Area
Medical and Health Sciences
Sub-Discipline
Health Sciences
University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
The objectives of the Master's Program in Neuroscience are:
1.- To provide advanced training in the field of Biomedicine, both in its theoretical knowledge and in its applications, enabling superior professional performance and also contributing to the deepening of knowledge in the area of Neuroscience.
2.- To accredit, with a higher academic degree, the advanced training acquired through a systematic program of postgraduate studies.
Applicant Profile
Graduates and national and foreign professionals who hold a degree or professional title related to the advanced curriculum they wish to pursue may apply to the study program.
(Biologists; Biochemists; Psychiatrists, Psychologists; Health Professionals and related fields)
Graduate profile
Through the completion of mandatory and optional courses, as well as a research unit and a thesis, the PMNC graduate has the following competencies:
1. Understand and apply the fundamental principles of neuroscience, including its models, theories and methods.
2. Understand and analyze scientific articles on neuroscience, whether with basic or clinical application.
3.- Develop and execute study projects with working hypotheses or equivalent.
4.- Understand the main pathologies of the nervous system in both their epidemiological and clinical aspects as well as their biological foundations.
5.- Know and apply the principles of instrumental techniques for evaluating the activity of the nervous system in order to optimize them.
6.- Is able to use the scientific method to carry out original research with relevance in the generation of new knowledge applicable in basic neuroscience and/or in clinical practice, contributing to the knowledge and development of the discipline.
7.- Applies ethical concepts and follows rules in protocols for interventions in experimental animals and/or in people to ensure compliance with current regulations.
8. Presents scientific topics to an audience of peers
9.- Is able to transmit the knowledge acquired in different undergraduate and postgraduate educational contexts at the Diploma or Master level.
10. Apply the knowledge in your professional development
Lines of investigation
1. Cellular and molecular neuroscience
2. Cognitive Neuroscience
3. Clinical Neuroscience
4.- Geroscience
5. Mental Health
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