• Plan and propose appropriate preventive measures for each clinical situation.
  • Indicate the most accurate therapy in acute and chronic processes prevailing, as well as for terminally ill patients.
  • Establish the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, applying principles based on the bestinformation available and on conditions of clinical safety.
  • Recognise and address situations which may be life-threatening and others which demand immediate attention.
  • Have the capacity to make an initial diagnosis and establish a reasonable strategy of diagnosis.
  • Perform a physical examination and a mental health assessment.
  • Obtain and elaborate a clinical history withrelevant information.
  • Understand the foundations of action, indications and efficacy of therapeutic interventions, based on available scientific evidence.
  • Understand and recognise the effects of growth, development and aging which affect individuals and their social environment.
  • Understand and recognise source agents and risk factors which determine health status and the development of diseases.
  • Understand and recognise the structure and normal function of the human body, at the following levels: molecular, tissue, organic, and of systems, in each phase of human life and in both sexes.
  • Develop ones professional practise with a respectful attitude towards other health professionals, acquiring team work skills.
  • Recognise ones limitations and the necessity of maintaining and updating ones professional competence, giving special importance to an autonomous way of learningnew content and techniques, and the importance of motivation for quality achievement.
  • Develop ones professional practise with respect towards the autonomy of patients, their beliefs and culture.
  • Know how to apply the principle of social justice and understand the ethical implication health has in a worldwide context in constant transformation.
  • Understand the importance of such principles for the best interests of the patient, society and the profession, with special attention to professional privacy.
  • Recognise the essential elements of the medical profession, including ethical principles, legal responsibilities and the professional practise focused on the patient.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of the main blood pathologies.
  • Knows the characteristics of pregnancy, normal and pathological delivery. Puerperium period. Is aware of exploration and follow-up criteria.
  • Understands the characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of the main gynaecological pathologies.
  • Knows the characteristics of contraception and fertilisation.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main ophthalmological pathologies.
  • Is aware of tumour disease, its diagnose and management.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main pathologies affecting ear, nose, and throat.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main cardiocirculatory pathologies.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main pathologies affecting the digestive system.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main nephrourinary pathologies.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main pathologies affecting the locomotor system.
  • Understand and recognise the effects, mechanisms and manifestations of diseases over the structure and function of the human body.
  • Recognise the standards of normal human behaviour and its alterations.
  • Knows the pathologies of nutrition.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of the main pathologies affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems.
  • Is aware of the main infectious agents and their mechanisms of action.
  • Reconocer, diagnosticar y orientar el manejo de las principales patologías infecciosas en los distintos órganos y aparatos.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main pathologies affecting the immune system.
  • Knows the morphofunctional characteristics of newborns, children and adolescents, as well as the characteristics of growth, and of preterm infants.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of the main paediatric pathologies.
  • Knows of the social and legal implications of death. Recognises the normal evolution of a corpse. Knows the basis of a post-mortem diagnose and the foundations of medical criminology.
  • Is able to apply professional values of excellence, altruism, sense of duty and responsibility, integrity, and honesty in the professional practise.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of physical and mental damage.
  • Knows the legal foundations of the medical practise and profession. Informed consent. Confidentiality.
  • Knows the basis of medical ethics. Bioethics. Solves ethical conflicts.
  • Knows how to perform a basic physical examination.
  • Is able to compile medical and legal documents.
  • Knows how to carry out functional tests, determines vital parameters and interprets them.
  • Recognises the morphology and structure of tissue, organs and systems through macroscopic and microscopic methods, and image techniques.
  • Interprets a normal test.
  • Handles material and the use of basic laboratory techniques.
  • Is aware of the necessity to maintain ones professional skills.
  • Knows the processes of growth, maturation and aging of the different organs and systems. Homeostasis. Adaptation to the environment.
  • Knows the morphology, structure and function of skin, blood, organs and body systems: circulatory, digestive, locomotor, reproductive, excretory and respiratory systems; endocrine system, immune system, central and peripheral nervous systems.
  • Knows the phases of embrionary development and organogenesis.
  • Knows the mechanisms of information, expression and genetic regulation. Inheritance patterns.
  • Knows the procedures which take place in the cell cycle. Cell differentiation and proliferation.
  • Knows the procedures in cell communication and the function of excitable cell membranes.
  • Is aware of the basic principles in human nutrition.
  • Knows the cell structure and its function. Implication of biomolecules. Knows the metabolism, its regulation and metabolic integration.
  • Working capacity to function in an international context.
  • Consideration of ethics as a fundamental value in the professional practise.
  • Acknowledge diversity and multiculturality.
  • Capacity for communicating with professional circles from other domains.
  • Criticism and self-criticism skills.
  • Team-working skills and engaging with other people in the same line of work or different.
  • Proper organisation and planning of the workload and timing in professional activities.
  • Establish a good interpersonal communication which may allow professionals show empathy and talk to the patients efficiently,as well as to their relatives, the media and other professionals.
  • Be able to formulate hypothesis, gather information and evaluate it critically in order to solve problems by following the scientific method.
  • Understand the importance and the limitations of scientific thinking in the study, prevention and management of diseases.
  • In the professional practise, take a point of view which is critical, creative, constructive and research-oriented.
  • Keep and use medical records which contain information about the patient for later analysis, preserving the confidentiality of personal data.
  • Know how to use IT in clinical, therapeutic and preventive activities, and those of research.
  • Know how to use the sources of clinical and biomedical information available, and value them critically in order to obtain, organise, interpret and communicate scientific and sanitary information.
  • Key knowledge of the national health care system and of health legislation.
  • Know of the national and international health organisations, and the environment and determining factors in several health systems.
  • Obtain and use epidemiological data and evaluate tendencies and risks influencing health decision-making.
  • Recognise the role to play in multi-professional teams, assuming leadership when appropriate, both for the provision of health care and the interventions for medical promotion.
  • Assume the role to play in preventive measures and protection against diseases, injuries or accidents, and the maintenance and promotion of health, both individually and in communities
  • Recognise health determinants in population, such as genetic ones, dependent on sex, lifestyle, demographic, environmental, social, economic, psychological and cultural.
  • Communicate in an effective and clear way, both writing and orally, with patients, their relatives, the media and other professionals.
  • Write clinical reports and other medical records in an understandable way for any third party.
  • Listen carefully, obtain and synthesize concrete information regarding the problems which may affect the patient and understand the content of such information.
  • Acquire properclinical experience in hospitals, health care centres and other health institutions, under supervision, as well as basic knowledge of clinical management focused on the patient and the correct use of tests, medicines and other resources available in the health care system.
  • Knows how to perform professional practise with respect towards the patients, their beliefs and culture.
  • Knows the principles and applies methods of preventive medicine and public health.
  • Knows how to evaluate risk factors and disease prevention. Recognises health determinants in population. Health indicators.
  • Knows the planning systems of health programmes, as well as programming and evaluation ones.
  • Understands the course of action in prevention and protection against diseases, injuries and accidents.
  • Knows how to evaluate healthcare quality and the patients safety strategies. Is aware of the importance of vaccines.
  • Understands basic concepts of epidemiology and demographics.
  • Is aware of healthcare planning administration at a global scale, in Europe, Spain and the autonomous communities.
  • Knows the economic and social implications which medical practise entails, considering effectiveness and efficiency criteria.
  • Knows the strategies which exist in health and environment, food safety and occupational health care
  • Knows, evaluates and uses technology and sources of clinical and biomedical information to obtain, organise, interpret and communicate clinical, sanitary and scientific information.
  • Knows key concepts of biostatistics and their application to medical sciences.
  • Is able to design and elaborate simple statistic studies by using computer programming and interprets the results.
  • Understands and interprets statistical data in medical literature.
  • Knows healthcare and disease History. Knows of the existence and the principles of alternative medicine.
  • Is able to handle a personal computer with autonomy, uses searching and retrieval information systems, knows and handles clinical documentation procedures.
  • Understands and interprets scientific texts critically.
  • Knows the principles of the scientific method, biomedical research and clinical trial.
  • Knows the principles of telemedicine.
  • Knows and manages medical principles based on (the best) evidence.
  • Knows of the aspects of communication with patients, their relatives and their social environment: clinical relationship models, interview, verbal and non-verbal communication and interferences. Delivering bad news.
  • Knows how to compile histories, records, instructions and other register documents, in a comprehensible way for patients, their relatives and other professionals.
  • Knows how to present scientific work and professional recordsto an audience, both written and orally.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of the main skin pathologies.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the main pathologies affecting the endocrine system.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of the pathologies affecting the respiratory system.
  • Acquire basic training for research activity.
  • Understands the characteristics of child nutrition.
  • Knows how to make a diagnosis and apply genetic counselling.
  • Understands the processes of cognitive, emotional and psychosocial development of childhood and adolescence.
  • Knows the biological, psychological and social foundations of personality and behaviour.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of psychiatric disorders. Psychotherapy.
  • Recognises, diagnoses and guides the management of intoxication.
  • Knows the applications of palliative medicine.
  • Is aware of the characteristics of prevalent pathologies in the case of elders.
  • Conocer los diferentes aspectos de la medicina familiar y comunitaria: entorno vital de la persona enferma, promoción de la salud en el ámbito familiar y comunitario.
  • Recognises, diagnoses, and guides the management of vital risk situations.
  • Knows how to perform a complete anamnesis, focused on the patient and orientated to various pathologies, interpreting its meaning.
  • Knows how to perform a physical examination of the body organs and systems, as well as a psychopathological exploration, interpreting their meanings.
  • Knows how to evaluate modifications in clinical parameters at different ages.
  • Knows how to set an action plan, focused on the patients needs and the family and social envionment, which should be coherent regarding the patients symptoms and signs.
  • Knows how to carry out manoeuvres of basic and advanced life support.
  • Evaluate the risk-benefit balance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
  • Is aware of the indications in biochemical tests, as well as haematological, immunological, microbiological, anatomical and pathological, and image tests.
  • Conocer las características de los tejidos en las diferentes situaciones de lesión, adaptación y muerte celular. Inflamación. Alteraciones del crecimiento celular.
  • Knows the pathological anatomy of various body organs and systems.
  • Understands the use of biochemical markers, as well as cytogenetic and of molecular biology which may be applied in clinical diagnosis.
  • Knows the bases of microbiology and parasitology.
  • Is aware of the main techniques of microbiological and parasitological diagnosis and interprets the results.
  • Knows the foundations of radiation interaction with the human body.
  • Understands the foundations of basic radiological semiology of various organs and systems.
  • Knows other techniques to obtain diagnostic image.
  • Assesses indications and contraindications of radiological studies.
  • Is able to apply radiological protection criteria within the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with ionising radiation.
  • Knows the main groups of drugs, doses, routes of administration and pharmacokinetics. Interactions and adverse effects.
  • Understands the importance of prescription and pharmacovigilance.
  • Knows pharmacology of various organs and systems.
  • Knows how to use medicines properly. Analgesic, antineoplastic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory drugs.
  • Knows the general principles of anaesthesia and resuscitation.
  • Knows the bases of nutrition and diet therapy.
  • Knows the main indications for electrophysiological techniques (ECG, EEG, EMG, and others).
  • Knows of the physiopathology of wounds (including burns, frostbite and other types of wound). Wound healing.
  • Understands the characteristics of surgical haemorrhage and thromboembolic prophylaxis.
  • Is aware of the general surgical indications, preoperatory risk and postoperative complications.
  • Knows the foundations of transfusion and transplantation.
  • Knows the principles and indications of radiotherapy.
  • Knows the bases of rehab, promotion of personal autonomy, functional adaptation of/within the environment, and of other physical procedures in morbidity, for enhancing the quality of life.
  • Saber cómo obtener y procesar una muestra biológica para su estudio mediante los diferentes procedimientos diagnósticos.
  • Is able to interpret results of diagnostic tests in the laboratory.
  • Knows how to manage disinfection and sterilisation techniques.
  • Is able to interpret a radiological image through systematic reading.
  • Knows how to perform and interpret an electrocardiogram and an electroencephalogram.
  • Compiles medical prescriptions correctly, adapted to the patients situation and legal requirements.
  • Knows how to evaluate the nutritional status and plans diets according to specific circumstances.
  • Knows how to apply elementary surgical procedures: cleaning, haemostasis and wound suture.
  • Pre-professional internships independent clinical rotations and a final assessment of skills acquired in Health Care centres, Hospitals, and other health care settings which allows students incorporate professional values, communication skills, clinical reasoning, clinical administration and critical judgement, as well as attention to the most prevalent health problems in the following areas: Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and other clinical disciplines.
  • Final Project: cross-curricular subject the Project of which may be associated to different disciplines.
  • Students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in a specific field of study, on the basis of general secondary education and at a level that includes mainly knowledge drawn from advanced textbooks, but also some cutting-edge knowledge in their field of study.
  • Students must be able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have acquired the competences required for the preparation and defence of arguments and for problem solving in their field of study.
  • Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in their field of study) to make judgements that take relevant social, scientific or ethical issues into consideration.
  • Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both expert and lay audiences.
  • Students must have developed the learning skills needed to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Module: General Medical-Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics - Know the general pathological characteristics of the diseases and disorders that affect organic systems.
  • Module: Introduction to Dentistry - Understand the impact of demographic and epidemiological trends on the practice of dentistry.