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HIV-related Diseases, Treatment and Care
This advanced level online course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the scope and manifestations of HIV-related diseases, their management and care. Special emphasis will be placed on co-infections, co-morbidities and state-of-the-art treatment.
Resistant HIV is likely to become a major problem especially in resource-limited settings. The course will thus cover trends in transmission and treatment, and preventive strategies for the development and spread of resistant HIV.
Students completing the course will be able to work across sectors and in different geographical, social and cultural settings at an expert level.
Application deadline for this course is 2 January 2012 - APPLY ONLINE NOW!
Institution:
Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen.
This course is an online course and can be followed from anywhere.
Course coordinators:
Lars Peters and Ulrik Bak Dragsted
Duration of course: 10 weeks (part time: students are expected to study 18 hrs per week)
Dates: 2 April 2012 - 8 June 2012
ECTS credits: 7.5
Language: English
Target group and prerequisites:
The applicants must live up to the admission criteria. Furthermore applicants must have proven clinical experience (2 years) within treatment or care of HIV/AIDS patients.
Course content:
Morbidity and mortality in the cART era;
HIV-related morbidities and co-infections;
Risk assessment of disease progression for HIV and co-morbidities;
Diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection;
State-of the-art HIV treatment including transmission and treatment of (multi-)drug resistant HIV;
HIV treatment in low and middle income countries;
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission and reproductive strategies for PLHIV;
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring;
ART adherence;
Management of side effects to ART and management of treatement failure;
HIV and Quality of Life;
HIV biomedical prevention, incl. circumcision;
Teaching methodologies
Online format: se below
Discussions
Exercises
Course paper
Online learning - how does it work?
The course is structured around 10 internet based E-learning modules (E-modules) with weekly deadlines. This means that you as a student can follow the course from anywhere in the world at any time you like. All you need is an internet connection. You will only meet and interact with your teachers and fellow students in the University of Copenhagen's online learning platform.
Due to this internet based platform, we have the unique opportunity to attract and offer you teaching from the most prominent and skilled researchers in the world.
Each E-module is composed of:
1. An introduction to the topic
2. An overview of the purpose, the subjects and the intended learning outcome
3. A short study guide
4. Learning resources (which can be text, audio and/or video files)
5. Several exercises called E-lessons.
The E-lessons are online learning activities which can be questionnaires, assignments, or online discussions. The role of the teacher is to assist student learning by serving as E-moderators for the various E-lessons.
Examination
Written course paper: Individual paper, Internal examiner
Students completing this course will be able to:
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Systematically explain how organs and organ systems are affected by HIV infection;
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Differentiate the clinical manifestations of HIV-related diseases;
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Recognize benefits and adverse effects of various HIV drug therapies;
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Propose relevant diagnosis and treatment strategies for HIV infection according to state-of-the-art guidelines including (multi-) drug resistant HIV;
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Propose relevant diagnosis and treatment strategies for both common and severe HIV-related diseases and differentiate across various geographical settings;
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Analyse and propose medical preventive measures and treatment related to reproductive health for PLHIV;
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Evaluate the impact HIV infection and co-morbidities have on quality of life.
Criteria for assessing the fulfilment of the objectives: The student is expected to participate actively in classes, discussions, group work and exercises. The course paper will be reviewed and graded according to the described learning objectives.
Grading: Written course paper: 7-point grading scale
Tuition Fee(s):
Reduced fee (students from the European Community, and the European Economic Community)
DKK 12750 / EUR 1727
Standard fee (all other students)
DKK 16500 / EUR 2230
Fees in Euro include a 16 EUR exchange fee.
All fees are subject to regulation
