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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 primary care health professionals in the field of clinical nutrition. Professionals will acquire skills to assess nutritional status, identify risk factors, design and implement nutritional interventions, develop educational strategies, evaluate nutritional policies, solve practical problems and keep up to date with advances in nutrition. These skills will enable them to effectively address malnutrition in their professional practice and contribute to the well-being of their patients.
The Expert Degree in Addressing Malnutrition in Primary Care 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 Malnutrition in Primary Care and Clinical Malnutrition in elderly patients with medical pathology.
You have the option of taking individual modules and receiving a certificate of completion.
Expert Diploma in Primary Care Management of Undernutrition
Year 1
ANNUAL SUBJECTS
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81290 | Desnutrición en Atención Primaria | OB | 6 |
| 81291 | Desnutrición clínica en paciente en edad avanzada con patología médica | OB | 6 |
| TOTAL: | 12 | ||
ELECTIVE COURSES
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optativa | OP | 3 | |
| TOTAL: | 3 | ||
List of Electives
ANNUAL SUBJECTS
| Code | Subjects | Character* | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81292 | Fundamentos en nutrición clínica | OP | 3 |
| 81293 | Sistemas de detección de desnutrición y valoración nutricional | OP | 3 |
| 81294 | Nutrición y músculo | OP | 3 |
| 81295 | Nutrieconomía | OP | 3 |
| 81296 | Prescripción de tratamiento nutricional en enfermedad | OP | 3 |
| TOTAL: | 15 | ||
*Character: BT: Basic Training, Ob: Required, Op: Optional
Open Learning methodology that will allow you to assimilate the information in a simple and effective way. With self-instructional 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 quiz.
Depending on the needs of each module, you will find many academic resources, as well as
audiovisual content, videos, webinars, recorded MasterClasses, etc...
Legal requirements for access
The following requirements must be met in order to be admitted to the Expert Degree in Addressing Malnutrition in Primary Care:
(*) 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 Expert Programme on Addressing Malnutrition in Primary Care
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 30 September 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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