation.
