Start: 4th November or 3rd March 2025 Krems, Austria & online.
The certificate course for “Allergology and Clinical Immunology” offers colleagues interested in allergology a postgraduate theoretical and practical training on academic basis.
The aim of the course is to share specialized knowledge and immunological basics as well as clinical skills in the field of allergology and clinical immunology theoretically and practically.
After the course the graduates will have a profound basic knowledge in allergology and immunology. In particular, they are trained in molecular allergology. They are familiar with (inter)national guidelines and recommendations and have the ability to collect and interpret relevant clinical data. Furthermore, they are able to assist in the professional and high-quality execution of clinical studies.
Teaching Content
Clinical Immunology, comprehensive basics on composition, structure and function of lymphatic organs, cells of the immune system as well as mechanisms of innate and adaptive immunity such as hypersensitivity reactions. Immunology of autoimmune diseases, tumor diseases, immunodeficiencies and infections.
Allergology including etiology, pathogenesis and pathophysiology and epidemiology, natural course of disease and risk factors.
Diagnosis and therapy of allergic and other immunological diseases in theory and practice, especially common and newly emerging diagnostic methods and their potential as well as therapeutic options and innovative development concepts.
Practical week with discussion and consolidation of all learning contents by means of interactively worked out patient cases and training of an individually optimized patient management.
Duration and organization
The course comprises 30 ECTS and takes place in distance learning with a concluding project week in Krems in English.
The contents are dealt with in modules, at the end of which a written online knowledge test must be completed. With the exception of internships and tutorials, lectures are held virtually on a highly flexible basis. Upon positive completion, participants receive a certificate.
2 semester-course (part-time): start 4th November 2024
1 semester-course (full-time): start 3rd March 2025
Degree
Certificate of Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL)
Target group and requirements
The certificate course is addressed to representatives of all health care professions in the health care and pharmaceutical industry, who are confronted with immunological questions in their daily work: laboratory staff, physicians, pharmaceutical and hospital representatives, MTAs, etc.
Prerequisite for participation is at least high school certificate level plus working experience.
Registration and details
All details about the course and registration can be found at www.kl.ac.at/en/certificate-allergology.
Click here for registration and application.
THE UNIVERSITY
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL) at the Krems Campus is an institution dedicated to education and research with an established recognition throughout Europe. The university offers modern, demand-oriented professional training and development in medicine and psychology, and conducts academic research in key fields of health sciences, with the overall purpose to benefit humanity and the future of healthcare. A unique network of university hospitals as well as teaching and research locations ensure excellent teaching, professional careers in healthcare and excellence in research.
THE KL ACADEMY
The KL Academy makes the professional and didactic expertise of the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in medicine, psychology and health sciences accessible to a wide audience. The varied offer is aimed at staff and managers in the public and private healthcare sector. It includes university courses leading to a certificate as well as continuing education events in the form of seminars, workshops or summer schools.
Published in GI-Mail 08/2024 (English edition).
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