Application deadline
31-10-22
Start
01-11-22
Price: 6000
End
30-04-24
Duration
18 months
DIPARTIMENTO DI ELETTRONICA, INFORMAZIONE E BIOINGEGNERIA
Description
Currently, the training of professional figures who work in the global field of health and
assistance in the rehabilitation and inclusion field is made in an independent way, and
the interaction occurs only in the field. As a consequence, it is characterized by evident
gaps: i) distance between the actual needs of the clinic and the design of new devices;
ii) difficulty of research laboratories to transfer their prototypes to the market; iii)
difficulties for investors to guide and support the innovation process, and of the
healthcare management to manage changes related to the introduction of technologies.
The proposal of this master is to integrate a group of professional figures with different
backgrounds into a classroom, and to build a common knowledge and a comprehensive
full-fledged understanding of the problems and challenges related to the real
integration of technologies in the rehabilitation clinic and in the management of the
continuity of care and social inclusion. In this way, we can speed up the real impact of
these technologies in the lives of patients, their families, and clinical professionals. The
teaching will deal with the understanding of the medical bases of the
neurorehabilitation path, the design of the requirements and technical specifications of
technologies and robotics in rehabilitation (including robotics, artificial intelligence,
neurostimulation, neuroplasty, and virtual reality). The path will then address the study
of industrial transfer processes, technological evaluation, and innovation. Clinical
translation methodologies based on evidence-based medicine will be addressed. The
patient will be at the center of the teaching, through appropriate ethical and
engagement considerations. The path will conclude with the study of organizational
models integrated with the purpose of delivering innovative services.
Educational project
The goal of this master is to create a school able to provide interdisciplinary transversal
skills to the most relevant players in the field of technologies for rehabilitation, home
care, and empowerment of disable and fragile people. Technologies must become a
multiplier and extension of human resources, of the ability to organize and deliver a
service, a resource to improve the care interaction, to relieve or limit the
psychophysical overload in the activities of care and rehabilitation assistance by formal
and informal caregivers, having the patient and his needs at the center of the whole
process. This topic requires a strong interaction - a cultural dialogue of professional
figures with different backgrounds that need to work together, among which we identify
(in a non- exclusive way): physicians (specializing and specialized in physiatry,
neurology, geriatrics, etc.); psychologists and neuropsychologists; rehabilitation health
professionals (physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nurses,
etc.); engineers (biomedical and non); health and industrial managers, investors. The
Master is organized in blended form. It consists of 12 monthly modules, 8 online and 4
on-site (i.e., frontal lessons). The on-site modules correspond to 4 long weekends
(Thursday-Saturday).
Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Economics, Physiotherapy, Psychology,
Rehabilitation
Technologies with large clinical experience.
It's mandatory to demonstrate knowledge of the English language through one of the
following certifications (the minimum grade required is indicated):
ETS - TOEFL: Paper Based >= 547 (total score);
Computer Based >= 210 (total score);
Internet Based >= 78 (total score)) ETS - TOEIC >= 720 CAMBRIDGE
>= FCE - GRADE B or >= CAE - GRADE C IELTS >= 6 TRINITY COLLEGE >= ISE II
Location
Lecco
Faculty and staff
Director
ALESSANDRA LAURA GIULIA PEDROCCHI
Department/School/Institution
POLO TERRITORIALE DI LECCO
VIA GAETANO PREVIATI, 1/C
23900
LECCO
Contact person
dott.ssa ROBERTA CASTELNUOVO
master-rehabtech@polimi.it
