Program οf Postgraduate Studies in “Intensive Care Unit - Nursing in Cardiology”

The Medical School of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Nursing Department of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, organized and operated since the academic year 2004-05 Postgraduate Program (MSc program) on the “Intensive Care Unit - Nursing in Cardiology”.

The objectives of this Postgraduate Program are education, promotion of knowledge and research in Intensive Care Unit and in Nursing in Cardiology.

More specifically this Postgraduate Program aims to educate and specialize new scientists in this broad and expanding area of Medicine and Nursing science.

Graduates of this program can:                                                       

• Staff Intensive care Units.
• Staff Cardiac Care Units and cardiac departments in the public and private sector.
• Be employed in posts that require high levels of knowledge and skills in the subject.
• Prepare students for doctorate level studies.
• Become specialized in this subject area.

The program leads to the award of the postgraduate degree in “Intensive Care Unit - Nursing in Cardiology”.

In this Postgraduate Program are accepted, if able to successfully attend the course, graduates of Medicine, Nursing from both the University and the Technological Educational Institute and other related fields from national or overseas accredited higher Educational Institutions.

Director: Dimitrios Tousoulis, Professor of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Scientific coordinator for Nursing Department: Eleni Kyritsi, Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Health & Welfare, Technological Educational Institute of Athens.