Application deadline
31-10-22
Start
01-11-22
Price: 6000
End
30-04-24
Duration
18 months
DIPARTIMENTO DI ELETTRONICA, INFORMAZIONE E BIOINGEGNERIA
http://www.rehabtech.polimi.it
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
Master of Science in
Engineering,
Economics,
Medicine and Surgery (School of Medicine),
Rehabilitation Technologies,
Psychology.
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
Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy and other professions of the
rehabilitation.
Location
Lecco
Faculty and staff
Director
ALESSANDRA LAURA GIULIA PEDROCCHI
Co-Director
FRANCO MOLTENI
Department/School/Institution
POLO TERRITORIALE DI LECCO
VIA GAETANO PREVIATI, 1/C
23900
LECCO
Contact person
dott.ssa ROBERTA CASTELNUOVO
master-rehabtech@polimi.it