Knowledge branch: Health sciences

Degree number of credits: 60

Compulsory credits: 15

Elective credits: 30

Final project: 15

Degree code: 2138

Years: 1

Teaching type: face-to-face

Places available for new students: 45

Languages used in class: Spanish, Valencian and English

Management Centre: Postgraduate centre

Participating universities: University of Valencia

Minimum number of enrolment credits per student: 12

Price per credit [2012-2013 academic year]: 42 €

PhD programme linked to this Master’s programme: Biomedicine and Pharmacy

Academic, scientific or professional interest: There are many different kinds of factors that accompany the development of new drugs, which sometimes makes that the existing information about them reaches society influenced by the media, or at least, biased. Therefore, it is the professionals that belong to the area of health and who develop their work in public entities the ones who can act independently, providing adequate information for proper training of future professionals by instilling in them the ability to screen, select and discern to apply with good judgment (rational use) the most appropriate standard of care in each case