Program Overview

Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol

The Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol is a research-oriented program that aims to develop a better understanding of neurological and musculoskeletal problems with a biomechanical or motor control component in their etiology. The program is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge and skills in the evaluation and treatment of pathologies of neurological origin or those with biomechanical components and motor control.

Objectives

The objectives of the program are to:

• Justify decisions and interventions from theoretical bases and based on the needs of patients with neurological conditions and the available resources.
• Use ethical principles in the process of critical reasoning.
• Show an appreciation of the different needs of people in society.
• Select and use assessments, specific to neurological processes, standardized and non-standardized and identify the functional capacity and the strengths and weaknesses of patients.
• Select, adapt, and use therapeutic means, techniques, and activities to maintain, improve, or accept changes in participation.
• Ensuring that practice is based on professionally recognized evidence.
• Work with patients, and their caregivers, from different cultural and ethnic groups.
• Maintain an adequate record of therapeutic activity.
• Evaluate the methods used in the provision of services.
• Evaluate their own professional practice and the service offered to the patient, their carers, and organizations.
• Be aware of the legislative and political implications at the local and national level that may have an impact on the practice.
• Apply the principles of quality assurance, including auditing methods, to their own practice.
• Understand the research process and value a research culture.
• Apply the research process to service and activities.
• Critically evaluate their own performance in research activities.
• Criticize the supposed knowledge of others.
• Assess the need to apply the research process to establish clinical efficacy.
• Draw on research in practice and establish the evidence on which professional practice is based.
• Take steps to develop knowledge and expertise, and engage in continuing professional development and education.
• Use experience, research, and professional knowledge and skills to enhance the development of individual and general practice.

Learning Outcomes

The program is designed to provide students with the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

• Acquire advanced knowledge of movement and psychomotor skills, their development, specialized assessment and intervention methods, and how to design a psychomotor session in any intervention setting.
• Acquire specialized, evidence-based knowledge of manual therapeutic techniques, hydrotherapy, balneotherapy, technologies, and other specific physiotherapy techniques used in neurorehabilitation.
• Acquire advanced knowledge of motor control and neurorehabilitation, neuroplasticity, learning, recovery, and rehabilitation of motor function and motor control.
• Acquire advanced knowledge of scientific research ethics, national and international regulations, ethics committees, data protection, ethics of scientific publications, and ethical aspects of scientific communication.
• Acquire advanced knowledge of assessment methods for neurological disorders in both children and adults, always based on scientific evidence.
• Understand advanced therapies based on clinical evidence used in the most common neurological and motor control conditions.
• Acquire advanced knowledge of how to develop a research project in neurorehabilitation and motor control following ethical, equality, and sustainability principles.

Skills

• Demonstrate mastery of advanced research skills and methods, the ability to conduct bibliographic searches in major databases, conceive, design, and implement a specialized original research process.
• Acquire the ability to promote technological, social, and cultural advancement within a knowledge-based society in academic and professional contexts.
• Know how to apply new technologies and specialized methods in rehabilitation.
• Gain advanced knowledge in psychomotor skills to systematically observe, evaluate, design, and implement a psychomotor session in any context.
• Acquire specialized knowledge of statistics that will allow them to correctly interpret descriptive statistics.
• Acquire the ability to interpret and manage advanced resources for assessing neurological diseases and motor control disorders.
• Be able to work in a team and apply specialized physiotherapy methods specific to neurorehabilitation and motor control.
• Know how to select, adapt, and use advanced rehabilitation therapeutic methods to maintain, improve, or accept changes in participation.

Competencies

• Possess and understand advanced knowledge that provides the opportunity to be original in the development and application of ideas in a research context.
• Know how to work independently and be able to communicate their conclusions, the knowledge and underlying reasons behind them, to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
• Develop research based on scientific evidence with ethical and quality assurance criteria.

Admission and Enrollment

The admission and enrollment process for the Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol is governed by the regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University. The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are:

• Degree in Physiotherapy (Diploma)
• Degree in Occupational Therapy (Diploma)
• Degree in Medicine (Bachelor's Degree)
• Degree or diploma in nursing
• Degree or Diploma in Psychology The admission process involves a selection test, and the Master's Management will inform interested parties about the selection test and the exact date and place of completion.

Quality Guarantee

The quality guarantee of the Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol is ensured by the Rey Juan Carlos University's Internal Quality Assurance System. The system includes a self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment. The program also has a Quality Assurance Commission that annually analyzes the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepares a report that includes improvement plans if the results so indicate.

Renewal of Accreditation

The renewal of accreditation of the Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment. The university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines, and the result is the Self-Assessment Report that is presented.

History

The Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol has a history of accreditation and renewal. The program has undergone several accreditation processes, and the final reports are available.

Tracking

The tracking of the Master's Degree in Motor Neurocontrol involves the collection of data on the program's indicators, including student profile, teacher evaluation, degree of satisfaction, labor insertion, and external internships. The data is used to evaluate the program's quality and to identify areas for improvement.