Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
The Role of Vaccines in Preventing Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance
This online course developed by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) introduced participants to what vaccines are and how they can play a key role in combating antimicrobial resistance now and in the future.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Rajeka Lazarus
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Bristol
BSAC
Dr Susanne Hodgson
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology at the University of Oxford
BSAC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the basic principles of how vaccines work
- Evaluate the impact of vaccines on infectious diseases
- Describe how vaccines are currently used in higher and lower income countries
- Describe the factors that influence vaccine deployment and uptake
- Assess the potential pipeline of future vaccine development to prevent AMR and infectious diseases
- Evaluate the challenges for novel vaccine development
Syllabus
- What are vaccines and how do they work
- The impact vaccines have had on saving lives
- Barriers to the universal use of vaccines
- The potential for vaccines to help address antimicrobial resistance
This course has been approved by the Royal College of Pathologists at a level of 4 credits.
Issued on 21st June 2019
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