postgraduate certificate Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases

The threat of epidemics and pandemics in our world is growing and is of great concern to health professionals. For this reason, it is necessary that pharmacists work to advance in this field, achieving improvements that slow down the progress of this type of disease. But, at the same time, it is also important for pharmacists to be aware of the latest findings. Thus, programs such as this one are intended to provide doctors with the most up-to-date and rigorous information on the Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases for Pharmacists to improve their knowledge and to favor their treatments.

University certificate

duration

6 weeks

Modality

Online

Schedule

At your own pace

Exams

Online

start date

financing up to

3 months

Price

SD£512,750

The world's largest faculty of pharmacy”

Description

Pharmacists must update themselves to incorporate the latest knowledge in infectious disease microbiology into their daily practice”

Infectious diseases are re-emerging as a top priority worldwide, and to meet the needs of the 21st century, health care professionals must have a solid understanding of clinical infectious diseases. This makes it vitally important that pharmacists continue their preparation with programs such as this one, in which they can learn first-hand about the advances in different types of infections.

The development and spread of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of the main problems of infection control in most countries, which has been alarming experts about a possible worldwide antibiotic crisis.

Another challenge in relation to infectious diseases is the emergence in recent years of several new diseases with high morbidity. of several new diseases with high morbidity in recent years, which requires an important level of updating in order to prevent new infections and reduce the morbidity figures for infections.

Therefore, pharmacy professionals, regardless of where they work, can see in this postgraduate certificate the opportunity to take a teaching program that brings together the most advanced and in-depth knowledge of the most important health problems in the field of infectious diseases and microbiology, where a group of professors of high scientific rigor and extensive international experience provides the most complete and up-to-date information on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of individual patients and population groups, suffering from the most prevalent and deadly infectious diseases.

In this case, the program focuses on the Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases, emphasizing the conditions that lead certain continents to be prone to the development of some pathologies.

Pharmacy professionals need to be constantly updating their knowledge of infectious diseases"

This postgraduate certificate in Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases has a syllabus that positions it as an educational product of the highest scientific rigor at an international level. Additionally, this program provides training and professional development in different areas:

Clinical symptoms development medicine to be able to address the infectious health-- disease process in a particular person through the study of the most prevalent and deadly infectious diseases, and , in Epidemiology , to study the behaviour of the same phenomenon in a population
The indication, performance and interpretation of the main state-of-the-art diagnostic tests to complement clinical skills in the diagnostic process. Emphasizing the most up-to-date microbiological tests used to rapidly diagnose germs and study antimicrobial
Complex and determining pathophysiological relationships between the immune response and infectious agents
Germs related to neoplasms and chronic non-communicable diseases
Development and production of vaccines for the control of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases
The important field of antimicrobial therapeutics, providing the best available information on the development and production of new antibiotics

This postgraduate certificate may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases, you will obtain a degree from TECH Technological University"

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

The methodological design of this Postgraduate Certificate, 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 around 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 that in this Postgraduate Certificate each 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.

Become an expert in the treatment of infectious diseases and give the best care in your daily practice"

Don't miss the opportunity to study with us and you will be trained in different areas of infectious diseases, improving your skills as a pharmacist"

Objectives

The main objective of the postgraduate certificate is the improvement of pharmacy professionals, by helping them acquire the most up-to-date and innovative scientific knowledge in the field of infectious diseases and how they are treated, allowing them to develop the skills that will turn their daily pharmaceutical practice into a benchmark of the standards of the best scientific evidence available, with a critical, innovative, multidisciplinary and integrative sense.

This postgraduate certificate gives pharmacy professionals the necessary information to develop their work in the field of infectious diseases”

General Objective

Guarantee professional improvement, through up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of the best scientific evidence , for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases with a multidisciplinary and integrative approach that facilitates the control of these pathologies

Specific Objectives

Provide students with advanced, in-depth, updated, and multidisciplinary information that allows them to comprehensively approach the process of health-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
Assess and interpret the epidemiological characteristics and conditions in the continents where the appearance and development of infectious diseases often occur
Address the important role of microbiology and the infectologist in the control of infectious diseases

This postgraduate certificate integrates the latest advances in educational technology with the most rigorous information on the market"

Postgraduate Certificate in Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases

Before the planet was populated by mammals or human beings, microorganisms were already proliferating in the environment with an antiquity of almost four thousand years. Science estimates that we know approximately 1% of all species, of which 500 are pathogenic for humans and some 50 cause serious diseases. Anyone who works in the health sector, knows how essential it is to deepen in this field, especially if it is someone who dispenses antibiotics. At TECH Technological University we offer the possibility for you to specialize in this field with the Postgraduate Certificate in Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases, a program of online classes enriched with the most innovative educational technology to turn professionals into renowned experts. Why practice with the basics? We put science at your disposal as the epicenter of progress and a resource to optimize your capabilities. If you want added value to your services, here you will find the greatest experience.

Learn about microbiology with a pharmaceutical approach

Since ancient times, infectious diseases have played a pronounced role in the morbidity and mortality of numerous populations, becoming a worldwide problem. Three of the ten leading causes of death, according to the WHO, are communicable diseases, whereas, if only low-income countries are considered, the pattern changes and infectious diseases are six of the ten most common causes of death, including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. Another example of how worrisome infectious diseases can be is the covid-19 pandemic. What better way to address these challenges than by delving deeper into fields such as epidemiology and microbiology? Our program is strategically designed with the latest scientific, medical and technological advances to give the pharmacist the ability to acquire significant skills in these areas that are key to the development of cures. Classes are 100% online so you have access to advanced quality education just a few clicks away.