Máster Universitario en Xerontoloxía (3ª edición)

Completion requirements:

Compulsory: 24
Optional: 20
External internships 8
Master’s Final Project: 8
Total: 60

This degree includes two specialties:

-Specialty in Social Gerontology (USC)
-Specialty in Clinical Gerontology (UDC)

To obtain the degree, it is compulsory to study one of the two specialties, for which you must pass the two subjects related to the chosen specialty and carry out the internships and the master's thesis for that speciality.

You must also take the common compulsory subjects and 12 elective credits not linked to a specialty.

Para ser admitido ao Máster, o alumno preferentemente deberá de responder o perfil de cada unha das dúas especialidades das que se compón o Máster, a saber:

• Para ser admitido á especialidade en Xerontoloxía Clínica o alumno (recentemente egresado ou non) deberá proceder preferentemente (preferencia 1) dun título de grao afín ás Ciencias da Saúde (medicina, psicoloxía clínica e da saúde, enfermería, fisioterapia, logopedia, terapia ocupacional, podoloxía, odontoloxía, farmacia) ou Sociais (preferencia 2), ou demostrar experiencia profesional e/ou investigadora suficiente neste ámbito, requisito a valorar pola Comisión Académica da UDC de acordo aos méritos achegados (experiencia laboral e/ou investigadora entre outros).
• Para ser admitido á especialidade en Xerontoloxía Social, o alumno (recentemente egresado ou non) deberá proceder preferentemente (preferencia 1) dun título de grao afín ás Ciencias Sociais e/ou Xurídicas (socioloxía, dereito, pedagoxía, antropoloxía, psicoloxía, demografía, xeografía, traballo social, educación física) ou da Saúde (preferencia 2), ou acreditar experiencia profesional e/ou investigadora suficiente neste ámbito, requisito a valorar pola Comisión do Título de Máster da Facultade de Enfermería da USC acordo aos méritos achegados (experiencia laboral e/ou investigadora entre outras).
• A admisión será por adecuación de perfil (ramas dos estudos de procedencia). E, no caso de que a demanda fose maior que a oferta de prazas, a admisión sería de acordo ao seguinte baremo (Expediente e Formación Académica):

• Minimum number of ECTS enrollment credits per student and school period

  Completion requirements:

  Compulsory: 24
  Optional: 20
  External internships 8
  Master’s Final Project: 8
  Total: 60

• Tutorial action and reception

  La USC cuenta con recursos de apoyo para los estudiantes de acogida, tales como la reserva de plazas en las Residencias Universitarias, o el Programa de Atención a Estudiantes Extracomunitarios (PATEX) del Vicerrectorado con competencias en movilidad, a través del cual voluntarios/as de la USC realizan tareas de acompañamiento dirigidas a la integración en la ciudad y en la Universidad de los estudiantes de acogida.

  En cuanto a los/as estudiantes de acogida, se organiza una sesión de recepción, al inicio de cada cuatrimestre, en la que se les informa y orienta sobre el centro y los estudios, al tiempo que se les pone en contacto con los coordinadores académicos, que actuarán como tutores, y el personal del Centro implicado en su atención.

  Por otro lado, entre las funciones de la Comisión Académica está la designación de los tutores para el desarrollo de los trabajos de investigación dentro del Máster.

  Este aspecto, con la designación de tutores, conformará el acceso al “Sistema de tutorías” para garantizar el apoyo y asesoramiento del alumno. Dispondrán de “Tutorías del profesorado en general” (especificadas en el programa de cada asignatura) y “Tutores de Máster”, ya que desde el primer día de clase los estudiantes tendrán asignado un tutor/a cuya función principal es la de apoyo y asesoría de carácter general.

  Además, durante la realización del Trabajo Fin de Máster, a cada alumno también se le asignará un tutor específico que lo asesora en la elaboración del mismo y con un perfil relacionado con los intereses de investigación afines. En el caso de las prácticas externas, también se nombrará un “Tutor de prácticas externas” en los centros o grupos donde se realicen.

• Access

  Access

  Poderán acceder ás ensinanzas oficiais de máster:

  1. As persoas que estean en posesión dun título universitario oficial español.
  2. Aquelas que teñan un título expedido por unha institución de educación superior do EEES que faculta no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinanzas de máster.
  3. Os titulados conforme a sistemas educativos alleos ao EEES sen necesidade de homologación dos seus títulos, previa comprobación pola Universidade de que os ditos títulos acreditan un nivel de formación equivalente aos correspondentes títulos universitarios españois e que facultan no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinanzas de posgrao.

  Admission

  Modality: Master's degree with limited places and specific criteria.
  Access qualifications:
  - Graduates in the area of Health Sciences. - Graduates in the area of Social and Legal Sciences. Social and Legal Sciences - Graduates in the area of Experimental Sciences. Experimental Sciences - Graduates in Technical Education - Graduates in Humanities

  Students from countries with a language other than Galician, Portuguese or Spanish must accredit the level of Galician language Celga 2, or Spanish B1, according to the Agreement of the USC Governing Council of July 30, 2018.

  SELECTION CRITERIA
  Admission will be based on the suitability of the profile (branches of studies of origin). In the event that the demand is greater than the number of places available, admission will be based on the following scale:
  1º) ACADEMIC RECORD (maximum 10 points).
  -Honours (10 points): 4 points, 10 points will be awarded. -Outstanding (from 9 to 9,99 points): 3 points, it will be valued with 8 points. -B (7 to 8.99 points): 2 points, to be awarded 6 points -Pass (from 5 to 6.99 points): 1 point, to be assessed with 5 points.
  2º) ACADEMIC TRAINING AND EXTRAORDINARY PRIZES (maximum 5 points)
  A: Degree, Diploma or Bachelor's degree
  -1 point will be added for obtaining an extraordinary prize or for other degrees, diplomas and/or bachelor's degrees.
  B: Doctoral thesis
  -Outstanding cum laude (or apto cum laude): 4 points -Excellent: 3 points -Notable: 2 points -Approbado (ou apto): 1 point -If the grade is not specified, the minimum score will be considered. -If the thesis has a European mention, 1 point will be added. Also 1 point will be added for obtaining extraordinary prize.

Modality: Master's degree with limited places and specific criteria.
Access qualifications:
- Graduates in the area of Health Sciences. - Graduates in the area of Social and Legal Sciences. Social and Legal Sciences - Graduates in the area of Experimental Sciences. Experimental Sciences - Graduates in Technical Education - Graduates in Humanities

Students from countries with a language other than Galician, Portuguese or Spanish must accredit the level of Galician language Celga 2, or Spanish B1, according to the Agreement of the USC Governing Council of July 30, 2018.

SELECTION CRITERIA
Admission will be based on the suitability of the profile (branches of studies of origin). In the event that the demand is greater than the number of places available, admission will be based on the following scale:
1º) ACADEMIC RECORD (maximum 10 points).
-Honours (10 points): 4 points, 10 points will be awarded. -Outstanding (from 9 to 9,99 points): 3 points, it will be valued with 8 points. -B (7 to 8.99 points): 2 points, to be awarded 6 points -Pass (from 5 to 6.99 points): 1 point, to be assessed with 5 points.
2º) ACADEMIC TRAINING AND EXTRAORDINARY PRIZES (maximum 5 points)
A: Degree, Diploma or Bachelor's degree
-1 point will be added for obtaining an extraordinary prize or for other degrees, diplomas and/or bachelor's degrees.
B: Doctoral thesis
-Outstanding cum laude (or apto cum laude): 4 points -Excellent: 3 points -Notable: 2 points -Approbado (ou apto): 1 point -If the grade is not specified, the minimum score will be considered. -If the thesis has a European mention, 1 point will be added. Also 1 point will be added for obtaining extraordinary prize.

• Basic skills

  - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for being original in the development and/or application of ideas —usually in a research context.

  - Students must know how to apply their acquired knowledge and their capacity of problem solving in new or uncommon surroundings. All of this, inside broader —or multidisciplinary— contexts associated with their study area.

  - Students must be able to integrate knowledge and confront the complexity of making judgements from information which could be incomplete and limited. This information must include reflections about social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their study areas’ knowledge and judgements.

  - Students must know how to clearly and unambiguously communicate their conclusions —and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them— to specialized and non-specialized public.

  - Students must possess learning abilities that will allow them to continue studying, in a way which would be largely self-directed and autonomous.

• Generic skills

  - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context. - Students are able to apply their acquired knowledge and problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to gerontology and geriatrics. - Students must be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements based on incomplete or limited information, including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements. - That students know how to communicate their conclusions¿ and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them¿ to specialised and non-specialised audiences in a clear way. specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner. - That students possess the learning skills that will enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

• Specific skills

  - Adquirir conocimientos avanzados y demostrando, en un contexto de investigación científica y tecnológica o altamente especializado, una comprensión detallada y fundamentada de los aspectos teóricos y prácticos y de la metodología de trabajo en el campo de la Gerontología
  - Saber aplicar e integrar los conocimientos adquiridos, la comprensión de estos, su fundamentación científica y sus capacidades de resolución de problemas en entornos sociales y sociosanitarios y definidos de forma imprecisa, incluyendo contextos de carácter multidisciplinar tanto investigadores como profesionales del campo de la gerontología.
  - Ser capaces de reconocer las principales patologías y síndromes geriátricos mediante la aplicación de nuevas e innovadoras metodologías de trabajo adaptadas al ámbito de la gerontología
  - Ser capaces de aplicar el método de valoración geriátrica y gerontológica integral a fin de poder establecer las bases para implementar el plan de atención individualizado
  - Ser capaces de incorporar a los planes de intervención individualizada la metodología de intervención Geronto-geriátrica.
  - Ser capaces de asumir la responsabilidad de su propio desarrollo profesional y de su especialización tanto en el ámbito sociosanitario como sanitario de atención a las personas mayores a fin de i - Acquire advanced knowledge and demonstrate, in a context of scientific and technological or highly specialised research, a detailed and well-founded understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects and working methodology in the field of Gerontology. - Knowing how to apply and integrate the knowledge acquired, the understanding of this knowledge, its scientific basis and its problem-solving abilities in social and socio-health environments and defined imprecisely, including multidisciplinary contexts, both researchers and professionals in the field of gerontology. - Be able to recognise the main geriatric pathologies and syndromes through the application of new and innovative work methodologies adapted to the field of gerontology. - To be able to apply the method of comprehensive geriatric and gerontological assessment in order to be able to establish the bases for implementing the individualised care plan. - To be able to incorporate the geriatric-geriatric intervention methodology into individualised intervention plans. - Be able to take responsibility for their own professional development and specialisation in both the socio-health and health fields of care for the elderly in order to join interdisciplinary teams for geriatric-geriatric assessment and intervention. - Acquire knowledge that will enable them to establish the appropriate geriatric-geriatric resource according to the characteristics of the elderly person. - Develop sufficient autonomy to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations within the field of Gerontology, in both public and private interdisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a high component of knowledge transfer

• Transversal skills

  - Know and apply the scientific method in the drafting of projects. - Know how to disseminate the results obtained in the development of their activity through the sources of information available to the scientific community. - To broaden the perspectives of care, teaching and research through the exchange of students and teachers. - To know the possibilities of research in the field of gerontology in order to motivate students to join it, making it possible to carry out doctoral theses.

Mobility

Student mobility is regulated through the “Regulation of inter-university exchange.” Exchange programs are managed through the International Relations Office, such as national exchange programs (SICUE) as well as Europeans (ERASMUS) and from outside the European Union (exchanges with Latin American countries or English-speaking countries):

Portal Internacional

For those Master's students who wish to study other courses or Master's degrees, the Master's Academic Committee, with the approval of the student's tutor, will facilitate student mobility and will be responsible for establishing the correspondence and suitability of the selected courses, as well as the criteria for validation of the studies taken.
The Selection Committee shall be responsible for proposing a tutor to the host student and assisting the host and home students in their academic decisions. It will also plan and provide mechanisms for monitoring, evaluation, credit allocation and curricular recognition of student mobility. The selection of candidates is carried out, for each call or programme, by the Selection Committee, in accordance with previously established evaluation criteria, which take into account the academic record, a report and, where appropriate, the language skills required by the host university.

Internships

The practical programme is specific to each speciality and will consist of several modalities:
a) Socio-health practices: to be carried out in different geriatric or gerontological care centres, according to previously established programmes and agreements.
b) Research placements: to be carried out in different geriatric or gerontological research centres, in accordance with previously established programmes and agreements.
c) Recognition: this section may be confirmed/recognised by the Academic Committee for those students who can prove, by means of the corresponding certificate, that they are carrying out work and/or research activity in relation to the required placements or occupy professional positions in relation to the care of the elderly.
The external placements will be carried out in the different approved centres, under the supervision of a professional, preferably with the same profile as the student, who will be responsible for assessing the student's performance during the activities.
Prior to the end of the first four-month period, students must use a specific form to choose the type of work placement to be carried out during the second four-month period, in accordance with the established offer.

The purpose of the Master's Final Project (8 credits) is to accredit that the student has acquired the knowledge and competences associated with the Master's Degree in Gerontology. Although its origin will be determined from the subject of Research Methodology, it will be carried out by the student during the second four-month period under the guidance of a tutor-Doctor who will be assigned according to the coincidence of research interests.
The work will consist of the preparation and public presentation of a research project carried out by the student, with special emphasis on the application of this research to the field of gerontology and geriatrics.
In order for a proposal to be considered accepted and for the student to be able to proceed with its development and elaboration, the student must present, before the end of the second four-month period, to the Master's Academic Committee, a proposal of the work he/she intends to carry out. Once the proposal has been approved by the Committee and the tutor, the student will proceed with the development of the final project.