Over 12 months, this professional master’s degree will provide you with the up-to-date  knowledge you were seeking on Antibiotic Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance"

Antibiotic resistance is a major concern nowadays. It has been demonstrated that the unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and animals has caused such resistance, and advances in new treatments require research and investments that are currently lacking. This has become a challenge in microbiology laboratories to make correct and rational use of antibiotics.

Medical professionals must be aware of the studies and progress being made in this field, and also of the approval and marketing of new alternatives to antibiotics which are already being produced. All this, without forgetting the important role specialists play in the control and follow-up of antibiotic treatment. This professional master’s degree offers students cutting-edge education with the support of a specialized, multidisciplinary teaching team with extensive experience in the use of antibiotics, in their effectiveness in humans and in the advances that are being made today.

To this end, TECH provides innovative teaching materials that encompass the latest technology applied to the latest advances in academic teaching. Through video summaries on each topic, detailed videos and interactive diagrams, students will learn about the latest advances in pharmacology, as well as recent discoveries on the blood-brain barrier, and superbacteria. Simulations of clinical cases will prove very useful to professionals, as they will bring them closer to situations that they will experience in their daily practice.

This professional master’s degree offers medical specialists a convenient format that is flexible and compatible with their work and personal activities. Therefore, students will only need a computer or portable device to have access to the syllabus, which is hosted entirely on the virtual campus. With no classroom attendance or fixed class schedules, students studying this program will be able to distribute the workload according to their specific situation at any given time. An excellent opportunity to pursue a university qualification that is at the forefront of academic education.

A program with the most relevant information on the impact of antimicrobial use, and its role in current specialized and professional development”

This professional master’s degree in Advances in Antibiotic Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Development of case studies presented by experts on Advances in Antibiotic Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance
• Graphic, schematic, and practical contents created to 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
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• 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

In this program, TECH provides you with the latest educational tools and professional experts to help you get up to date on antibiotics"

The program’s staff includes professionals in the sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading 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 immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

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

An in-depth study of the emerging problem of parasite resistance, through a flexible specialization program"

Learn about new concepts in the use of Amphotericin B, as well as the latest recommendations for the use of respiratory quinolones, from your computer, at any time"

TECH has designed a professional master’s degree whose main objective is to offer medical professionals the latest Advances in Antibiotic Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance. To this end, it will provide content prepared by a team of professionals specialized in the field, who will also guide students through the 12-month program, so that they can obtain the latest information in fields such as antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics.

With this program, you have the opportunity to keep up with new resistance genotype identification that is of clinical significance"

General objectives

• Provide rehabilitation professionals with up-to-date knowledge in the field of electrotherapy
• Promote work strategies based on a comprehensive approach to the patient as a standard model for achieving excellent care
• Encourage the acquisition of technical skills and abilities through a powerful audiovisual system, and the possibility of development through online simulation workshops and/or specific training
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuing education and research

Specific objectives

Module 1. Overview of Microbiology

• Provide students with advanced, in-depth, up-to-date, and multidisciplinary information that allows them to comprehensively approach the process of health and infectious disease, the use of antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance
• Provide skills and practical/theoretical improvement that will allow students to carry out reliable clinical diagnoses through an efficient use of diagnostic methods, in order to indicate effective antimicrobial treatment

Module 2. Introduction to Pharmacology and Treatment

• Develop skills in order to implement prophylactic plans for the prevention of these diseases
• Assess and interpret the epidemiological characteristics and conditions of countries that foster the emergence and development of antibiotic resistance

Module 3. Antimicrobials: General Aspects

• Explain the complex interrelationships between the host, the microorganism, and the antibiotic to be used
• Address the important role of microbiology in the diagnosis and control of infectious diseases

Module 4. Antivirals

• Describe the main mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
• Highlight the importance of rational therapeutics in the rational use of antimicrobials

Module 5. Antibiotics I

• Address the most important elements present in superbug mechanisms and that of other germs in general
• Study, in depth, the drug-use studies within pharmacoepidemiology, in order to facilitate antimicrobial selection in daily clinical practice

Module 6. Antibiotics II

• Emphasize the role of interpretative reading with antibiograms in the identification of new resistance genotypes of clinical relevance
• Describe the major elements involved in antibiotic absorption, transportation, distribution, metabolism, and excretion

Module 7. Antibiotics III

• Address, in detail, the most advanced scientific evidence on action mechanisms, adverse effects, dosage, and use of antimicrobials
• Explain the pathophysiologic and pathogenic interrelationships between antimicrobial use and the immune response

Module 8. Antimycotics

• Explain the importance of controlling the use of antimicrobials as a means of reducing antibiotic resistance
• Emphasize the role of immunity and new alternatives for the treatment of infections

Module 9. Antiparasitics II

• Explain the production process of new antibiotics
• Delve into the treatment of the most significant infectious diseases with the latest advances in scientific medical knowledge

Module 10. Antibiotic Resistance

• Address the fundamental issue of super-resistant microbes and their relationship with antimicrobial use, based on latest advancements
• Emphasize the development of future antibiotics and other therapeutic modalities as applied with infectious diseases

Module 11. Monitoring and Controlling the Use of Antimicrobials

• Emphasize the future challenges of infectious diseases in decreasing infectious diseases morbidity and mortality and antimicrobial treatment
• Develop normative or referential documents, such as clinical practice guidelines or antimicrobial usage policies, based on scientifically advanced concepts

Module 12. Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Treatments of the Future

• Advise pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry teams in the process of research and production of new antimicrobials and alternative treatments for infectious diseases
• Master the most recent elements of studies on antimicrobial use

Video summaries of each topic in the specialization will help you gain an in-depth understanding of super-resistant microbe developments"