Rome, January 2016 - September 2017
Deadline for applications for selections: 7 January 2016
Selections: 12 January 2016
2st level Joint University Master in “Palliative care and pain management for health professions” – nd Edition
CATEGORY |
MASTER I LEVEL |
EDITION |
2 |
MODE |
PART TIME |
ATTENDANCE |
Minimum required: 80% of the lessons, 100% of the internship |
Purpose
The st level university Master's degree in "Palliative Care and Pain Therapy" for healthcare professions (nurses, pediatric nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists) is promoted jointly by the Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma and the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in collaboration with Antea Onlus Association.
The Master is established pursuant to paragraph 1, art. 8 of law 15 March 2010, n.38 (Provisions to guarantee access to palliative care and pain therapy) and ministerial decree n. 509/1999.
Reference contents and objectives
The Master aims to train health professionals with specific skills in the field of palliative care and pain therapy capable of managing global, interprofessional and high quality care strategies aimed at:
- to the care, assistance and improvement of the quality of life of the person affected by a chronic evolutionary pathology for which there are no longer therapies aimed at healing
- to the treatment and improvement of the quality of life of the person affected by an acute and chronic pain pathology.
Recipients and output profile
The Master is reserved for healthcare professionals in possession of a first-level degree in the healthcare area in Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy or an equivalent qualification.
The Scientific Committee of the Master may decide, on the basis of the curriculum of the individual candidate, a reduction of the credits necessary for the achievement of the title, for the following candidates:
- nurses, pediatric nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists with at least five years of documented experience in the field of palliative care and pain therapy in residential (hospice-type) and/or home care facilities, included in the palliative care and pain therapy care network
- nurses, pediatric nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists who have already obtained a university master's degree in palliative care and pain therapy.
Didactic structure
The training course lasts 18 months and guarantees the acquisition of 60 credits. It is divided into 7 main areas:
- History and philosophy of palliative care and pain therapy
- Evaluation and management of symptoms in the child
- Assessment and management of symptoms in the adult/elderly
- Adult/child pain management
- contexts of care
- Family and volunteering
- Team
Teaching methodology
The didactic structure of the Master was designed in accordance with the Decree of 4 April 2012 relating to the establishment of the University Master of Higher Education and Qualification in "Palliative Care" for health professions. (GU General Series No. 89 of 16 April 2012). The thematic modules include integrated forms of theoretical activities, internship experiences and individual learning. At the end of each thematic area, the student will have to pass an assessment test which may consist of a short written test and/or the presentation and discussion of a project. Passing these tests will allow access to the final test which consists in the elaboration and discussion of a thesis.
Headquarters
The administrative and teaching headquarters of the Master isUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21 - 00128 Rome). The internship locations are:
- Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital: Via Álvaro del Portillo, 200 - 00128 Rome
- Tor Vergata Polyclinic
- Antea Onlus Association: Piazza Santa Maria della Pietà, 5 Pavilion XXII - 00135 Rome
- other regional centres
Method of admission
The application for admission to the Master must be submitted by 7 January 2016 using the online procedure and involves entering:
- personal data
- resume
- dichiarasubstitutive certification
- payment of the admission fee of €50
The selection will be made through curricular evaluation and oral interviews that will take place during the day 12 January 2016 at the headquarters ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. Admission to the Master will be communicated directly via email by the Master's teaching and organizational coordination.
Registration and payment
Having read the admission, enrollment in the Master's must be done by 15 January 2016. Failure to enroll within this deadline will be considered as withdrawal. Enrollment is considered completed by sending the enrollment form provided by the coordination to the Post-Graduate Training Service, together with a copy of the bank transfer certifying payment of the st installment.
All payments, including the one relating to the admission application, must be made to the bank current account in the name of:
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
at Banca Popolare di Bergamo Credito Varesino – Rome office
IBAN: IT89J0542803200000000099779.
Attendance fee
The enrollment fee for the entire Master is € 2.300,00 to be divided into 2 installments:
- €1.150,00 upon enrollment (January 15, 2016)
- € 1.150,00 by 24 June 2016
Specify the reason for each payment. In no event will the fees be refunded. Enrollment in a University Master's is incompatible with simultaneous enrollment in another course of study (first and second cycle degree courses, university diplomas, direct schools for special purposes, specialization schools, research doctorates and university masters).
Faculty
Scientific Direction
- prof Maria Grazia De Marinis - Full Professor of Nursing Sciences, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome
- Prof. Maria Rosaria Alvaro - Associate Nursing Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Scientific coordination
- Dr. Chiara Mastroianni - Nurse, Antea Onlus Association
- Dr. Maria Dolores Listanti - Physiotherapist
Final certificate
Joint Master's Degree in "Palliative Care and Pain Therapy" for the health professions. The recognition of training credits is linked to both regular attendance (compulsory for a total of hours of no less than 80% of the lessons and 100% of the traineeship activities), and passing the ongoing and final tests.
CME credit exemption: Decision of the CNFC of 17 July 2013 on the subject of "Exemptions, Waivers, Individual Tutoring, Training Abroad, Self-learning, Registration Methods and Certification".
