ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 49 Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 23 Interactive Classroom: 2 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Microbiology and Parasitology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
Areas: Microbiology, Parasitology, Medicine
Center Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Tropical Infectious Diseases and Medical Entomology is an optional subject of the Degree in Medicine that includes the following objectives:
- Know the biology and ecology of the main arthropods that act as vectors of tropical infectious diseases transmissible to humans, as well as the methods of vector control.
- Know the etiology, biological cycles, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical, differential diagnosis, and the diagnostic-therapeutic bases of the main tropical infectious diseases.
Theme 1. Introduction to the study of tropical infectious diseases and medical entomology: Etiology of tropical infectious diseases. Sources of infection. Roads and transmission mechanisms.
Theme 2. Transmission by vectors: Types of vectors. Biology and ecology of the main arthropods of medical interest. Mosquitoes (Anopheles Culex and Aedes), Phlebotomids, Triatomid Bugs, Flies (Glossina and Simulium), Horseflies (Chrysops), Lice, Fleas and Ticks. Vector control. Tropical diseases produced by arthropods. Myiasis, Tungosis and scabies.
Theme 3. Etiology of viral tropical infectious diseases. Tropical infectious diseases caused by viruses. Hemorrhagic viruses. Acute severe respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. Respiratory syndrome due to Hantavirus. Viral encephalitis. Rage. Avian influenza virus. Other viral infections.
Theme 4. Etiology of bacterial and fungal tropical infectious diseases. Tropical infectious diseases produced by bacteria and fungi. Anger. Diarrhea due to enterobacteria. Mycobacterial diseases (Buruli ulcer, leprosy). Recurrent fevers Infections due to rickettsia and chlamydia. Leptospirosis Other bacterial infections. Histoplasmosis Paracoccidiodomicosis. Other fungal infections
Theme 5. Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment of tropical infections caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi.
Theme 6. Intestinal protozoosis: amebosis and other protozoosis causing diarrhea.
Theme 7. Blood and tissue protozoosis: malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, African Trypanosomosis, Chagas disease.
Theme 8. Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment of tropical infections produced by intestinal, hematic and tissue protozoa.
Theme 9. Geohelmintosis (ascariosis, trichuriosis, strongyloidosis and uncinariosis). Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment.
Theme 10. Cestodosis and larval cestodosis (hymenolepiosis and cysticercosis). Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment.
Theme 11. Schistosomiasis and other trematodoses. Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and treatment.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (2011). Ed. McGraw-Hill. 18th Ed.
GILL, GV AND BEECHING, NJ. (2004) Lecture notes on Tropical Medicine. Ed. Blackwell Publishing
Gerrant et al. (2011). Tropical Infectious Diseases. Principles, Pathogens and Practice. Expert consult. Ed. Saunders-Elsevier
CEMIII.21 (Know the main infectious agents and their mechanisms of action)
CEMIII.22 (Recognize, diagnose and guide in the management of the main infectious pathologies in the different organs and apparatuses)
CEMIII.23 (Recognize, diagnose and guide in the management of the main systemic infectious pathologies).
Scenario 1: Expository Classes (26 hours), Interactive Laboratory Classes (2 hours), Seminars (1 hour) and Tutorials (1 hour) will be taught.
The tutorials will be dedicated to the resolution of doubts or clarifications and will be scheduled by the teacher, at the request of the student.
Scenario 2: Teaching will be carried out telematically by synchronous mechanisms, using online teaching / learning tools, not only through the virtual classroom, but also through the application of Microsoft Teams, to teach the expository classes online . Through forums and chats, communication with students will be maintained and reinforced. On the other hand, to enhance the autonomous learning of the students, self-assessment exercises will be periodically included in the virtual classroom.
The practical teaching (only two hours of laboratory): It will be carried out in an asynchronous telematic way, through the Virtual Campus.
The tutorials will be dedicated to the resolution of doubts or clarifications and will be scheduled by the teacher, at the request of the student by electronic means.
Scenario 3: Teaching will be carried out telematically by synchronous mechanisms, using online teaching / learning tools, not only through the virtual classroom, but also, through the application of Microsoft Teams, to teach the expository classes online . Through forums and chats, communication with students will be maintained and reinforced. On the other hand, to enhance the autonomous learning of the students, self-assessment exercises will be included periodically in the virtual classroom.
The practical teaching (only two hours of laboratory): It will be carried out in an asynchronous telematic way, through the Virtual Campus.
The tutorials will be dedicated to the resolution of doubts or clarifications and will be scheduled by the teacher, at the request of the student by electronic means.
Scenario 1:
The acquired knowledge will be evaluated by means of a final written test (60%) complementary to a continuous evaluation (40%):
The written test will consist of a test exam with multiple-choice questions of which only one will be true: three incorrect answers will eliminate the value of a correct one (60%).
For the continuous evaluation, attendance at the expository classes will be controlled, which will allow obtaining a maximum of 3 points (30%) and active participation in practical laboratory classes and seminars, which will allow obtaining a maximum of 1 point (1%).
The points from the continuous evaluation will be added to the value of those obtained in the test exam, as long as it has obtained a minimum value of 3 points out of 10.
Scenario 2:
The knowledge acquired will be evaluated through a final non-face-to-face test (60%), complementary to a continuous evaluation (40%):
The final non-face-to-face test will consist of the telematic resolution of a multiple-choice test questionnaire in which three incorrect answers will eliminate the value of a correct one (60%).
For the continuous evaluation in this case, attendance to synchronous telematic teaching (20%) and periodic resolution through the virtual classroom of synchronous questionnaires based on questions from the contents of the corresponding syllabus blocks, seminars and virtual practices carried out throughout the course (20%).
Scenario 3:
The knowledge acquired will be evaluated through a final non-face-to-face test (60%), complementary to a continuous evaluation (40%):
The final non-face-to-face test will consist of the telematic resolution of a multi-choice test questionnaire in which three incorrect answers will eliminate the value of a correct one (60%).
For the continuous evaluation in this case, attendance to synchronous telematic teaching (20%) and periodic resolution through the virtual classroom of synchronous questionnaires based on questions from the contents of the corresponding syllabus blocks, seminars and virtual practices carried out throughout the course (20%).
The evaluation in the second opportunity will be governed by the same criteria.
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises and tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades" will apply.
Hours of classroom work: 30 hours
Student's personal work hour: 45
It is recommended to have studied the subjects of module II and the subjects of Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology of module IV.
- It is recommended to update the subject and attend the exhibition classes (face-to-face or telematic).
"Contingency plan"
Following the guidelines for the development of safe face-to-face teaching for the 2020-21 academic year, a summary of the different adaptations corresponding to the Teaching Methodology and Assessment System sections, provided for scenarios 2 and 3, are included in this section .
Scenario 2:
Expository classes and seminars: Synchronous telematic teaching (forums, chats, virtual sessions through MS Teams ..).
Laboratory practical classes: Asynchronous telematics through the Virtual Campus
Evaluation by final telematic complementary test of continuous telematic evaluation.
Scenario 3:
Expository classes and seminars: Synchronous telematic teaching (forums, chats, virtual sessions through MS Teams ..).
Laboratory practical classes: Asynchronous telematics through the Virtual Campus
Evaluation by final telematic complementary test of continuous telematic evaluation.
Maria Esperanza Paniagua Crespo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Parasitology
- Phone
- 881815004
- mesperanza.paniagua [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Benito Jose Regueiro Garcia
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- Phone
- 881812255
- benito.regueiro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Antonio Rafael Antela López
- Department
- Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
- Area
- Medicine
- Phone
- 981951276
- antonio.antela [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) Associate Professor of Health Sciences
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| 05.28.2021 09:30-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 4 |
| 07.01.2021 12:30-14:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 4 |