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Train at the highest level in a cutting-edge area such as clinical nutrition with the best professionals in the sector and an exceptional partner such as Abbott Laboratories.
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This degree aims to provide specialised training for health professionals in the field of Clinical Renal Nutrition. Specifically, it will deal with the concept of malnutrition and malnutrition related to the disease in different clinical contexts. During the course, professionals will be able to update and deepen their knowledge in the early detection of malnutrition related to the disease, as well as in the establishment of nutritional treatments adapted to the needs of each patient.
The Specialist Degree in Addressing Malnutrition Related to Kidney Disease is a qualification designed in collaboration with Abbott Laboratories and health professionals from the best health centres.
Quality training at your own pace thanks to an innovative methodology.
The teaching programme is structured in 7 modules, obtaining the Expert qualification by passing 3 modules, 15 ECTS, being compulsory to pass the modules Clinical nutrition in renal disease and Advanced clinical nutrition in renal disease.
You have the possibility of taking individual modules and receiving a certificate accrediting that you have passed them.
☐1 Fundamentals of clinical nutrition (3 ECTS)
☐2 Systems for the detection of malnutrition and nutritional assessment (3 ECTS)
☐3 Nutrition and muscle (3 ECTS)
☐4 Nutrieconomics (3 ECTS)
☐5 Prescription of nutritional treatment in illness (3 ECTS)
*In case of taking the expert, choose one subject.
☐Clinical nutrition in renal disease (6 ECTS)
Advanced clinical nutrition in renal disease (6 ECTS)
**In case of taking the expert course, choose both subjects.
Open Learning methodology that will allow you to assimilate the information in a simple and effective way. With self-instructive teaching materials and UAX Online technology.
You will be able to study where and when you want, within the pre-established dates communicated at the time of your enrolment, with freedom of schedule and access to virtual classes available 24/7. At the end of each module, you will be given a 10-questionnaire.
Depending on the needs of each module, you will find many academic resources, such as
audiovisual content, videos, webinars, recorded MasterClasses, etc...
Legal requirements for access
The studies of the Specialist Degree in Addressing Disease-Related Malnutrition can be accessed by fulfilling the following requirements:
(*) in the Spanish Social Security health system or in Spanish Health Centres, Hospitals or Institutions.
Students must provide, at the time of formalising the process or when required by the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, the documentation requested and required in any of the procedures and within the deadlines indicated. If this documentation is not submitted, or if it is not authentic or sufficient, the enrolment will not be formalised.
Start the admission process
It is necessary to fill in the Enrolment Application - Enrolment form that we have published on the web, as well as the rest of the documentation:
Further information: Admission Regulations for the Specialist Programme in Malnutrition Related to Kidney Disease
| You can send your documentation by e-mail to the following e-mail address: gestionacademica@uax.es Academic Secretary's Office Master's Degree. |
The deadlines for enrolment in any of the Modules are:
Enrolment after the indicated months is not allowed, taking into account the estimated time needed to take the programmes.
How long do I have to take each programme?
Once you have registered and enrolled, you will receive an e-mail with the passwords to access the platform. From that moment on, you will have until June 2026 to finish this training.
If the student does not finish the module in the allotted time, he/she will have to re-enrol for the same, upon request to UAX&Abbott. This possibility of re-enrolment cannot be guaranteed due to the limited number of places available.
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