Master in Clinical Infectology and Antibiotic Therapeutics + University Degree with 8 ECTS Credits

After completing the infectology master's degree, the students will have achieved, among others, the following objectives: - Raise awareness of the importance of Public Health training among health professionals. - Define the concept of Public Health and study its evolution and relationship with Epidemiology. - Learn to interpret epidemiological phenomena and know the importance of epidemiological surveillance. - Know the evolution of the most prevalent diseases as well as their current situation. - Know the programs aimed at promoting health in society. - Relate the fundamental concepts of the transmission of inheritance in humans. - Interpret the genetic bases of the main human pathologies. - Know the metabolic deficiencies related to the appearance of different pathologies in men. - Acquire basic knowledge related to the human immune system. - Identify the main pathologies linked to immune deficiencies. - Know the detection and study techniques of the main human pathogenic microorganisms. - Describe the main genera of proteobacteria as well as the different pathologies they cause in humans. - Identify the main types of human pathogenic gram-negative bacteria, taking into account the diseases they cause. - Relate spirochetes and pathogenic eukaryotic microorganisms to the pathologies they cause. - Know antibacterial and antifungal drugs, taking into account their scope of action. - Analyze the origin, characteristics and response mechanisms of the immune system. - Analyze nucleic acid extraction and amplification techniques (PCR and variants) and their multiple applications. - Describe autoimmunity and the techniques commonly used for its study. - Analyze the phenomenon of hypersensitivity and the laboratory techniques used in allergy studies. - Describe the methodology used in the study of lymphocyte subpopulations and in the functional characterization of relevant cells of the immune system. - Analyze the application of the various antigen-antibody techniques in microbiological and hematological diagnosis. - Describe the process that guarantees the quality of the parameters analyzed in the various immunological techniques. - Know the agents that cause infections. - Analyze the immune system, as well as the concepts of 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. - Improve interventions in the prevention of infections by intestinal parasites. - Make known the main developments and clinical advances in parasitic infections that may occur in specialized care, especially among the immigrant population. - Define what a clinical laboratory is, its organization, sections and materials, instruments and basic equipment. - Identify and select the type of sample required to diagnose a possible infectious disease. - Describe the main syndromes in travelers who present with infectious tropical diseases. - Identify the main infectious tropical diseases. - Select the indicated treatment within the main groups of diseases. - Prevent infectious tropical diseases. - Define the meaning of HIV/AIDS and what it implies in the human body. - Describe the mechanisms or causes that produce AIDS in our body. - List the symptoms that can lead to the diagnosis of the disease. - Go deeper into the care that should be applied to people who have the disease. - Study what preventive measures should be taken take into account to prevent the disease from developing.