The specialisation in Occupational Medicine includes:

• Practical training undertaken at the Occupational Risk Prevention Department, clinical rotations and rotations in Preventive Medicine departments.
• Theoretical training through the Advanced Course in Occupational Medicine.
• Part of the training is conducted outside the hospital but is guided by the Basic Occupational Risk Prevention Unit: Primary Care, Medical Inspection and other external prevention services.
• Acquisition of basic knowledge in radiation protection aligned with the provisions of the European Radiation Protection Guide 116.
• Undertaking monthly on-call duties.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to train in disciplines you might not yet have had the opportunity to study in depth, such as: Occupational Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology.

Also, during your stay:

• You will visit the professionals to conduct medical examinations and apply established protocols.
• You will review and advise vaccinations for professionals based on their exposure risks.
• You will learn to manage contact tracing following accidental exposure to biological agents.
• You will assess the protection of particularly vulnerable workers and pregnant staff.
• You will be involved in the prevention, early detection and diagnosis of occupational diseases and will collaborate in their treatment.

Other aspects you will develop during your stay: 

• You will conduct health surveillance and learn to adopt an epidemiological perspective.
• You will advise on occupational health issues and healthy habits.
• You will collaborate with healthcare institutions.
• You will participate in the training of workers on occupational risk prevention.

Why specialise at Vall d’Hebron?

• Because we are a world-leading healthcare complex where healthcare, research, teaching and innovation come together.
• Because we offer you specialist training in a tertiary-level Hospital with opportunities to train across the different areas needed to complete your training:
• A dedicated Occupational Health Department encompassing all risk prevention specialities.
• External rotations at the Medical Inspection and external prevention services.
• Access to continuous training.
• Because you will be integrated as an Occupational Medicine resident in the Occupational Risk Prevention Unit.
• Because you will learn to ensure the health of your colleagues, as well as promoting healthy habits within the Hospital.
• Because you will become familiar with the Hospital, a complex environment with various risks: physical strain, data display screens, biological agents, chemical agents, ionising and non-ionising radiation, noise, psychosocial risks...

The Occupational Health Nursing speciality includes:

• Practical training carried out by the Occupational Risk Prevention Service and other specialities within the Hospital, health centres and educational facilities associated with the Teaching Unit.
• Theoretical training in accordance with the training programme for Occupational Health Nursing.
• Acquisition of basic knowledge in radiation protection as set out in the provisions of the European Radiation Protection Guide 116.
• Carrying out monthly on-call duties.
• Additionally, you will also have the chance to train in disciplines on which you have not yet had the opportunity to study in depth, such as: Occupational Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology.

During your two years at Vall d’Hebron:

• You will visit professionals to conduct medical examinations and apply established protocols.
• You will analyse the risks that professionals are exposed to and will indicate relevant vaccines. 
• You will learn to manage contact studies following accidental exposure to biological agents.
• You will assess the protection of workers in especially sensitive situations as well as for pregnant staff.
• You will be involved in early detection, prevention, and diagnosis of occupational diseases and collaborate in their treatment.

Also, during your stay:

• You will be engage in health surveillance and develop epidemiological judgement.
• You will advise on occupational health matters and healthy habits.
• You will collaborate closely with healthcare institutions.
• You will participate in training activities for employees on occupational risk prevention.

Why specialise at Vall d’Hebron?

• Because we are a world-leading healthcare complex where care, research, teaching and innovation come together.
• Because you will specialise in a tertiary Hospital and also have the opportunity to train in:
  • An in-house Risk Prevention Service covering all areas of risk prevention.
  • External rotations in Medical Inspection and external prevention services.
  • Access to continuous training.
• Because you will integrate as an Occupational Health Nursing resident within the Occupational Risk Prevention Unit.
• Because you will learn to safeguard the health of your colleagues and promote healthy habits.
• Because you will experience first-hand the Hospital, a highly complex environment presenting different risks: physical strain, data display screens, biological agents, chemical agents, ionising and non-ionising radiation, noise, psychosocial risks...

"Ophthalmology is defined as the medical and surgical specialty related to the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders and diseases".

"Ophthalmology specialists attend to patients with ocular pathology. Their competencies include the study, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of eye conditions". 

Teaching activities 

• Training of students completing a degree in Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in the subject of Ophthalmology, corresponding to the fourth year of that academic pathway.
• Organisation of doctoral courses included in official programmes to obtain the necessary credits for a doctoral degree.
• Supervision and tutoring of doctoral theses in the specialty of ophthalmology. This includes the entire process of completing a doctoral thesis: from choosing a topic, through field work and statistical study, to presenting the thesis before a panel of judges and the subsequent awarding of the doctoral degree.
• Internal residency training in the specialty of ophthalmology. The number of MIR places accredited each year in the specialty of ophthalmology at Vall d'Hebron Hospital varies between three and four depending on the Department's requirements.
• Complementing the training of MIR doctors from other hospitals, through training placements in our Department.
• Continuous training of the different professionals who make up the Ophthalmology Department. Includes clinical sessions (two a week for the entire Department, one presented by an attending physician and another by a resident, and one weekly for sub-specialty) and the organisation of conferences within our Department. To make the most of these, official accreditation is requested by official bodies.

he training of resident specialists in ophthalmology requires a special mention in this section, as it is one of our Department's priorities. To this end, we have a teaching structure based on each resident having a tutor, who is responsible for accompanying the resident during the four years of training. The ratio is one tutor for every 3-4 residents. They are responsible for ensuring the resident integrates into the Department, resolving any problems that may arise during the residency and acting as a means of communication between the various attending physicians, the Department Head and the resident. Tutors meet periodically with the residents they tutor, the other tutors in the Department and ultimate teaching leads (the Department Head and the Teaching Director). This is all geared towards achieving the best training profiles for our residents, so that by the end of the residency they are prepared to perform their professional role within the specialty with the utmost professionalism.

Why specialise at Vall d’Hebron?

• Guarantee of excellent surgical training.
• Guards in peers of Residents.
• All subspecialities in the center, including pediatrics.
• Research and active research.
• Theoretical Attachment Sessions 4x/Week 
• Extra practical training in surgery simulators.
• Course and congressional attendance.
• External rotational capability (4th year).
• Great environment in service.