This TECH Postgraduate certificate will allow pharmacy professionals to update their knowledge of foodborne infections”

Infectious diseases are re-emerging as a top priority worldwide, and to meet the needs of the 21st century, health care professionals must have solid knowledge in the field. Infectious diseases include those caused by food, since no citizen, regardless of where he or she lives, is free from being affected by this cause.  

And, although prevention is very important in these cases, especially when handling food, sometimes microorganisms can be found in food, even though the person in contact with the food has maintained all the necessary hygiene procedures. The fact that anyone can be affected by a foodborne infection makes it necessary for healthcare professionals to be up to date on these types of diseases and the latest treatment techniques. 

Learn how to combat or reduce the effects of infections, experts in the subject diseases have created this certificate course, which focuses on the treatment of Foodborne Infections and main control measures for in this case This program aims to provide healthcare professionals with the necessary tools to become specialists in the diagnosis and treatment of this type of infection, which can nowadays occur anywhere in the world.  

As no one is exempt from suffering from a foodborne infection, it is vital that professionals are up to date on the subject in order to prevent them with a greater degree of success”

This Postgraduate certificate in Foodborne Infections for Pharmacists endorses the latest advances in Viral food diseases with a teaching program that positions it as an educational product of the highest scientific rigor at international level. Additionally, this program provides training and professional development in different areas: 

• Clinical symptoms development medicine to be able to address the infectious health disease process in a particular person through the study of the most prevalent and deadly infectious diseases, and, in epidemiology, to study the behaviour of the same phenomenon in a population
• The indication, performance and interpretation of the main state of the art diagnostic tests to complement clinical skills in the diagnostic process. Emphasizing the most up to date microbiological tests used to rapidly diagnose germs and study antimicrobial
• Training and professional development in the complex and determining pathophysiological relationships between the immune response and infectious agents
• Germs related to neoplasms and chronic non-communicable diseases
• Development and production of vaccines for the control of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases
• The important field of antimicrobial therapeutics, providing the best available information on the development and production of new antibiotics

Pharmacy professionals must be constantly recycling their knowledge" 

Its teaching staff is made up of prestigious and renowned professionals with a long career in health care, teaching and research, who have worked in many countries on several continents, developing professional and teaching experience that they deliver in an extraordinary way in this Postgraduate certificate. 

The methodological design of this Postgraduate certificate, developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, integrates the latest advances in educational technology for the creation of numerous educational multimedia tools that allow the professional, based primarily around the Problem Based Learning method, to address real problems in their daily clinical practice, which will allow them to advance by acquiring knowledge and developing skills that will impact their future professional work. 

It should be noted in this Postgraduate certificate that each of the contents generated, as well as the videos, self evaluations, clinical cases and exams, have been thoroughly reviewed, updated, and integrated by the teachers and the team of experts that make up the working group, to facilitate the learning process with a step by step approach in order to achieve the teaching program objectives. 

Combine your specialization with your work and private life thanks to the possibility of taking this Postgraduate certificate 100% online"

Learn about the main foodborne infections and their treatments to be more precise in your daily practice as a pharmacist"

The teaching program has been created to provide healthcare professionals with the necessary tools for their daily practice in the treatment of foodborne infections Therefore, the content of this Postgraduate certificate is composed of the most up to date syllabus on the market, which has been developed by leading experts in the field at international level, with the aim of making specialists more accurate in the diagnosis and treatment of this type of infections.  

Leading experts in the field will show you all the advances in infections with this Postgraduate certificate the latest advances in the field"

Module 1. Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases

1.1. Epidemiological, Economic, Social and Political Conditions in Continents Which Favor the Development of Infectious Diseases 

1.1.1. Africa
1.1.2. America
1.1.3. Europe and Asia 

1.2. New and Emerging Diseases By Continent 

1.2.1. Morbidity and Mortality From Infectious Diseases in Africa 
1.2.2. Morbidity and Mortality From Infectious Diseases in the Americas 
1.2.3. Infectious Disease Morbidity and Mortality in Asia
1.2.4. Morbidity and Mortality From Infectious Diseases in Europe 

1.3. The Taxonomy Of Infectious Agents

1.3.1. Viruses
1.3.2. Bacteria 
1.3.3. Fungus
1.3.4. Parasites 

1.4. Disease producing Properties of Micro-organisms 

1.4.1. Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
1.4.2. Mechanisms of Adhesion and Multiplication
1.4.3. Mechanisms Enabling the Acquisition of Nutrients From The Host 
1.4.4. Mechanisms Inhibiting The Phagocytic Process
1.4.5. Mechanisms For Evading The Immune Response 

1.5. Microscopy and Staining

1.5.1. Microscopes and Types of Microscopes 
1.5.2. Composite Stains
1.5.3. Acid-resistant Micro-organism Staining 
1.5.4. Staining to Demonstrate Cellular Structures 

1.6. Cultures and Growth of Micro-organisms

1.6.1. General Culture Mediums
1.6.2. Specific Culture Methods 

1.7. Effect of Chemical and Physical Agents on Micro-organisms 

1.7.1. Sterilisation and Disinfection
1.7.2. Disinfectants and Antiseptics Used in Practice  

1.8. Molecular Biology and its Importance for the Infectologist

1.8.1. Bacterial Genetics 
1.8.2. Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests 

1.9. Indication and Interpretation of Microbiological Studies 

1.9.1. Indication of Microbiological Studies
1.9.2. Interpretation of Microbiological Studies 

Module 2: Foodborne Infections 

2.1. Food-Borne Diseases, a Modern Day Health Problem 

2.1.1. Epidemiology 
2.1.2. Causes of Foodborne Infections

2.2. Classification of Foodborne Infections 

2.2.1. Intoxications 
2.2.2. Infections
2.2.3. Toxi-infections 

2.3.  Main Aetiological Agents 

2.3.1. Salmonella
2.3.2. Staphylococci 
2.3.3. Listeria monocytogenes 
2.3.4. Escherichia coli, 0157;H7 
2.3.5. Clostridium botulinum

2.4. Foodborne Diseases and their Socio-Economic Impact 

2.4.1. Socio-Economic Consequences of the ATS 

2.5. Main Measures for the Control of Food Borne Infections 

2.5.1.  Primary Prevention of ATS
2.5.2.  Education of Health
2.5.3. State Health Control and ATS 

It is the most complete and up to date scientific program on the market”