Pre-enrollment open
May 14, 21 and 28, 2026 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Blanquerna School of Health Sciences
We are used to phrases like “everything will be fine,” “there’s nothing wrong with you,” or “you have an aggressive cancer.” But what lies behind these words? We know that language not only describes reality but also shapes it. Thus, healthcare professionals bear a great responsibility, because the ways in which they put reality into words help to shape the patient’s reality—for better or for worse.
In this course, we will discuss some of the most important philosophical and anthropological reflections on this issue, analyze concrete cases, and provide healthcare professionals with tools to heal, care for, and accompany their patients with words in the best possible way.
Provide an overview of the theoretical framework of recent decades on the interrelationship between narrative and illness.
This course is aimed at healthcare professionals, but also at those with a background in anthropology, narratology, philosophy, and the humanities.
When facing the death of a loved one, we often feel that there are simply no words. In this session, we will explore what can be expressed through language when an event leaves one speechless, and how narrative influences the process of trying to integrate the ungraspable.
Lecturer: Dr. Francesc Torralba
We use and hear phrases like “you have a chronic illness” or “you suffer from an aggressive cancer,” but what lies behind these words? In this session, we will explore how the stories we tell —patients, healthcare professionals, family members, the media, and even public administrations— directly influence how illness is experienced and how a patient’s identity is reshaped after the diagnosis of a serious condition.
Lecturer: Dr. Mar Rosàs
What does it mean to say that “medicine is narrative”? Rita Charon coined this concept (2007), which has since gained wide recognition. In this session, we will explain the conceptual tools that the author uses to develop it, drawn from contemporary philosophy and literary theory. We will also suggest ways for healthcare professionals to act in accordance with this approach.
Lecturer: Dr. Montse Esquerda
In this session, based on the analysis of healthcare professionals’ narratives following the death of one of their patients, we will explore whether writing these reflective texts promotes the expression of ethical learning. We will also examine the possible care-related, professional, and personal effects of implementing a reflective narrative practice at the institutional level. We consider this fundamental because the narrative of what we do sustains us, allows us to persevere, and is a way of taking care of ourselves.
Lecturer: Mr. Pau Miquel
Patients often express that the healthcare professionals attending them do not take them seriously enough. This lack of recognition has multiple negative effects for patients, both in strictly biomedical terms and in economic, work-related, and personal aspects. In this session, using the concept of “epistemic injustice,” we will examine the roots of the lack of credibility experienced by patients with certain conditions that tend to arouse suspicion, as well as ways to counteract it.
Lecturer: Dr. Mar Rosàs
Patients are used to being passive subjects in their pathological process. In contrast, few exercises are as therapeutic as telling one’s own story. In this session, we will offer creative proposals aimed at healthcare professionals with the goal of encouraging their patients to put their experiences into words and structure their pathological and healing journey from their own perspective.
Lecturer: Mr. Óscar Sotillos
Certificate of attendance
Course participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Attendance to 80% or more of the sessions is required to obtain it.
If you need a quiet space to study or to do individual and group work, come to the library! Each school has its own library with computers, workrooms, reading points and an extensive catalog of documents you can consult in both hard copy and digital format.
If you have a job or just need a computer, you can go to the computer classrooms or workspaces and use the Macs we have at your disposal.
The chapel is the right place to find recollection, peace, to focus, to pray and to celebrate the Eucharist weekly and at important liturgical moments (Christmas, Ash Wednesday and Easter). The sacrament of reconciliation is also celebrated.
The Academic Secretaries of the Blanquerna faculties are the space for students to relate to the processes linked to the registration of official and own courses.
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Professional experience is a core part of our methodology. For this reason, we have a broad spectrum of internship agreements to meet the needs and preferences of all students. You will graduate having worked in your industry.
At Blanquerna, we put the future within everyone's reach thanks to our scholarships and grant service to start or continue studying at our schools. Financial aid is both internal and external to the university. You will find a wide range of possibilities.
Going abroad is a unique opportunity to discover the plurality of the world. Aware of the importance of the internationalization of studies, we have established mobility agreements around the world.
This service provides graduates with the necessary means so that they can actively participate in their professionalism and propose optimal candidates to organizations and companies looking for staff.
The leap into the world of work is always a challenge. For this reason, we provide a Job Bank for students and graduates. This service puts students in touch with companies and institutions looking for staff.
Solidarity and the struggle for human dignity are values that identify us. Solidarity Action is a volunteer program that our students can join to participate in projects in the Third and Fourth World.
Studying in Blanquerna allows you to be part of our community. Being a college student opens the door to a lot of options for continuing your vocational training beyond your time in the classroom.
Want to represent the URL in college sports tournaments? You can find a wide range of possibilities for both individual and team sports. To be a student of Blanquerna, you will have a discount at the Can Caralleu and La Salle Sport & Fitness sports complexes.
If you are in a difficult situation in the academic, personal or social field, you can request, free of charge, the personalized attention of the SOP. This is an interdisciplinary team of professionals who will guide you in dealing with the situation.
In the three Blanquerna faculties, you will find spaces for reflection isolated from the hustle and bustle dedicated to the celebration of the Faith or cultural and religious animation. If you wish, you can also receive personalized attention and information about church life.
At Blanquerna we promote personal development at all levels to people with a diversity of specific needs from a normalizing context that encourages personal autonomy and uniqueness.
If you like music and want to take part in the concerts of institutional events and festivities, sign up for the Blanquerna Choir. There you will meet new friends and enjoy music.
Each class group must elect a representative to put forward concerns or make proposals to the faculty members and academic management. At the same time, each degree must appoint a delegate and each school a representative on the general URL council.
Contact between students and the university is constant and is channeled through the Student Council, the body that collects proposals and requests from students and facilitates university life.
Are you studying a foreign language and want to improve your level? Do it at your own pace in the language self-learning classroom. This service offers various teaching resources and materials to practice the language.
To enroll, click here and follow the instructions given. On the first screen, if you do not have Blanquerna credentials (username and password), you will need to register.
The application will ask you for the following documents during the enrollment process:
Identity card
Bachelor degree enrollment
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