Research on Clinical Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Therapy is essential in order to achieve the most effective treatments which will improve the health of patients”

Infectious diseases have a high morbidity rate worldwide. Around 17.3 million people died from infections in 2016, with the most common causes of death being from lower respiratory infections (3.7 million), malaria (2.2 million), tuberculosis (1.3 million), diarhhea (1.3 million) and HIV/AIDS (1.1 million). In addition, the emergence of the recent COVID-19 infection, which became a pandemic in 2020, has created global chaos, with the world's leading research countries scrambling to develop effective vaccines that have been developed in just a few months. 

The most important factors to take into consideration in relation to infectious diseases are demographics and human behavior, technological and industrial development, economic development and variations in land use, intercontinental travelling and commerce, climate change, microbiotic adaptation and finally the disappearance or reduction of efficient public health measures. These factors, interacting with each other, have meant that we should not consider any part of the planet reasonably isolated from the rest, nor consider that the appearance, reappearance or dissemination of imported or apparently eradicated infectious diseases in our environment is impossible. 

For this reason, studies for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of this type of disease are constantly taking place at an international level, with antimicrobials being the key to achieving the survival of patients. However, the irrational use of these drugs has harmed their results, allowing the emergence of antimicrobial resistances that impair patient recovery. In fact, antimicrobial resistance is currently one of the greatest threats to global public health, and if urgent action is not taken, the so-called "post-antibiotic era" could be reached, where no antimicrobial would have any place in treatment and infections would be fatal. Therefore, although resistance is a natural phenomenon, the irrational use of these drugs is speeding up the process. 

With this advanced master’s degree in Clinical Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Therapy, TECH wants to offer physicians superior specialist education, different from what they can find in any other university, and of great academic value, by uniting the most relevant specialist knowledge on clinical infectious diseases and the main advances in antibiotic therapy and antibiotic resistance. Undoubtedly, a unique academic program that not only stands out for the quality of its content, but also for its teaching team. It is composed of professionals in the area who have extensive experience in the field, and in teaching, and who are qualified to work with the latest educational technology.

We offer you a quality specialization with which you can expand your skills in the field of infectious diseases, and that will be very useful in your daily practice"

This advanced master’s degree in Clinical Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Therapy contains the most complete and up-to-date academic course on the university scene. The most important features of the program include:

• The latest technology in e-learning software
• A highly visual teaching system supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• The development of practical case studies presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and retraining systems
• Self-organized learning which makes the course completely compatible with other commitments
• Practical exercises for self-assessment and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: Questions to the expert, discussion forums and knowledge
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

A high-level scientific program, supported by advanced technological development and the teaching experience of the best professionals" z

Our teaching staff is made up of practicing professionals. In this way TECH makes sure to offer the educational update of knowledge that it intends to achieve. A multidisciplinary team of professionals with training and experience in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but above all, they will contribute their practical knowledge from their own experience to the course.

The effectiveness of the methodological design of this advanced master’s degree enhances the student's understanding of the content. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, the student will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need in their learning.    

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that approaches learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice. With the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and consolidate learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

Access all the content of this Advanced Master’s Degree at any time. All you need is a computer or mobile device with an Internet connection"

With our innovative methodology, you will be able to practice with simulated cases as if you were confronting real situations. In this way you will acquire the confidence you need to carry out your daily work"

TECH's objective is to prepare highly qualified professionals, who are capable of carrying out their daily work confidently and with guarantees of success, both in their profession as well as in the health of their patients. To this end, it offers the perfect equation: high quality content and a teaching team that is renowned in the sector.

At TECH, we give you the opportunity to obtain a higher qualification in Clinical Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Therapy thanks to the best teaching program on the market"

General Objectives

• Update or deepen your knowledge and develop your skills for daily clinical practice in healthcare, teaching or research roles in the field of infectious diseases in order to provide individual or group population care that allows for the improvement of health indicators
• Improve the medical care and the overall health of patients with infectious diseases based on integral care, the application of the epidemiological clinical method and the correct use of antimicrobials in correspondence with the most up to date scientific evidence
• Guarantee professional improvement, through up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of the best scientific evidence in antibiotic therapy and antibiotic resistance and for proper use of medication and appropriate treatment of infectious diseases with a multidisciplinary and integrative approach that facilitates the control of these pathologies

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Epidemiology, the Clinical Method and Scientific Research in Infectious Diseases

• Provide students with advanced, in-depth, up-to-date, and multidisciplinary information that allows them to comprehensively approach the process of health and infectious illness
• Develop skills to implement prophylactic plans for the prevention of these pathologies
• Assess and interpret the epidemiological characteristics and conditions in the continents where the appearance and development of infectious diseases often occur
• Highlight the development of vaccines for new diseases

Module 2. Microbiological Diagnosis and Other Examinations for Infectious Diseases

• Provide training and practical theoretical improvement that will enable a reliable clinical diagnosis supported by the efficient use of diagnostic methods to indicate an effective integral treatment
• Address the important role of microbiology and the infectologist in the control of infectious diseases
• Explain the pathogenic mechanisms and the most frequent neoplasms associated with infectious agents

Module 3. The Immune System in Infections in the Immunosuppressed Host

• Explain the complex interrelationships between infections and different types of immunosuppression
• Highlight the role of immunity in the most frequent central nervous system infections and their complications

Module 4. General Elements of Infectious Diseases

• Describe the clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic characteristics of sexually transmitted infections

Module 5. Viral and Antiviral Diseases

• Highlight the role of vector control and the clinical epidemiological study of the arboviruses
• Address in detail and depth the most up-to-date scientific evidence in the vast world of hepatitis
• Support the importance in the control of viral hemorrhagic diseases and the detailed study of the most frequent and deadly diseases for the reduction of global morbimortality
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the most innovative clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic elements of the deadliest respiratory infections

Module 6. Latest Information on Coronavirus Infections

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the study of COVID-19 infection, acquiring the skills for correct patient management
• Understand the peculiarities of this pathology, understanding that there are previous pathologies that can cause more serious effects in patients

Module 7. HIV/AIDS Infection

• Explain the pathophysiological and pathogenic interrelationships between tuberculosis co-infection and HIV/AIDS infection

Module 8. Bacterial Diseases and Antimicrobials

• Emphasize the role of urinary tract infection and the development of chronic kidney disease
• Highlight the role of zoonoses as a major global health problem

Module 9. Mycotic Diseases

• Explain the mycoses with the highest morbidity and mortality rates

Module 10. Parasitic, Tropical and Anti-Parasitic Diseases

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the study of the most important parasitic diseases
• Highlight the importance of morbidity and mortality due to infections in international travelers

Module 11. Nosocomial Infections Associated with Healthcare and Patient Safety

• Describe the main elements that favor occupational accidents and the transmission of pathogens through blood

Module 12. The Role of Infectologists in Health Services

• Emphasize the future challenges in infectology in reducing morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases

Module 13. Introduction to Pharmacology and Treatment

• Describe the most important elements of the absorption, transportation, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of antibiotics
• Gain deeper understanding of drug usage studies within pharmacoepidemiology to facilitate the selection of antimicrobials in daily clinical practice

Module 14. Antimicrobials: General Aspects

• Develop skills to implement prophylactic plans for the prevention of these pathologies
• Explain the pathophysiologic and pathogenic interrelationships between antimicrobial use and the immune response
• Emphasize the role of immunity and new alternatives for the treatment of infections

Module 15. Antivirals

• Know the mechanisms of action of antivirals for the different pathologies of this type that affect human beings

Module 16. Antibiotics I

• Address, in detail and depth, the most up-to-date scientific evidence on the mechanisms of action, adverse effects, dosage, and use of antimicrobials

Module 17. Antibiotics II

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different types of antibiotic drugs that can be used, taking into account the infectious pathology to be treated

Module 18. Antibiotics III

• Learn about the main advances in the field of antibiotics, focusing on multidrug-resistant bacteria
• Address the crucial issue of super-resistant microbes and their relationship to antimicrobial use based on the most up-to-date concepts

Module 19. Antimycotics

• Understand the mechanisms of action of antimycotics
• Study the hepatic toxicity of systemic antifungal agents

Module 20. Antiparasitics

• Know the most appropriate antiparasitic medication for each disease
• Know the latest recommendations of the World Health Organization regarding the use of antimalarial drugs

Module 21. Antibiotic Resistance

• Describe the main mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
• Address the most important elements among the resistance mechanisms of superbugs and other germs in a general sense

Module 22. Monitoring and Controlling the Use of Antimicrobials

• Justify the importance of controlling the use of antimicrobials as alternatives to reduce antibiotic resistance
• Highlight the importance of reasoned therapeutics in the rational use of antimicrobials

Module 23. Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Treatments of the Future

• Explain the production process of new antibiotics
• Emphasize the development of future antibiotics and other therapeutic modalities for infectious diseases
• Emphasize the future challenges of infectious diseases in the reduction of infectious morbidity and mortality and antimicrobial treatment

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