Postgraduate in Clinical Microbiology: Specialty in Infectious Diseases

Currently, microbiology and research about infectious diseases occupy a prominent place in all societies in the world. The relevance of identifying the processes that can lead to a general improvement of the quality of life have been found. Through the realization of the postgraduate degree of microbiology, it is intended to offer students the knowledge, multidisciplinary skills and professional skills appropriate to carry out a correct and successful performance in microbiology and infectious diseases.

Among the main objectives of the Postgraduate Microbiology we can highlight the following: - Know the detection and study techniques of the main human pathogenic microorganisms. - Describe the main genres of proteobacteria as well as the different pathologies they cause in man. - Identify the main types of pathogenic gram negative bacteria of the human being, attending to the diseases they cause. - Relate the spirochetes and eukogenic microorganisms with the pathologies they cause. - Know the antibacterial and antifungal drugs, attending to their scope. - Know the agents causing infections. - Analyze the immune system, as well as the concepts autoimmunity and immunodeficiency. - Know the main infectious diseases. - Identify the main bacterial and viral diseases. - Know the main urgent infectious pathologies. - Analyze the most frequent nosocomial diseases. - Know the different types of fungi that exist. - Identify the main infectious diseases caused by fungi. - Select the most appropriate treatment in relation to the disease. - Prevent infectious diseases caused by fungi.

He develops his professional activity both on his own and integrated into companies, public or private, dedicated to the scope of microbiology.

Thanks to this postgraduate degree of microbiology you can acquire the knowledge, multidisciplinary competences and the skills required to perform a correct and successful work in microbiology and infectious diseases.

The present postgraduate of microbiology is directed to all those people who, either for personal reasons as professionals, are interested in acquiring knowledge related to microbiology and infectious diseases.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.