Certificate Course Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Target group and requirements

The certificate course is addressed to representatives of all health care professions in the health care and pharmaceutical industry, who are confronted with immunological questions in their daily work: laboratory staff, physicians, pharmaceutical and hospital representatives, MTAs, etc.

Prerequisite for participation is at least high school certificate level plus working experience.

Teaching content and fee

The certificate course for "Allergology and Clinical Immunology" offers colleagues interested in allergology a postgraduate theoretical and practical training on academic basis.

The aim of the course is to share specialized knowledge and immunological basics as well as clinical skills in the field of allergology and clinical immunology theoretically and practically.

After the course the graduates will have a profound basic knowledge in allergology and immunology. In particular, they are trained in molecular allergology. They are familiar with (inter)national guidelines and recommendations and have the ability to collect and interpret relevant clinical data. Furthermore, they are able to assist in the professional and high-quality execution of clinical studies.

The participation fee for the course is 6.000.-- €“

Teaching Content:

• Clinical Immunology, comprehensive basics on composition, structure and function of lymphatic organs, cells of the immune system as well as mechanisms of innate and adaptive immunity such as hypersensitivity reactions. Immunology of autoimmune diseases, tumor diseases, immunodeficiencies and infections.
• Allergology including etiology, pathogenesis and pathophysiology and epidemiology, natural course of disease and risk factors. 
• Diagnosis and therapy of allergic and other immunological diseases in theory and practice, especially common and newly emerging diagnostic methods and their potential as well as therapeutic options and innovative development concepts. 
• Practical week with discussion and consolidation of all learning contents by means of interactively worked out patient cases and training of an individually optimized patient management.

Lecturers

• Course director Priv. Doz. Dr. Ursula Petra Zieglmayer | petra.zieglmayer@kl.ac.at 

Further Lecturers

• Prof. Dr. DI Barbara Bohle
• Prof. Dr. Elena Borzova
• Prof. Dr. Heimo Breiteneder
• Dr. Mathias Drach
• Dr. Stefan Edlinger
• Prof. Dr. Peter Errhalt
• Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Sabine Flicker
• Ap. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Johannes Griss, PhD
• Dr. Klaus Hackner
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Christine Hafner
• Dr. Peter Heil
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber
• Univ. Doz. Mag. Dr. Aleksandra Inic- Kanada
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Erika Jensen-Jarolim
• Priv. Doz. Dr.  Galateja Jordakieva
• Ao. Univ. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Tamar Kinaciyan
• DI Bernhard Kratzer, PhD 
• Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Mag. Dr. Birgit Linhart
•  Karin Pfisterer, PhD
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Winfried Pickl
• Dr.  Waltraud Riegler
• Assoc. Prof. Univ. Doz. Irma Schabussova, PhD
• Ao. Univ. Prof.  Wolfgang Sperr
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Zsolt Szepfalusi
• Priv. Doz. Dr.  Peter Valentin Tomazic
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Trautinger
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Valenta
• Assoc. Prof. Univ. Doz. Mag. Dr. Susanne Vrtala
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas Wekerle
• Priv. Doz. Dr.  U. Petra Zieglmayer
• Galateja Jordakieva, PhD

Duration and organization

The course comprises 30 ECTS and is held in English on a part-time basis.

The contents are dealt with in modules, at the end of which a written online knowledge test must be completed. With the exception of internships and tutorials, lectures are held virtually on a highly flexible basis. Upon positive completion, participants receive a certificate.

2 semesters, planned start 4^th November 2024

Application

The certificate course is addressed to representatives of all health care professions in the health care and pharmaceutical industry, who are confronted with immunological questions in their daily work: laboratory staff, physicians, pharmaceutical and hospital representatives, MTAs, etc.

Prerequisite for participation is at least high school certificate level plus working experience in the relevant fields.

Registration possible until the end of 14^th October2024!