Description
Practical skills to attain the competencies from each of the three lines in this program: Infectious Diseases, Infection by HIV/AIDS and Imported Diseases, International Cooperation and Global Health.
Faculty
| Name | Coordinator | Lecture | Laboratory |
|---|
| GUTIERREZ RODERO, FELIX | ■ | | ■ |
| MASIA CANUTO, MARIA DEL MAR | | | ■ |
| TORRUS TENDERO, DIEGO | | | ■ |
| RAMOS RINCON, JOSE MANUEL | | | ■ |
| ORTIZ DE LA TABLA DUCHASE, VICTORIA | | | ■ |
| BERNAL MORELL, ENRIQUE | | | ■ |
| ALCALDE ENCINAS, MARÍA DEL MAR | | | ■ |
| GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, MAGDALENA | | | ■ |
| USÓ BLASCO, JORDI | | | ■ |
| JIMENO ALMAZAN, AMAYA | | | ■ |
| GARCÍA DELTORO, MIGUEL | | | ■ |
| JOVER DIAZ, FRANCISCO MARIANO | | | ■ |
| PADILLA URREA, SERGIO | | | ■ |
General competencies
- Demonstrate systematic competence in the field of infectious diseases and mastery of research methods and skills related to infectious diseases.
- Demonstrate systematic competence in the field of international health and mastery of research methods and skills related to international and global health.
- Be able to critically analyze, evaluate, and synthesize new and complex ideas in infectious diseases and international health.
- Know how to communicate with peers, the academic community as a whole, and society in general about infectious diseases and international health.
- Capability of promoting, within academic and professional contexts, technological, social, or cultural advancement in the field of infectious diseases and international health within a knowledge-based society.
Specific competencies
- Know how to request microbiological tests, interpret the results of microbiological diagnostic techniques and the study of antibiotic activity, and be able to perform fundamental techniques for rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases.
- Demonstrate the ability to clinically use antibiotics (antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiviral) in order to design, plan, and implement programs for their management in different healthcare environments.
- Understand the accuracy of the primary diagnostic tests used in infectious diseases and international health, including microbiological, biochemical, and radiological analysis, and their conditions of use.
- Demonstrate competence in the field of clinical infectious diseases and mastery of healthcare methods and skills related to community-acquired infections, and acquire basic skills to begin research tasks
- Demonstrate competence in the field of clinical infectious diseases and mastery of healthcare and research methods and skills related to infections associated with medical and surgical procedures, and acquire basic skills to begin research tasks.
- Acquire competence in the field of chronic infections caused by viruses and mastery of healthcare methods and skills related to infections due to HIV and the hepatitis virus, and acquire basic skills to begin research work.
- Demonstrate competence in the field of infections associated with alterations in the body's defensive systems and mastery of healthcare methods and skills related to infections in immunocompromised patients, and acquire basic skills to begin research tasks.
- Be able to identify the primary signs and symptoms presenting in indigenous and imported infectious diseases in hosts both normal as well as immunocompromised in their different locations.
- Demonstrate competence in the field of traveler's health and care for the immigrant community and mastery of healthcare methods and skills related to traveler's health problems, and acquire basic skills to begin research tasks.
- Be able to properly proceed when facing primary infectious disease syndromes and the different situations arising in caring for the immigrant population and travelers.
- Acquire the capacity to use tools of epidemiology and public health related to infectious diseases and international health.
Objectives (Learning outcomes)
- Learn how to apply in practice the knowledge and skills acquired to achieve professional competencies in each of the three lines of the Master: infectious diseases, infection by the HIV/AIDS and international health.
Contents
Teaching units
Basic bibliography
- Wilks, David. Farrington, Mark. / Rubenstein, David. "The infectious diseases manual [electronic resource] /". Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2003.
- Loeb, Mark. / Smaill, Fiona. / Smieja, Marek. "Evidence-based infectious diseases [electronic resource] /". Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : BMJ/Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
- Petersen, Eskild. / Chen, Lin H. / Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Patricia. "Infectious diseases [electronic resource] : a geographic guide /". Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Beltz, Lisa A., 1960-. "Emerging infectious diseases [electronic resource] : a guide to diseases, causative agents, and surveillance /". San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2011.
- Wertheim, Heiman F. L. / Horby, Peter. / Woodall, John P. "Atlas of human infectious diseases [electronic resource] /". Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Complementary bibliography
Links
Software
Methodology and grading
Methodology
- Case studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.
- Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.
Grading
- Report of student activities and observation of the tutor report.