1. To assess planning and health outcomes, comorbidity and social contexts by looking at different healthcare demands.
2. To design, analyse and apply the necessary techniques and methods to carry out research in their clinical field, and interpret clinical, epidemiological and health outcomes research undertaken using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
3. To promote lines of research oriented towards vocational practice and/or which serve as a basis for doctoral studies or access to the doctoral programme.
4. To gain knowledge and skills in research methodologies in order to apply them in both the teaching and academic sphere and the professional healthcare world.
5. To develop skills necessary to disseminate knowledge generated in the scientific community.
6. To ensure students are equipped to sign job contracts for research positions and pre-doctoral grants.

Graduate in Biomedical Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, speech Therapy, Medicine, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Podiatry and Psychology (or equivalent degree) .

• Biologists: this course aims to provide biologists with an introduction to clinical research.  Until now, biologists have focused on basic research. However, they are increasingly called upon to communicate with clinics in order to extend basic research to the pre-clinical and even clinical level. The world needs biologists that have the capacity to engage in a dialogue with clinics and who can conduct research to find solutions to clinical and pre-clinical questions.  This is the only way of making translational research possible:
  
  1. Building on their knowledge of basic research, students will discover how to apply it to applied clinical research or
  2. Building on the need arising from clinical research, they will discover how to apply their knowledge of basic research.
   
• Nurses: This master’s degree provides students with the methodological tools they need for research, scientific interpretation and implementation of results and interventions. It also trains nurses in critical scientific thinking, thus fostering the evolution of the profession and the advancement of knowledge. This master’s degree transforms students’ way of working by enhancing their attention to detail and improving health outcomes.  Training in quantitative and qualitative design ensures that people and patients are at the centre of our mission, which, as well as helping students predict variables and results, allows them an insight into how the person receiving care experience their illness. Lessons on systematic revision also ensure students can accurately analyse scientific evidence and have the capacity to reach documented conclusions based on previous studies.
   
• Physiotherapists: The master’s degree in clinical research is an important qualification for physiotherapists as it provides them with tools for interpreting scientific evidence and transferring the most effective results to clinical practice. It also teaches students about scientific methodology that will give them the skills they need to carry out research in healthcare, access a doctoral programme and work in academia in the world of teaching and research.  It is a comprehensive master’s degree for students looking to acquire knowledge on designing quantitative and qualitative research methods, helping them to explore and understand how patients experience injury, degenerative diseases or cardiac rehabilitation, from the patient's own point of view. Additional training in instrument design and validation will help students ensure that the data they have collected is accurate and valid.
   
• Doctors: This master’s degree gives students the knowledge and research skills they need to succeed in the field of clinical research. It offers a structured and systematic learning process in which doctors acquire the research skills they need to carry out research in their specialisation. One piece of feedback we receive from doctors is that this master’s degree has given them the confidence not only to accurately interpret scientific evidence, but also to launch their own clinical studies.
   
• Psychologists: Clinical psychology is a relatively young scientific discipline that has grown a great deal over recent years. It requires clinical psychologists to consult scientific literature and know how to interpret results.  In practice, clinical psychology must be based on evidence, which requires professionals to know how to find the most relevant literature and undertake critical reading and thinking of published articles.
  
  Clinical psychology needs to adapt therapies designed in other countries to fit our sociocultural context and demonstrate their effectiveness, which can only be done through clinical research.
  
  The evolution and growth of the field of clinical psychology is only possible because clinical psychologists dedicate time to researching and publishing articles on new therapies that could be more effective than existing models.

A University Master's Degree in Clinical Research qualification from the Universidad Internacional de Catalunya.

• Dr Albert Gallart Fernandez-Puebla
  Assistant Director of the Department of Nursing and Director of the Master's degree in Clinical Research. Holder of a PhD in Human Ageing from UIC Barcelona. Master's degree in Nursing Services Management. Degrees in Nursing and Humanities. 

• Dr Encarna Rodríguez Higueras
  Director of Nursing at UIC Barcelona, specialist in Clinical Simulation, Master’s Degree in Research.
• Dr Laia Wennberg Capellas
  Master's Degree in Public Health, expert in Healthcare Ethics.
• Dr Blanca Goñi Fusté
  Master’s Degree in Public Health and coordinator of the final Master's Degree projects.
• Dr Albert Gallart Fernández-Puebla
  Director of the Master's Degree in Clinical Research at UIC Barcelona, Master's Degree in Health Management and principal researcher of the Consolidated Research Group in Health Education recognised by the Generalitat de Catalunya.