Master in Pediatric Orthopedics

Orthopedics for children or child orthopedics, it is a specialty of orthopedic medicine based on the study and treatment of lesions and most frequent musculoskeletal disorders both in children and adolescents. It is also usual to know this discipline or its professionals as pediatric orthopedics, child traumatology, childish orthopedic surgery and child orthopedic. Through the present master in pediatric orthopedics you can acquire the professional knowledge necessary to specialize the main orthopedic disorders in children and their treatment, in the use of children's orthopedic devices, the application of a child prosthetic, etc.

Once the Master in Pediatric Orthopedics is over, students will have developed the following objectives: - Analyze the anatomy of the human body. - Know the main pathologies that occur in upper extremities. - Identify the pathologies that occur in lower extremities. - Establish an exploration and diagnostic protocol. - Analyze diagnosis help equipment. - Recognize the main diagnostic tests for column and pelvis. - Recognize the main shoulder diagnostic tests. - Recognize the main diagnostic tests for wrist. - Recognize the main diagnostic tests for hip. - Recognize the main diagnostic tests for knee. - Recognize the main diagnostic tests for foot and ankle. - Relate the anatomy and physiology of the human body with the application of orthoprothetic treatments. - Analyze the biomechanical of the anatomical segments susceptible to orthoprothetic treatment, carrying out the functional assessment of the patient by using clinical parameters and specific instruments. - Relate the patient's pathology with the application of orthoprothetic treatments, identifying syndromes, functional alterations and characteristics of amputations. - Interpret the medical prescription of an order, determining the type and technical characteristics of the prescribed product. - Analyze the anthropometric and functional characteristics of the patient, determining the parameters involved in the projection of the organ, taking the required measures in accordance with the prescribed product and established protocols. - Project organs, from optional prescription, determining elaboration plans, materials to be used, manufacturing means and techniques to be applied. - Apply the manufacturing procedures of the base parts of the organ, according to established criteria and applicable regulations. - Analyze the proof procedures of the prescribed organs. - Perform the rectifications, alignment and definitive finish of the organ, depending on the test results, according to established protocols. - Analyze the definitive adaptation and the final and periodic check of the prescribed organ, according to technical and applicable regulations. - Enter the concept of biomechanics and its application in prostheses. - List the functions and mechanisms of action of lower and upper limb prostheses. - Describe in detail the different types of prostheses of the lower and upper limb. - Differentiate the parts that make up the lower limb prostheses. - Differentiate the parts that make up the upper limb prostheses. - Know the orthoprosthesis and the prostheses indicated in congenital amputations. - Differentiate the type of support product required by the patient, according to the classification of applicable disabilities, medical prescription and functional needs of the patient, specifying the technical characteristics of the product. - Analyze aspects related to the quality of life and integral accessibility, involved in the design of support products for disabled people and older people. - Analyze the characteristics of support products, considering needs related to domestic life, personal care, communication and information, mobility and own needs of the elderly. - Select procedures for taking measures for the elaboration of a support product. - Apply procedures for supporting products, determining elaboration plans, means of manufacturing, materials and techniques. - Analyze the operations required for the manufacture and/or adaptation of technical aids for daily life, according to established protocols and applicable regulations. - Analyze the functionality of the support product, checking the correspondence with the objectives of its design, following the technical protocols and complying with applicable regulations. - Apply communication and patient information techniques on technical characteristics, use, maintenance and periodic reviews of the support product, according to the established monitoring program, according to the applicable regulations. - Apply procedures to perform periodic reviews of the support product, attending to the patient/user monitoring program and complying with the applicable regulations.

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Thanks to the overcoming of the master in pediatric orthopedics you can develop the appropriate knowledge to expand and complete your training, specializing in orthopedics for children, children's orthopedic products, orthopedic devices for babies, orthopedic feet problems, orthopedic disorders in children, etc.

This Master in Pediatric Orthopedics is mainly oriented to professionals and students in the health and medicine, more specifically to Orthopedics students, who need to update or expand their knowledge in terms of orthopedic disorders in children. Similarly, it is addressed to those who, by personal interest, want to train in child orthopedics to learn about the main children's orthopedic products, orthopedic devices for babies, etc.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.