Get up to date on the main allergens and diagnostic techniques, including Prick test, Prick by Prick and epicutaneous tests"

Various factors such as pollution, changes in eating habits, overweight or a more sedentary lifestyle have contributed significantly to the progressive increase in the number of people suffering from some type of allergy. This trend is worrying, especially in the elderly and children, where certain food or pharmacological allergies can be more sensitive.

In fact, the most common allergies are respiratory, food and contact allergies, with particular emphasis on reactions to egg and milk protein, mites, pollens, metals and some types of topical medications. This situation has boosted innovation and research in the field, with outstanding advances in areas such as immunotherapy or diagnostic devices. Specialists are therefore called upon to an almost continuous updating process in view of the growth of both the number of cases to be treated and the methodologies used to treat them.

It is at this juncture that TECH's advanced master’s degree in Allergology is justified, as it compiles the most relevant scientific postulates and developments in both common allergies in adulthood and those treatments and approaches more specific to the pediatric area. The specialist will have access to a myriad of multimedia resources, complementary readings, analysis of real cases and more material with which to be updated in a reliable way in epidemiology, approaches, diagnosis and the most modern allergological research.

The entire syllabus has been developed by a team of experts with extensive experience in the care of allergic patients, working in major clinical centers and hospitals. This is essential to provide the entire syllabus with the necessary practical vision, giving the specialists not only the most innovative work methodology but also the way to apply it and carry it out in the real clinical field.
A completely online and flexible program, without the usual ties of face-to-face classes or fixed schedules. It is the specialists who decide how to distribute the entire teaching load, being able to adapt it to their own work and personal responsibilities. To this end, the entire syllabus is available on the Virtual Campus for downloading from any device with an Internet connection.

It delves into the most prevalent fields of Allergology today, highlighting food, respiratory and pharmacological allergens"

This advanced master’s degree in Allergology contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in allergies
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies in allergy diagnosis and management
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

You will have a Virtual Campus available 24 hours a day, being able to choose when, where and how to take on the entire teaching load"

It includes in its teaching staff professionals belonging to the field of pediatrics, who pour into this program the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists of reference societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

Delve into the future of Allergology at the research level in this TECH advanced master’s degree”

Benefit from high quality multimedia material, rich in details on the most relevant allergic cases in the clinical setting”

As Allergology is a field of growing opportunities both scientifically and clinically, the objective of this advanced master’s degree is to offer a comprehensive and detailed review of all the most relevant areas of this field. Both in adults and pediatric patients, the specialists will delve into the areas of immunology, allergy and diagnosis of greater rigor and validity, provided by a complete teaching team of experts in the field.

The most important novelties in Allergology, compiled in a single academic qualification at the forefront of the clinical field"

General Objectives

• Defining Allergology in the 21st Century
• Recognize new forms of allergic disease conditions
• Review the latest international practices in allergology
• Learn the new international lines of research in allergology
• Become familiar with new approaches
• Recognize the importance of allergic disease in primary care morbidity
• Recognize allergens for appropriate preventive intervention and reduce the risk of exposure as a priority preventive measure
• Have a comprehensive view of the most prevalent allergic pathologies in childhood
• Study the basis, physiopathology, diagnosis and treatment of each pathology
• Have the theoretical basis of complementary tests and their correct interpretation
• Achieve adequate knowledge of component diagnosis in food and respiratory allergy
• Know to manage asthma in the child, making a correct diagnosis and an appropriate treatment approach

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Introduction to Allergology

• Get up to date on the basic concepts of traditional allergic diseases
• Learn about the most recent concepts of allergology in relation to new drugs
• Learn the basic criteria of the key immunological reactions: skin, respiratory, and food
• Develop skills in the use and understanding of the immunological mass mechanisms of allergic diseases: effector cells, immunoglobulins, interleukin, cytokines and complements
• Knowledge of the current numerical data on incidence and prevalence of allergic pathologies

Module 2. Allergic Disease

• Gain knowledge about the cells involved in the immune system, and the inflammatory mediators related to allergic diseases
• Understand the mechanisms of allergen recognition and allergic inflammatory response
• Know the main primary immunodeficiencies, and be able to suspect them and make a diagnostic orientation
• Become familiar with the terminology used in allergic pathology
• Delve into available in vivo and in vitro tests
• Delve into the mechanisms by which tolerance is achieved

Module 3. Allergens. Panallergens and their Impact on Allergic Diseases

• Know and classify allergens
• Get up to date on the concept of a panallergen and its impact on allergic diseases
• Accurately describe respiratory, food, animal, and hymenoptera allergens
• Define and describe the main pollen-food syndromes

Module 4. Diagnostic Techniques for Allergic Diseases

• Address diagnostic techniques for traditional allergic diseases
• Learn the characteristics of component diagnostics
• Learn the characteristics of the induced sputum technique to phenotype patients
• Understand and apply in daily clinical practice the traditional in vivo techniques for the diagnosis of allergic diseases: Prick test, Prick by Prick, Epicutaneous tests
• Know and apply modern in vitro diagnostic techniques in clinical practice: Component-based diagnosis in allergic diseases due to different allergens, Basotest, Induced Sputum
• Understand and define the most commonly used equipment in the allergic specialty, from spirometry, rhinomanometry, acoustic rhinometry, measurement of exhaled nitric oxide, etc

Module 5. Main Respiratory Allergic Diseases. Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

• Review the allergic epidemiology of the 20th century.. 20th Century
• Review the main respiratory allergic pathologies
• Develop up-to-date diagnostic and treatment techniques
• Learn how to interact with other involved specialties
• Define how modern Multidisciplinary Units operate
• Differential diagnosis and diagnostic techniques of the main respiratory allergic diseases: Rhinitis, Asthma, Polyposis
• Differential diagnosis of other allergic respiratory diseases such as Eosinophilic Bronchitis and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Assylosis
• Know doses and indications of the different biological formats for treating allergic respiratory diseases

Module 6. Allergy-Related Skin Diseases

• Get up to date on new practice guidelines for skin diseases related to the field of allergology
• Learn about new biological drugs for skin conditions
• Understand and know how to diagnose the main allergic skin conditions: dermatitis, urticaria, edema
• Know both the traditional and modern treatments for these diseases
• Know the indications and dosage of biological formats for treating allergic skin diseases

Module 7. Immunodeficiencies in Allergology: Diagnostics and Treatments

• Explore immunodeficiencies related to allergology
• Study advanced diagnostic procedures in this line of work
• Study updated treatments in this area
• Know the classification and definition of immunodeficiencies in adults and the child population
• Know the differential diagnosis of autoimmune diseases in allergology
• Define and treat mastocytosis
• Understand the relevance of alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency in allergic diseases

Module 8. Food allergies. Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

• Study the most prevalent food allergies today
• Analyze the main forms of food allergy in pediatrics
• Learn how to use the main techniques for diagnosing and treating food allergies
• Understand the different food groups, their classification and taxonomy
• Understand the different molecular profiles of different food allergies: vegetables, fish and seafood, fruits and nuts, legumes
• Diagnose and treat the most prevalent food allergies in children: Milk and egg allergy and fish allergy

Module 9. Food Allergy and the Most Frequent Food Allergens in the Pediatric Age Group

• Analyze how an oral food tolerance test is performed
• Delve into the indications for restrictive diets and active treatments for food allergy
• Get to know the pathways of sensitization and tolerance to food allergens
• Be able to comprehensively care for the patient with cow's milk protein allergy
• Be able to comprehensively care for the patient with egg allergy
• Get to know the common non-IgE-mediated food allergies of onset in infancy
• Get to know the possible primary prevention measures in food allergy

Module 10. Main Pharmacological Groups Causing Allergic Pathology

• Training in drug allergy pathologies
• Review the main pharmacological groups causing allergic pathology
• Learn the classification of the different pharmacological groups; antibiotics, NSAIDs, chemotherapeutic contrast media, proton pump inhibitors
• Know the main differences between idiosyncratic and allergic reactions
• Know the diagnostic protocols for diagnosing allergy to beta-lactams and NSAIDs

Module 11. Drug Allergies

• Delve into the different mechanisms of hypersensitivity to drugs and their clinical manifestations
• Analyze how drugs act as allergens
• Gain knowledge about the technique and interpretation of in vivo drug tests: skin tests, intradermal tests, patch test
• Analyze the main reasons for suspicion of drug allergy in pediatrics
• Know how to make a correct diagnosis of NSAID allergy
• Know the difference between allergy and idiosyncrasy, and their peculiarities
• Delve into the alternatives that exist in pediatrics as anti-inflammatory drugs in patients allergic to NSAIDs
• Know how to diagnose other antibiotics frequently used in pediatrics
• Delve into the bases and indications to perform desensitization to drugs, knowing the existing protocols for its realization and how to assess the risk to which we expose the patient
• Perform an etiological diagnostic approach in severe reactions

Module 12. Allergy to Hymenoptera. Classification and Taxonomy

• Hymenoptera allergy analysis
• Classify and taxonomize Hymenoptera according to the patient's geographical location
• Know other types of insects of relevance in terms of their impact in different parts of the planet
• Know the classification and taxonomy of the different vespids
• Learn about diagnostic tests for hymenoptera allergy
• Become familiar with international guidelines for treating hymenoptera allergy

Module 13. Allergic Cutaneous, Systemic and Respiratory Manifestations

• Delve into the pathophysiology of acute urticaria and angioedema
• Delve into the most frequent causes of acute urticaria and angioedema in the pediatric age group
• Analyze the steps of treatment in chronic urticaria
• Know how to define recurrent angioedema and make a correct differential diagnosis
• Get to know the most frequent causes of recurrent angioedema in pediatric age
• Know how to suspect the diagnosis of hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency and perform a correct screening
• Gain knowledge about the treatment possibilities in hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency
• Early recognition of anaphylaxis
• Know how to give recommendations to the patient with anaphylaxis
• Gain knowledge about the manifestations of mastocytosis in the pediatric age
• Delve into the pathophysiology of exercise-induced anaphylaxis
• Know how to recognize this condition, its possible causes, and give appropriate recommendations to the patient
• Recognize asthma attacks and know how to assess their severity at different ages

Module 14. Other Allergens Causing Food Allergy in Childhood

• Gain knowledge about the prevalence of the different food allergies
• In-depth study of the characteristics of the different allergenic sources
• Get to know the natural history of food allergies in the pediatric age
• Gain knowledge about how to perform and interpret a diagnosis by components in nut and seed allergy
• Analyze the different patterns of sensitization to fruits and vegetables
• Know how to make a correct diagnosis of cereal allergy
• Identify possible adverse effects of some food additives, and differentiate them from allergic reactions
• Gain knowledge about the pathophysiology of eosinophilic esophagitis, the possible treatment routes and its relationship with food allergy in the pediatric age

Module 15. Asthma in the Infant and Young Child

• Gain knowledge about what we call asthma in the young child, its pathophysiology and natural history
• Delve into the different developmental and trigger phenotypes and their implications for the management of asthma in children
• Get to know the prevalence of asthma in the young child, and the factors that promote it
• Delve into the differential diagnosis and the tests necessary to rule out certain pathologies
• Know the correct use of inhalers

Module 16. Asthma in Older Children and Adolescents

• Delve into the pathophysiology of asthma, through the study of inflammatory cells and mediators
• Delve into the current classification of phenotypes in asthma
• Be able to make a correct diagnosis of asthma in the older child
• Gain knowledge about the complementary tests that support the diagnosis of asthma in the older child
• Get to know which are the pathologies that usually coexist in the patient with asthma and their approach

Module 17. Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy (AIT)

• Get to know the history and evolution of allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT)
• Delve into the mechanism of action by which they produce tolerance
• Gain knowledge about the content of allergenic vaccines, and the role of each of the components
• Delve into the different routes and patterns of administration, as well as the available allergens
• Analyze future developments in immunotherapy and innovations in this line of treatment

Module 18. Eye-Nasal Allergy

• Delve into the impact of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis on the patient and society
• Further treatment of rhinoconjunctivitis according to the ARIA guidelines
• Get to know the geographic and climatic distribution of the different allergens
• Be able to make a diagnosis by components to discern cross reactivities from real ones

Module 19. Atopic Dermatitis

• Be able to make a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis
• Delve into clinical forms throughout the lifespan
• Learn about the available scales for severity assessment
• Perform health education advice for the care of atopic skin
• Delve into the possible complications of atopic dermatitis and its treatment
• Become familiar with the different drugs and routes of administration used in atopic dermatitis

Module 20. Future Allergology. Research. Food Immunotherapy and Drug Desensitization

• Discuss future approaches to allergology based on the latest advances in research
• Learn about the development of immunotherapy with food
• Learn how drug desensitization works
• Knowledge of the different immunotherapy methods, routes, and guidelines
• Understand the current use of immunotherapy with food
• Know the different guidelines for desensitization with drugs
• Learn about future lines of research in the field of Allergology

Module 21. The Author's Professional Experience in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases

• Analysis of allergic diseases in the occupational setting
• Development of new techniques for diagnosing and treating these allergic pathologies
• Define the concept of occupational respiratory disease
• Distinguish between asthma exacerbated by work and asthma caused by work
• Know the diagnostic methodology of occupational respiratory disease: specific bronchial provocations, provocation chamber, etc
• Know the main high and low molecular weight occupational agents
• Differential diagnosis between the different occupational respiratory pathologies: Rhinitis, asthma, eosinophilic bronchitis, pneumonitis, etc

Module 22. Miscellaneous

• Learn the basics of telemedicine and social networks in the field of allergology
• Learn about new developmental drugs in allergology
• Reflect on associationism in the field of allergology

You will examine the methodology and clinical practice currently most effective for the major allergic diseases"