Master's Degree in Interventional Cardiology

We present the Master’s Degree in Lifelong Learning in Interventional Cardiology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, through which we offer the opportunity to undertake both theoretical and practical training in interventional cardiology over a period of two years.
The master’s programme will be delivered across three centres: Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, and Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, all of which are affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The haemodynamics units of these three hospitals are comprehensive percutaneous intervention units, where virtually all conditions encountered in daily cardiac care are managed, including coronary artery disease, structural heart disease, and congenital heart disease. These units are accredited by the Spanish Society of Cardiology to provide training in interventional cardiology.
In addition, these units actively participate in numerous research studies, both their own and in collaboration with other national and international groups.
The aim of the master’s programme is to achieve comprehensive theoretical and practical training in the field of coronary intervention, fulfilling the requirements jointly established by the Section of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SHCI) and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), in order to obtain accreditation in coronary intervention.
The programme includes a theoretical component covering all areas of knowledge involved in this subspecialty. The curriculum is based on EAPCI recommendations and will be delivered through weekly clinical sessions taught by the haemodynamics unit team at our centre.
The development of the master’s programme has a fundamentally practical orientation. A core objective of the course is the progressive acquisition of the practical skills required by Spanish and European scientific societies, in order to meet the criteria established for accreditation. Training will consist, on the one hand, of commented reviews of daily clinical cases and, on the other, of progressive participation in both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under the supervision of a tutor, a staff physician of the unit. Accreditation recommendations established by the EAPCI and the SHCI of the Spanish Society of Cardiology will be followed.
Furthermore, throughout the master’s programme, a supervised research project will be carried out, culminating in the presentation of a Master’s Final Project. Its objective is to train students in the tools of scientific research and the dissemination and publication of knowledge.

Career opportunities

Students may opt to work as physicians in a coronary-interventional laboratory as an independent operator.

Internships

UAB masters and graduate diplomas may include or facilitate external academic internships in companies or institutions in order to help the student to achieve a level of expertise that facilitates the insertion or promotion in the workplace.

For this study programme non-curricular (optional) internships are possible:

• Non-curricular
  As a UAB student, you have access to the University occupation portal, the Occupability Service, through which you can participate in selection processes for non-curricular practices as well as getting a contract. In both cases, you need to sign up to the Nexus application.

Scholarships and financial aid

Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.

Coordinating centres

Departamento de Medicina

Collaborating centres

Unitat de hemodinàmica del servei de cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Unitat de hemodinàmica del servei de cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Unitat d’hemodinàmica del servei de cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

Contact

HUSCiSP, efernandezpe@santpau.cat

HUVH, Imanol.Otaegui@uab.cat

HUGTP, xcarrillo.germanstrias@gencat.cat

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