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- UAB Master's Degree (Continuing Education)
- Code: 3741/9
- 9th edition
- Modality: Face to face
- Credits: 60 ECTS
- Start date: 19/01/2026
- Finish date: 19/09/2026
- Places: 9
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 7500 €
- Teaching language: Spanish (60%), English (40%)
- Location: Hospital de San Pau. P Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona. Unitat Docent de San Pau UAB
This knowledge is acquired over many years of study in different centres and from specific courses on osteosynthesis, arthroscopy, microsurgery etc. The Master's Degree in Surgery of the Hand and Upper Limb aims to help students in systematically building up the skills and expertise they need.
The sub-specialty in surgery of the hand and upper limb provides the essentials for carrying out the usual techniques, and equips its students with the knowledge of theory needed to take the European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma examination of the European Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH)
Career opportunities
This master's degree provides the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to pursue the sub-specialty of surgery of the shoulder and elbow and surgery of the wrist and hand, provided the student has undergone specialist training in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology or another surgical specialty, within the Spanish national health system or that of another country.This master's degree equips its students with the knowledge of theory needed to take the European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma examination of the European Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH).
Internships
The internships are mandatory and will take place in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
Students will have supervised internships by a professor. They can spend 8-14 hours with their tutor in outpatient consultations, visiting hospitalized patients, and observing surgical interventions by the upper limb team, and the trauma team in case of an upper limb fracture surgery. Occasionally, they may assist the surgeon.
It is essential that the student has a medical certificate stating they do not have infectious-contagious diseases and has contracted a civil liability insurance policy. Similarly, they must go through the Teaching Department of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and provide the documentation requested by the hospital.
Scholarships and financial aid
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Coordinating centres
Departamento de Cirugía
Collaborating centres
Departament de Cirurgia Ortopèdica i Traumatologia. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Contact
Anna Maria Cucurella
Phone: 935868981