| Title: |
Advanced training course in Migrant Health and Clinical and Laboratory Parasitology |
| Keywords: |
Mobile population
Migration
Tropical medicine
Parasitic
Laboratory
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| Country: |
Italy
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| Institution: |
Italy - Clinica di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Università degli Studi di Brescia
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| Course coordinator: |
Prof. Alberto Matteelli
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| Date start: |
2024-09-16 |
| Date end: |
2024-10-04 |
| About duration and dates: |
Application deadline: 29th July 2024 16th-20 September 2024: Asynchronous online lessons 23rd - 27th September 2024: Face-to-Face in Brescia 30 September - 4th October 2024: Face-to-Face in Negrar Final examination date: 4th October 2024 |
| Classification: |
advanced optional
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| Mode of delivery: |
Blended-learning
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Course location:
First week:
remote (with remote contents provided by University of Minnesota)
Second Week:
Università degli Studi di Brescia,
P.zza Mercato, 15
25121 Brescia,
Italy
Third Week:
Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria,
Viale Luigi Rizzardi, 4,
37024 Negrar di Valpolicella (VR)
Italy |
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| ECTS credit points: |
3.5 ECTS credits
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SIT:
SIT: 90 hours
Including 65,5 hours of class learning and 24,5 hours of self-learning |
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| Language: |
English
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Description:
At the end of the module the student should be able to:
● Appraise the major health challenges that migrants face before leaving, during migratory journey and upon arrival in the host country, with a particular focus on vulnerable groups. This includes infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and cancers.
● Demonstrate awareness of the relevant interdisciplinary cooperation across the fields of migration health, laboratory medicine, medical sciences and public health.
● Discuss various global public health strategies to achieve greater health equity in tropical medicine and access to health care.
● Apply clinical decision-making approach in tropical medicine
● Discuss cost-effective strategies for screening and diagnosis of main parasitic infections
● Apply basic skills of microscopy for diagnosis of main parasitic infections |
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Assessment Procedures:
Students will take two exams.
The maximum score for each of the two exams is 30/30, and the grading scale is as follows:
Grade Score Range
A > 28/30
B 24-28/30
C 21-23/30
D 18-20/30
E < 18/30
To pass the exam, a student must achieve a score of 18 or higher.
The total assessment is based on two components:
Multiple Choice Exam (40%): final day of the week in Brescia. This assignment will contribute 40% to the final grade.
Multiple-Choice Exam (60%): On the last day of the course, there will be a 1-hour multiple-choice exam, including the use of a microscope. This exam will account for the remaining 60% of the final grade.
To pass the exam, a student must achieve a score equal to or higher than 18 in each of the two components.
Students who fail one or both of the assessments have the opportunity to retake the exam within one month from the end of the course. The re-sit will be performed through an online, written, MCQ examination; the microscope part will be replaced by images. |
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Content:
First week Online learning:
Introduction to:
● Social determinants of health
● Human mobility, neglected diseases, and human displacement
● The human right to health
● Special issues in vaccine preventable diseases in refugees and immigrants
● Chronic health conditions in immigrants and refugees
● Cancers in immigrants and refugees
● Human trafficking: our role as health care providers
● Malaria pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatment
● Leishmaniasis
● Chagas disease
● Filariasis, strongyloides and other boold parasites
● Schistosomiasis
● Echinococcus
Second Week face-to-face in Brescia:
● Migration Laws and Health Rights
● Health Equity: "Determinants of Wealth".
● From Anthropological to economic perspective
● Communicable Diseases in Migrants
● Non-Communicable Diseases in Migrants
● Transdisciplinary Approach: Transcultural Health to Social Care
● Psychological Support to Psychiatric Care
● Vulnerable people: focus on victims of sexual exploitation, Trafficking victims, psychological and physical abuse
Third Week face-to-face in Negrar (all of these topics will include a practical laboratory component):
● Basic aspects of decision making in Tropical Medicine
● Malaria
● Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease
● Strongyloidiasis, Filaria
● Schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminths and intestinal protozoa |
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Methods:
First week online: asynchronous learning
Short preparatory video lessons for the topics of the next two weeks. The video lessons are pre-recorded. Students can write to the email addresses provided for any questions or clarifications regarding the topics covered.
These lessons account for 15 learning hours
Second week:
Theoretical lectures for 15,00 hours, practical lectures for 12,5 hours, and 9,5 hours of self-study, for a total of 37 hours.
Third week:
Theoretical lectures for 6 hours and practical hands-on exercises for 32,00 hours for a total of 38 hours. |
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Prerequisites:
Degree in medical and other health professions: medicine, nursing, laboratory technician, biotechnology, and biology.
Inclusion of any other background degrees will be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the scientific committee.
Fluent level of English (not degree required). |
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Attendance:
Number of students below which the course would not take place: 13
Maximum number of students: 20 |
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Selection:
In case the number of applications will exceed 20, a selection will be carried out based on the following criteria (30 points maximum score):
- Educational certificates (10 points)
- Work experience in international health (15 points)
- Awards (5 points) |
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Fees:
2.000,00 €
TropEd students can enroll at a reduced fee of 1.300 € |
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tropEd accreditation:
Accredited in EC TelCo, March 2024 |
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| Email Address: |
globalhealth@unibs.it |
| Date Of Record Creation: |
2024-03-22 13:53:23 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Of Record Release: |
2024-03-22 20:09:37 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Record Checked: |
2024-03-22 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Last Modified: |
2024-03-22 20:09:37 (W3C-DTF) |
