Thanks to the new Master’s Degree in Urgent and Emergency Care at UIC Barcelona, you will have the opportunity to specialise in the care of patients who are admitted to hospital through the emergency services and enhance your knowledge of how to handle emergency situations both in and outside hospital settings

Master’s degree by dissertation is a research master’s degree that requires a high level of theoretical engagement and in some cases, demonstration of the ability to relate knowledge to a range of contexts for professional practice. It must contain a research component at NQF level 9 (to the value of 180 credits), culminating in the acceptance of a dissertation. A research master’s degree is a full research Program designed to develop research skills which amongst others, allows the graduate to progress seamlessly to the research demands of a PhD.

The Master aims to offer advanced training with which the nurse acquires specific professional skills related to management and assistance of the patient with an emergency clinical picture. At the end of the Master the student will be able to: develop nursing care strategies to manage needs clinicians of the patient in the critical area; plan, manage and evaluate the care process quickly, precision and effectiveness to guarantee a highly qualified intervention; manage relationships with the client and family members and communicate effectively with team members in stressful conditions; manage material resources to provide effective, efficient and coherent; evaluate the effectiveness of prevention interventions carried out in contexts socio-sanitary, territorial and educational; offer advice to other operators of the Services; operate in compliance with the rules governing the scope of the Area clinic and emergencies. motivate the choice of appropriate assistance interventions according to the criteria of scientific evidence also considering the implications of health economics of therapeutic, diagnostic, management choices; evaluate the development of one's professional competence, identifying training needs, strategies, and training methods appropriate.

The purpose of this department is within the scope of 4-year undergraduate education and in line with the main principles stated in the a and b clauses of the 4th article and the 5th article of the Yükseköğretim Law No 2547,will be able to take office in “expert / assistant expert” and “manager” positions within the body of fire brigades and all kinds of health institutions, knowing and able to apply the basic methods applied in this field, at the same time ability to provide the training required by the subject to the existing staff in the unit where he / she is assigned, to train specialist staff who have the ability to refer and manage the unit they will work in.