70783 - Prophylaxis and Therapy

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will have knowledge on the impact of migration on the development and emergence of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

Course contents

- Travelers diarrhoea

- Viral hemorragic fever with a focus on ebola and other filoviruses

- Tuberculosis: epidemiology at global level, clinical management, MDR-TB

- Clinical cases

Readings/Bibliography

Useful websites:

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook

https://www.who.int/health-topics/neglected-tropical-diseases#tab=tab_1

https://www.youtube.com/@ntdworld/videos

ProMED

Teaching methods

In class lectures

Assessment methods

The final exam consists of a questionnaire with multiple choice questions. The test contains 21 multiple choice questions, the time available to the student for the written test is 30 minutes. The questions will be on topics related to the course. For each quiz there is only one correct answer. The score that will be calculated is +1.5 for each correct answer and 0 if the answer is wrong or absent. The test is passed with a minimum score of 18/30 (corresponding to 12 correct answers). A grade will not be given but the test will only result as passed / failed. During the test the use of support material such as textbooks, notes, computer supports is not allowed.

Teaching tools

Slides will be online available at the beginning of each lecture. The teaching material is available at https://virtuale.unibo.it/ by using student's username and password

Office hours

See the website of Marina Tadolini