This intensive, face-to-face internship will bring you up to date on the main discoveries related to super-resistant microbes and the most innovative therapeutics to treat patients affected by them"

Antibiotic resistance has become a daily problem in hospitals around the world. International studies report that this condition is the result of many variables, such as the excess of medical prescriptions without an adequate definition of pathologies or self-medication, among others. In addition, the abuse and misuse of antibacterial therapies contributes to the creation of drug-resistant bacteria. These situations often generate long admissions of patients to health institutions and drive up health care costs. Therefore, the sector demands professionals with an updated qualification on the most innovative criteria for the application of Antibiotic therapies in daily medical practice. 

TECH, aware of this problem, has developed a new Internship program. Through it, the epidemiologist will be updated on the latest developments in the health field facing infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. This will be done without having to worry about an excessive theoretical learning load, since this pedagogical modality focuses on the development of specific competencies and skills based on the student's face-to-face and intensive stay in prestigious medical facilities. 

The specialist will move to the centers of their preference or geographical proximity for 3 weeks. From that institution, their preparation will be supported by experts with extensive experience in the area of Antibiotic Therapy. You will also be supervised by an assistant tutor. This figure will help you to master the most advanced care dynamics, as well as the most modern technologies in use in the sector and the methodologies for interpreting results. In this way, you will be able to keep up to date with the main innovations in this health area, providing direct attention to real cases and using the most competent equipment on the market. 

Enjoy an intensive 3-week internship at a prestigious center and update yourself on the latest clinical procedures in order to grow professionally"

This syllabus examines the main developments in the field of Antibiotic Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance. In this way, the epidemiologist will be brought up to date in an exclusively practical way, in direct dialogue with the best experts in the sector and applying their new skills when dealing with real cases. The aim of the program is to provide graduates with all the resources they need to update their practice through their own experience.

The teaching materials of this program, elaborated by these specialists, have contents that are completely applicable to your professional experiences"

General Objectives

• Provide students with advanced, in-depth, up-to-date, and multidisciplinary information that allows them to comprehensively approach the health-infectious disease process, the use of antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance 
• 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 antimicrobial treatment
• 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

Specific Objectives

• Develop skills to implement prophylactic plans for the prevention of these diseases
• Assess and interpret the epidemiological sanitary characteristics and conditions of countries that lead to the emergence and development of antibiotic resistance 
• Explain the complex interrelationships between the host, the microorganism, and the antibiotic to be used 
• Address the important role of microbiology and the diagnosis and control of infectious diseases 
• Describe the main mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance 
• Highlight the importance of rational therapeutics in the rational use of antimicrobials 
• Address the most important elements among the resistance mechanisms of superbacteria and other germs in a general sense 
• Delve into drug usage studies within pharmacoepidemiology to facilitate the selection of antimicrobials in daily clinical practice 
• Emphasize the role of interpretative reading of an antibiogram and the identification of new resistance genotypes that present clinical relevance 
• Explain the pathophysiologic and pathogenic interrelationships between antimicrobial use and the immune response 
• Justify 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 
• Address the crucial issue of super-resistant microbes and their relationship to antimicrobial use based on the most up-to-date concepts
• Advise pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry teams in the process of research and production of new antimicrobials and alternative treatments for infectious diseases 
• Emphasize the future challenges of infectious diseases in decreasing infectious diseases morbidity and mortality and antimicrobial treatment

Thanks to this qualification, you will update your practical skills on the absorption, transport, distribution, metabolism, excretion of antibiotics”