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With this Practical Training you will take a definitive step in your career.”
Internship
The study of this program in is comprised of a practical stay at a prestigious clinical center, lasting 3 weeks, from Monday to Friday with 8-hour consecutive training sessions alongside an attending specialist. This stay will allow you to observe real patients alongside a team of specialists in the field of , applying the most innovative diagnostic procedures and planning the latest generation therapies for each pathology.
During this period, the professional will observe first-hand the different methodologies employed to manage patients based on the severity of their disease. Additionally, they will be in an environment that will keep them up-to-date on the most effective treatments for patients with special characteristics. It offers a current view but will also provide a future perspective on the approach to tumors, addressing the latest scientific advancements in this field.
In this training proposal, each activity is designed to strengthen and enhance the key competencies required for the specialized practice of this field. Thus, it will maximize the professional profile, driving solid, efficient, and highly competitive performance.
It is undoubtedly an opportunity to learn while working in the innovative hospital of the future, where real-time patient health monitoring is at the core of the digital culture of its professionals. This is a new way of understanding and integrating health processes, making the hospital the ideal teaching setting for this innovative experience in enhancing the professional competencies of 21st-century doctors.
The practical teaching will be conducted with the guidance and support of the professors and fellow trainees, facilitating teamwork and multidisciplinary integration as transversal competencies for medical practice (learning to be and learning to relate).
The procedures described below will form the basis of the training, and their implementation will be subject to the availability of the center, its usual activities, and workload. The proposed activities are as follows:
Diagnostic methods and research in Hepatology
- Participate in performing liver biopsies
- Diagnose liver issues using imaging techniques like ultrasound, CT, and MRI
- Perform basic and advanced endoscopy in liver pathology
- Assess liver fibrosis using non-invasive methods
- Use PCR techniques and microarrays in diagnosing and monitoring liver diseases
- Apply immunocytochemistry procedures for diagnosing liver diseases
Diagnostic procedures, management, and treatment of viral Hepatitis
- Follow the most updated clinical protocols in the approach to viral Hepatitis
- Diagnose, through liver biopsy, the activity level of fibrosis in Hepatitis
- Perform specific approaches to Hepatitis in special populations: pregnancy, cirrhosis patients, or liver transplant recipients
- Manage co-infection of HCV-HIV after Hepatitis
Cirrhosis Hepatica approaches
- Recognize clinical manifestations of Cirrhosis using prognostic models
- Assess the progression of Cirrhosis Hepatica through laboratory blood tests, looking for signs of liver (bilirubin excess) and kidney (creatinine levels) dysfunction
- Perform elastography using MR elastography to detect liver hardening
- Indicate the use of recommended and dangerous medications in Cirrhosis Hepatica
- Diagnose and treat portal hypertension, Ascites, and Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Treat esophageal bleeding caused by varices
Liver transplant techniques and approach to hepatocellular carcinoma and other tumors
- Diagnose Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Metastasis, and Cholangiocarcinoma through blood tests, imaging tests (MRI and CT), and liver biopsy
- Apply radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, and microwave ablation techniques for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Manage neoplastic complications of the hepatopancreaticobiliary area using endoscopic techniques
- Participate in liver transplant surgery interventions and assess the patient’s condition afterward, addressing immediate and intermediate complications from the surgery
- Perform endoscopic treatment of biliary complications in liver transplantation
Train in an institution that can offer you all these possibilities, with an innovative academic program and a human team capable of developing you to the maximum.
Introduction to the Program
Incorporate into your daily practice the most relevant advances in the area of Hepatology thanks to a distinctive, unique and effective hands-on experience”
Hepatology is of great relevance if we take into account that one out of every three people in the world is exposed to the hepatitis B or C virus, being one of the priority diseases in the Millennium Development Goals of the World Health Organization. In view of this reality, scientific research has driven the improvement of both diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
These advances require specialists to keep their knowledge constantly updated. This is why this Internship program was created. An innovative pedagogical program, which goes into the direct and current application of techniques and procedures in a real healthcare scenario. Thus, the professional who enters this program will have access to a clinical center of reference in Hepatology. In this environment you will be able, together with specialists in this area, to test the techniques, tools and methodologies used in the approach to the hepatological patient.
A 3-week stay, where you will work in a specialized environment, which will allow you to learn first-hand about the state-of-the-art equipment used, as well as the different procedures applied to care for patients whose disease is at different stages. An excellent opportunity to keep abreast of progress in Hepatology in a professional and eminently practical environment.
Enjoy an intensive 3-week stay in a reputable center and get up to date on the latest clinical procedures to achieve professional growth"
Internship Program in Hepatology
In order to efficiently incorporate the latest diagnostic techniques and approach to liver disorders, as well as new forms of intervention that modify the evolution and prognosis of patients, it is necessary that health professionals are updated in the specific skills required by this area of medicine. For this reason, TECH Global University developed this Internship program in Hepatology, a program focused on the main aspects of this discipline. In this way, you will be able to put your knowledge into practice in the hospital reality and boost your professional career towards excellence.
Specialize in the area of hepatology
The main objective of this program is to provide students with the ability to intervene in the area of hepatology through immersive learning through real practice. Thus, you will be able to join a cutting-edge healthcare environment and further strengthen your knowledge and skills in the latest trends in this discipline. You will recognize the indications, contraindications, rationale and limitations of hematological diagnostic and therapeutic methods; you will apply curative treatments according to acute and chronic liver diseases, and you will treat your patients' pathologies effectively in order to ensure an accurate prognosis and a faster recovery. From this, you will manage to stand out as an expert in the practice of this discipline and revalue your professional profile.
Study at the largest Faculty of Medicine
TECH Global University has the largest Faculty of Medicine. Through an excellent scientific program you will have the opportunity to access a first-rate hospital, equipped with the most advanced technological and human resources. This Internship program lasts three weeks in consecutive eight-hour days, from Monday to Friday, which will guarantee you to perfect your skills to solve complex situations in real environments. With this program you will take the decisive step in your career.