Master in Vaccines: Epidemiology, Public Health and Vaccinations + University Degree

Carrying out adequate control over the administration of vaccines, as well as its actions, is of vital importance to the public health of the country. It is not enough to vaccinate the population, but it is equally important to carry out efficient planning, carry out a correct administration and respond to those situations in which vaccination has not been carried out as it should. Through this Master in vaccines the basic concepts are taught, as well as the necessary skills in the update and application of vaccines in the general population and in special situations.

Among the practical objectives of the Master in vaccines, we highlight the following: - 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 the exercise of health promotion in society. - 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. - Identify the basic concepts related to vaccination and administration of vaccines with others and with biological products. - Explain the legal implications of vaccination in relation to the voluntariness and/mandatory of them in certain cases. - Know the appropriate procedure for the transport and conservation of vaccines, as well as the general procedure of the vaccination act. - List and describe the different vaccines that are currently used, related to the childhood as a moment of first application and possibility of subsequent administration in adulthood. - Know the special circumstances for vaccination in adults, international travelers and immigrant population. - Know and apply the official vaccination calendar according to the recommendations of the specialist agencies.

Health personnel, medicine, pediatrics, nursing, early care, technicians and health auxiliaries, outpatient emergencies.

Thanks to this Master in vaccines you can prepare to know how to apply the knowledge and skills that are acquired with it in the specialization of vaccines and, more specifically, update the knowledge that people have about vaccines, not only with professional but also personal objectives.

This Master in Vaccines is aimed at people who wish to acquire knowledge and skills for professional reasons or personal interest in specialization in different types of vaccines.

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.