Postgraduate Course: Anti-Infective Therapy and Resistance (BIME11117)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This course aims to provide the basic understanding of antimicrobial agents and their use in clinical settings, how to use antimicrobial agents rationally based on evidence and existing policies, how to use antimicrobial agents safely and competently, and the understanding of the evidence that underpins policy development and stewardship. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | Printing own course materials |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Properties of antimicrobial agents
- Use of antimicrobials agents in clinical management
- Safe use of antimicrobial agents
- Antimicrobial stewardship and control
- Mechanisms and impact of antibiotic resistance; Multiresistant organisms
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Keywords | Antibiotic agents, therapy and management, antibiotic resistance |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Till Bachmann
Tel: 0131 242 9438
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