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Introduction to HIV-related Diseases, Treatment and Care
Students completing this course will have a scientific approach to the diagnosis, treatment and care of HIV and its related diseases.
Students with a clinical background will be able to clinically manage most HIV-infected patients, and students with other backgrounds will achieve a substantial understanding of the problems and limitations associated with HIV, its related diseases and treatment hereof.
Furthermore, students will achieve an understanding of the patients’ perspectives on access to, use of, and problems with person-to-person health care information, facilities and treatment.
Institution: Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen
The course takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Duration of the course: 5 weeks
ECTS credits: 7.5
Language: English
Course content: This course covers the physical, psychological and social aspects of living with HIV and includes the basic concepts of diagnosis of HIV and HIV-related diseases. The course also covers the evolution of antiretroviral therapy, state-of-the art antiretroviral treatment and the prevention of HIV-related diseases including obstacles to successful treatment results. Furthermore, teaching will focus on treatment-related toxicity, resistance development, problems with adherence, use of health care facilities and stigma.
Content comprises:
- The origin of HIV-infection
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Diagnosis of HIV
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Acute and chronic immune deterioration
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Classification systems of disease progression
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HIV-related morbidity and mortality
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Opportunistic infections – diagnosis, clinical aspects, prevention and treatment
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Antiretroviral treatment – history, present and future development
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Adherence
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Basics on resistance development
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Patients' perspectives on being HIV-infected
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Stigma and discrimination
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HIV and sexuality
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Access and use of healthcare facilities
Teaching methodologies of the course:
45-minute lectures
Group work and discussions
Oral presentations
Multiple Choice Question tests
Field trips
Learning objectives of the course
Students completing this course will be able to:-
Describe and interpret HIV-diagnostic laboratory investigations and results;
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Describe the nature and course of HIV-infection;
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Describe the main groups of opportunistic infections;
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Explain how to diagnose and treat the most common opportunistic infections;
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Interpret and use laboratory results in the diagnosis of HIV-related diseases;
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Rationally use diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of HIV-related diseases;
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Use current treatment guidelines and understand their limitations;
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Understand resistance development and the implications of resistance for future treatment options;
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Initiate prevention of HIV-infection and HIV-related diseases;
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Discuss use of current healthcare facilities;
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Discuss the patient’s perspective on stigma and access to treatment and care.
Conditions for obtaining course certificate
The student must attend and participate actively in classes, group work and exercises. Furthermore, multiple choice question tests must be answered at a satisfactory level in order to obtain a course certificate.
Tuition Fee(s):
Reduced fee (students from the European Community, and the European Economic Community)
DKK 19,500/ EUR 2633
Standard fee (all other students)
DKK 24,050 / EUR 3244
Fees in Euro include a 16 EUR exchange fee.
All fees are subject to regulation.