With this postgraduate diploma, you have the opportunity to update your knowledge in a comfortable way and without renouncing to the highest scientific standards, to incorporate the latest advances in the approach to infectious pathology in your daily pharmaceutical practice"

Infectious diseases remain the leading cause of mortality and disability (loss of productive life years) in the world. In 2016, of the total 56.4 million deaths worldwide, 33% were due to infectious diseases, 30% to cardiovascular diseases and 10% to cancer. The fight against disease will have two simultaneous fronts: infectious diseases and chronic non-communicable diseases. 

Among the 17.3 million people who died from infections in 2016, the most frequent causes of death were lower respiratory infections (3.7 million), malaria (2.2 million), tuberculosis (1.3 million), diarrhea (1.4 million), and HIV/AIDS infection (1.1 million). The most important factors to consider in relation to infectious diseases are demography and human behavior, as well as industrial, technological and economic development and variations in land use, intercontinental travel and trade, climatic changes, microbial adaptation itself and, finally, the disappearance or reduction of some effective public health measures. 

These factors, interacting with each other, have conditioned that we should not consider any part of the planet reasonably isolated from the rest, nor impossible the appearance, reappearance or dissemination of imported or apparently eradicated infectious diseases in our environment.  

The complex international epidemiological situation so far this century, exemplified by the deliberate release of Bacillus anthracis spores, the emergence of West Nile virus, the epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the zoonotic spread of smallpox, the threat of pandemic influenza, the Ebola epidemic in Africa, the cases of yellow fever in Angola, dengue fever and cholera, the emergence of new arbovirosis such as Chikingunya and more recently Zika, together with morbidity from other endemic infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, leptospirosis, tuberculosis, community-acquired pneumonia and the increase in antibiotic resistance with the development of multi-resistant bacteria, highlight the unprecedented need to improve the process of training and improvement of human capital.  

Seize the moment and gain up-to-date knowledge on the management of coronavirus infections"

This postgraduate diploma in Microbiological and Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases for Pharmacists contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in Microbiological and Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases for Pharmacists
• 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
• New developments on Microbiological and Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases for Pharmacists
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• 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

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make in a specialization for two reasons: you will obtain a postgraduate diploma from TECH, and you will acquire the best and most up-to-date specialization in Microbiological and Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases for Pharmacists point of view"

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

The methodological design of this postgraduate diploma, 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 problem 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 program that all 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.

You are in front of the best of the educational panorama in viral infections that will catapult you and turn you into a successful pharmacist”

Don't miss the opportunity to learn about advances in the treatment of infections and incorporate them into your daily practice”

The fundamental purpose of the educational program is to specialize and improve the pharmacist to achieve a deep theoretical mastery of the latest and most current scientific knowledge in the area of clinical infectious diseases, as well as the development of skills that allow them to approach the complex process of health and infectious diseases in individuals and communities with more comfort and safety.

This refresher program will generate a sense of confidence in pharmacy practice, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

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 pharmaceutical and health care of patients with infectious diseases, based on comprehensive care, the application of the clinical epidemiological method and the correct use of antimicrobials in accordance with the most up-to-date scientific evidence

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Microbiological Diagnosis and Other Examinations for Infectious Diseases

• 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 2. The Immune System and Infections in Immunosuppressed Patients

• Describe the clinical, diagnostic and treatment features of sexually transmitted infections
• Identify the main germs involved in foodborne infections and their clinical significance
• Address in detail and depth the most up-to-date scientific evidence in the vast world of hepatitis
• Explain the pathophysiological and pathogenic interrelationships between tuberculosis co-infection and HIV/AIDS infection

Module 3. General Elements of Infectious Diseases

• To substantiate the importance of the control of viral haemorrhagic diseases and the detailed study of the most frequent and deadly diseases for the reduction of morbidity and mortality worldwide
• Explain the clinical, diagnostic and treatment elements of rare or uncommon infectious diseases

Module 4. The Role of Infectologists in Health Services

• Emphasise the future challenges of infectious diseases in reducing infectious morbidity and mortality

Improve your work by taking advantage of the specialization offered with the postgraduate diploma in Microbiological and Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases for Pharmacists"