Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine Madrid

You’ll learn by doing, immersing yourself in a method that not only ensures you gain the knowledge, but also the skills and values needed for your future career. Here, every step will prepare you for the real world, with:

• Work experience in real environments, allowing you to work in real scenarios and prepare for future challenges.
• A comprehensive curriculum that links a range of areas, offering a broad, multidisciplinary perspective.
• Interprofessional education, where you’ll study alongside students from a range of subjects, enriching your experience and promoting teamwork.
• State-of-the-art facilities, designed for you to experience your future career today.

From the third year onwards, you’ll become immersed in hospital life, performing clinical rotations in renowned health centres such as:

• Grupo Quirón Salud.
• Hospital ASISA Moncloa.
• Hospital de Getafe.
• Hospital Infanta Sofía.
• Hospital Vithas Avd America.
• Hospital José Germain.
• Hospital Santa Cristina.
• Hospital La Fuenfría.
• 11 Primary Care centres.

Our students receive personalised clinical training, with a 2:1 student-teacher ratio, allowing for a personal approach tailored to each student’s specific needs. This serves to ensure high-quality clinical placements, but also a safe and supportive working environment where students can face the challenges of the clinical field with confidence and competence.

Experience life abroad studying in countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic.

You can also experience summer stays in places like Australia, the UK and prestigious universities in the United States such as Yale and Irvine.

Experience Medicine in an environment that fosters practice, learning and a passion for helping others!

Studying Medicine at Universidad Europea means having truly unique experiences. From the exciting ‘Teddy Bear Hospital’ to our anniversary celebrations for former graduates. There’s also the heartwarming graduation at the Grand Amphitheatre of the Medical Association, an event that symbolises the commitment and dedication of our future health professionals.

Orden ECI 332/2008 of 13 February, which establishes the official requirements for validating official university degrees to be able to work professionally as a doctor:

A. Professional values, Attitudes and Ethical Behaviour:

• CG1. Recognise the core elements of the medical profession, including ethical principles and legal responsibilities, together with how to provide a patient-centred service.
• CG2. Understand the importance of such principles to benefit patients, society and the profession, with a particular focus on professional secrecy, confidentiality and privacy.[1]
• CG3. Know how to apply the principle of social justice to professional practice.
• CG4. Develop professional practice taking into account patient autonomy, their beliefs and culture.
• CG5. Be aware of the need to maintain and update professional skills, specifically keeping up with new developments and discovering new products and techniques in nutrition and with the aim of improving quality.
• CG6. Carry out professional activity with regard to other health professionals.

B. Scientific foundations of Medicine:

• CG7. Understand and recognise the normal structure and function of the human body. This includes studies of molecules, cells, tissue, organs and systems in the different stages of life.
• CG8. Recognise the foundations of normal human behaviour and its alterations.
• CG9. Understand and recognise the effects, mechanisms and manifestations of a disease on the structure and functioning of the human body.
• CG10. Understand and recognise the causal agents and risk factors which determine health conditions and the onset of disease.
• CG11. Understand and recognise the effects of growth, development and ageing on the individual and the social environment.
• CG12. Understand the basic action, indications and effectiveness of therapeutic interventions, based on available scientific evidence.

C. Clinical Skills:

• CG13. Obtain and prepare a medical record with all relevant information.
• CG14. Perform a physical examination and mental health assessment.
• CG15. Be able to form an initial diagnostic opinion and establish a well-founded approach to making a diagnosis.
• CG16. Understand and treat situations which are an immediate threat to life and any others which require immediate attention.
• CG17. Determine a diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, applying principles based on the most reliable information possible.
• CG18. Indicate the most suitable treatment for the most common acute and chronic illnesses, including terminal patients.
• CG19. Raise and propose the suitable preventative measures required in each clinical situation.
• CG20. Acquire sufficient clinical experience under supervision in hospital institutions, health centres or other healthcare institutions.

D. Communication Skills:

• CG21. Listen attentively, obtain and synthesise information regarding the problems troubling the patient and understand this information.
• CG22. Write a case history and other medical records to be read and understood by others.
• CG23. Establish effective written and spoken communication with patients, family members, media and other professionals.
• CG24. Establish good interpersonal communication which allows you to efficiently and empathetically connect with patients, family members, media and other professionals.

E. Public Health and Healthcare Systems:

• CG25. Recognise the determining factors of the population’s health, including genetics and those influenced by lifestyle, demographic, environmental, social, financial, psychological and cultural factors.
• CG26. Take part in prevention and protection against diseases, injuries or accidents, together with the maintenance and promotion of health, on both an individual and community level.
• CG27. Recognise your role in multiprofessional teams, taking the lead where necessary, both in providing healthcare and in activities which promote good health.
• CG28. Obtain and use epidemiological data and evaluate trends and risks to take health-related decisions.
• CG29. Be aware of global health organisations and the environments and constraints of different healthcare systems.
• CG30. Understand the Spanish health system and health legislation.

F. Data Handling:

• CG31. Understand, critically assess and know how to use clinical and biomedical information sources to obtain, organise, interpret and communicate scientific and health information.
• CG32. Know how to use information and communication technology in clinical, therapeutic, preventative and research activity.
• CG33. Maintain and use patient information records for subsequent analysis while always maintaining data confidentiality.

G. Critical Analysis and Research:

• CG34. In professional practice, maintain a critical, creative, constructively-sceptical and research-minded approach.
• CG35. Understand the importance and limitations of scientific thinking in the study, prevention and management of diseases.
• CG36. Be able to formulate hypotheses, gather information and critically evaluate information to solve problems following the scientific method.
• CG37. Acquire basic training in research activity.

[1] The standard reference document for medical practice, professional liability, and patient rights is Ley 41/2002 of 14 November, which governs patient autonomy and patient rights and obligations regarding clinical information and documentation.

• CT1. Communication: ability to engage in active listening, ask questions and respond in a clear and concise way, as well as to effectively express ideas and concepts. This includes concise and clear written communication.
• CT2. Leadership: ability to offer ideas, approaches and interpretations through strategies which offer solutions to real-life problems.
• CT3. Teamwork: ability to integrate and collaborate actively with other people, areas and/or organisations to reach common goals, evaluate and integrate contributions from the rest of the group members and create a good working environment.
• CT4. Adaptability: ability to detect, interpret and respond to a changing environment. Ability to equip themselves and work effectively in different situations and/or with different groups or individuals. This means adapting to change depending on circumstances or needs. It involves the confidence to take on crucial challenges on a personal or group level, maintaining good physical and mental health to allow effective work to be carried out.
• CT5. Initiative: ability to undertake difficult or risky actions with resolve.
• CT6. Problem solving: ability to solve an unclear or complex issue or situation which has no established solution and requires skill to reach a conclusion.
• CT7. Decision making: ability to choose between different options or methods to effectively solve different problems or situations.
• CT8. Planning and organisation: ability to set objectives and choose the right means to fulfil them through the efficient use of time and resources.
• CT9. Ability to put knowledge into practice, i.e. apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to scenarios that recreate real experiences in the relevant profession.
• CT10. Independent learning: the ability to govern your own development by choosing the most effective lines of action, strategies, tools and opportunities to independently learn and apply knowledge to practice.

Module 1: Morphology, Structure and Function of the Human Body

• CE 1.1.1 Understand the structure and function of cells. Biomolecules. Metabolism. Metabolic regulation and integration.
• CE 1.1.2 Understand the basic principles of human nutrition. Cell communication. Excitable membranes. The cell cycle. Cellular differentiation and proliferation. Gene expression, information and regulation. Heredity. Embryo development and organogenesis.
• CE 1.2.1 Understand the morphology, structure and function of skin and blood, as well as the different systems and apparatus: cardiovascular, digestive, musculoskeletal, reproductive, urinary, respiratory, endocrine, immune, central and peripheral nervous systems. Growth, maturity and ageing of the different systems and apparatus. Homoeostasis. Adaptation to environment.
• CE 1.2.2 Use basic laboratory techniques and materials. Interpret a normal analysis. Use macroscopic, microscopic and imaging techniques to recognise the morphology and structure of tissue, organs and systems. Perform functional tests, determine and interpret vital signs. Basic physical examination.

Module 2: Social Medicine, Communication Skills and Introduction to Research

• CE 2.1.1 Understand the legal aspects of the medical profession. Informed consent. Confidentiality.
• CE 2.1.2 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of physical and mental harm.
• CE 2.1.3 Social and legal implications of death.
• CE 2.1.4 Understand and recognise the normal evolution of a corpse. Post-mortem diagnoses. Principles of medical criminology.
• CE 2.1.5 Be able to write legal medical documents.
• CE 2.2.1 Understand the principles of medical ethics. Bioethics. Solve ethical conflicts. Apply professional values of excellence, altruism, sense of duty, responsibility, integrity and honesty while undertaking the profession.
• CE 2.2.2 Recognise the need to maintain professional skills. Know how to approach professional practice taking into account patient autonomy, their beliefs and culture.
• CE 2.3.1 Understand the principles of preventative medicine and apply its methods to public health. Disease risk factors and prevention. Recognise determining factors in the population’s health. Health indicators. Plan, program and evaluate health programmes. Prevention and protection against diseases, injuries and accidents.
• CE 2.3.2 Evaluation of the quality of healthcare and patient safety strategies. Vaccinations. Epidemiology. Demographics. Understand health planning and administration nationally, by region, in Europe and globally. Understand the financial and social implications medical activity involves, considering criteria of efficiency and effectiveness. Health and the environment. Food health. Health and safety at work.
• CE 2.4.1 Understand, critically assess and know how to use clinical and biomedical information technology and sources to obtain, organise, interpret and communicate clinical, scientific and health information.
• CE 2.4.2 Know the basic concepts of biostatistics and how they are applied to medical sciences. Be able to design and carry out simple studies using computer programs and interpret the results.
• CE 2.4.3 Understand and interpret statistical data in medical literature.
• CE 2.4.4 Be familiar with the history of health and illness. Be aware of the existence and principles of alternative medicine.
• CE 2.4.5 Independently use a personal computer. Use search and biomedical data recovery systems. Understand and manage clinical documentation procedures.
• CE 2.4.6 Understand and critically interpret scientific texts. Understand the principles of the scientific method, biomedical research and clinical trials. Understand the basics of telehealth.
• CE 2.4.7 Understand and use the principles of medicine based on the (best) evidence.
• CE 2.5.1 Understand how to communicate with patients, family members and their social circle: Models for clinical relations, interviews, verbal communication, non-verbal communication and interference. Deliver bad news. Write case histories, reports, instructions and other records so patients, family members and other professionals can easily understand them. Give a public spoken or written presentation on scientific work and/or professional reports.

Module 3: Human Clinical Education

• CE 3.1.1 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major skin conditions.
• CE 3.1.2 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major blood disorders.
• CE 3.1.3 Pregnancy and normal & abnormal labour. Post-partum. Sexually transmitted diseases. Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major gynaecological conditions. Contraception and fertilisation.
• CE 3.1.4 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major eye disorders.
• CE 3.1.5 Understand tumour disease, its diagnosis and treatment.
• CE 3.1.6 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major ear, nose and throat conditions.
• CE 3.1.7 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major cardiovascular diseases.
• CE 3.1.8 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major digestive disorders.
• CE 3.1.9 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major urinary disorders.
• CE 3.1.10 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major musculoskeletal disorders.
• CE 3.1.11 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major respiratory disorders.
• CE 3.1.12 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major endocrine disorders. Nutrition disorders.
• CE 3.1.13 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major central and peripheral nervous system disorders.
• CE 3.1.14 Be aware of the main infectious agents and their mechanisms of action. Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major infectious diseases in the different organs and apparatus. Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major immune disorders.
• CE 3.1.15 Understand the morphofunctional characteristics of a newborn, a child and a teenager. Growth. Premature newborns. Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major paediatric conditions. Child nutrition. Genetic counselling and diagnosis. Cognitive, emotional and psychosocial development in children and teenagers.
• CE 3.1.16 Understand the biological, psychological and social foundations of personality and behaviour. Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Psychotherapy.
• CE 3.1.17 Recognise, diagnose and guide the treatment of major types of poisoning. Palliative medicine.
• CE 3.1.18 Recognise the characteristics of the most common conditions in elderly patients.
• CE 3.1.19 Family and community medicine: living environment of the patient, promotion of health in the family and community setting.
• CE 3.1.20 Recognise, diagnose and manage life-threatening situations.
• CE 3.2.1 Know how to take a full patient-centred case history with a view to different possible conditions, and interpret its meaning.
• CE 3.2.2 Know how to perform a physical examination of the body systems and apparatus, as well as a mental status examination, and interpret the results.
• CE 3.2.3 Know how to assess changes to clinical parameters at different patient ages.
• CE 3.2.4 Pregnancy screening and monitoring.
• CE 3.2.5 Create a plan of action, focusing on the needs of the patient and their social and family environment, in line with the patient’s signs and symptoms.
• CE 3.2.6. Know how to perform basic and advanced life support manoeuvres.

Module 4: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures

• CE 4.1.1 Evaluate the risk/benefit relationship of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• CE 4.1.2 Understand the indications of the biochemical, haematological, immunological, microbiological, anatomical pathology and image tests.
• CE 4.1.3 Understand the characteristics of tissues in different types of lesions, adaptation and cell death. Inflammation.
• CE 4.1.4 Alterations in cell growth.
• CE 4.1.5 Anatomical conditions of the different systems and apparatus.
• CE 4.1.6 Biochemical markers, cytogenetic analysis and molecular biology applied to clinical diagnosis.
• CE 4.1.7 Understand the basics of microbiology and parasitology.
• CE 4.1.8 Understand the main diagnostic techniques in microbiology and parasitology and interpret the results.
• CE 4.1.9 Understand the basics of how radiation interacts with the human body. Radiology imaging. Radiological semiology of the different systems and apparatus. Awareness of other diagnostic imaging techniques. Evaluate the indications and contraindications of radiological studies.
• CE 4.1.10 Be able to apply radiology protection criteria to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with ionising radiation.
• CE 4.1.11 Be aware of the main groups of drugs, dosage, administration routes and pharmacokinetics. Interactions and adverse effects. Prescription and pharmacovigilance. Pharmacology of the different systems and apparatus. Analgesics, antineoplastics, antimicrobials and anti-inflammatory drugs.
• CE 4.1.12 Understand the general principles of anaesthesia and reanimation.
• CE 4.1.13 Nutrition and diet therapy.
• CE 4.1.14 Understand the main indications of electrophysiological techniques (ECG, EEG, EMG, and others).
• CE 4.1.15 Understand the pathophysiology of wounds (burns, frostbite and other types of wounds). Scarring. Surgical haemorrhage and thromboembolic prophylaxis.
• CE 4.1.16 Understand general surgical indications, pre-operative risks and post-operative complications.
• CE 4.1.17 Transfusions and transplants.
• CE 4.1.18 Understand the principles and indications of radiotherapy.
• CE 4.1.19 Understand the basics of rehabilitation, promotion of personal autonomy, functional adaptation to the environment, and other physical aspects of morbidity, in order to improve quality of life.
• CE 4.2.1 Know how to obtain and process a biological sample to be studied, using the different diagnostic procedures.
• CE 4.2.2 Know how to interpret the results of diagnostic laboratory tests.
• CE 4.2.3 Manage disinfection and sterilisation techniques.
• CE 4.2.4 Be able to systematically read a radiological image. Know how to use the different drugs correctly. Know how to perform and interpret an electrocardiogram and electroencephalogram.
• CE 4.2.5 Write medical prescriptions, adapted to the circumstances of each patient and legal requirements.
• CE 4.2.6 Assess nutritional status and plan a suitable diet for different circumstances.
• CE 4.2.7 Practice basic surgical procedures: hygiene, haemostasis and wound stitching.

Module 5: Supervised Placements and Final Degree Project

• CE 5.1.1 Complete student work placements involving an independent clinical rotation and a final skills assessment in health centres, hospitals and other care facilities, allowing students to incorporate professional values, healthcare communication skills, clinical reasoning, clinical management and critical judgement. This also requires students to familiarise themselves with the most common health problems in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Psychiatry and other clinical areas.
• CE 5.2.1 Final Degree Project: Cross-cutting unit involving work carried out on varied subject matter.

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• Verification Report
• Monitoring Report
• Amendments Report 2014
• Amendments Report 2015
• Amendments Report 2022
• Accreditation Renewal Report
• Accreditation Report 2024

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