Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Teaching staff
Students may ask lecturers questions at the end of each class. For enquiries outside of class time, students must make an appointment by email:
Dr. Enrique Martí Guadaño enricmarti@uic.es
Dra Maria Pilar Llobet: mpllobet@uic.es
Dra Maria Aránzazu Vega: mavega@uic.es
Introduction
The dysfunctions of this system will affect a large part of systems and organs of the human body
You cannot understand certain diseases, without an integral vision of this system, fleeing many times to focus only on certain specificities
It is a proven fact that allergic diseases - we remember that allergy is an affectation of the immune system by excess - occupy a leading place in the prevalence of disease
Pre-course requirements
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 05 - Recognize own limitations and the need to maintain and upgrade professional skills, with particular emphasis on autonomous learning of new knowledge and skills and motivation for quality.
- 09 - Understand and recognize the effects, mechanisms and manifestations of disease on the structure and function of the human body.
- 10 - To understand and recognise the agents and risk factors which determine health status, and learn how they determine the symptoms and natural development of acute or chronic diseases in individuals and populations.
- 11 - Understand and recognize the effects of growth, development and aging on the individual and their social environment.
- 12 - Understanding the foundations for action, the indications and efficacy of therapeutic interventions, based on available scientific evidence.
- 15 - Ability to formulate an initial diagnosis and establish a rationalised diagnostic strategy.
- 16 - Recognize and deal with situations that put life in immediate danger and those that require immediate attention.
- 17 - Establish the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, applying principles based on the best information possible and safe clinical practice..
- 18 - To indicate the most appropriate (pharmacological, surgical, psychological, social or other) treatments that are pertinent to the most prevalent procedures, in terms of rehabilitation and also terminally ill patients, including an evaluation of their effectiveness.
- 19 - Propose preventive measures appropriate to each clinical situation.
- 25 - Recognize the determinants of public health; genetic and sex-dependent lifestyle, demographic, environmental, social, economic, psychological and cultural determinants.
- 26 - Assume role in the prevention and protection from diseases, injuries or accidents and maintenance and promotion of health, both individual and at the community level.
- 31 - Understand, critically evaluate and know how to use sources of clinical and biomedical information to obtain, organize, interpret and communicate scientific and health care information.
Syllabus
1. Presentation of the subject. Course objectives
Dr. Enrique Martí
2. Immunology I
Dra. Pilar Llobet
3.- Immunology IIDra. Pilar Llobet
4 .- Immunology III
Dra. Pilar Llobet
5.- Immunology IV
Dra. Pilar Llobet
6.- Aeroallergens and food allergens
Aeroallergens: Respiratory, Cutaneous Pathology
Food Allergens: Food in childhood, Food in adults, clinical patterns.
Latex allergy
Pan-allergens: Cross-reactivity syndromes.
Dr. David González de Olano
7.- Allergy to medicines, insects and parasites
Drug Allergy: Most frequent drugs, clinical pictures, Perioperative Reactions, Reactions due to iodinated contrasts. Insect allergy: Hymenoptera, Other insects, Parasites (anisakis simplex).
Dr. Arantza Vega
8.- Diagnostic algorithms in immunology (CASE METHODS)
Clinical history cases, diagnostic algorithms.
Referral protocols
Dra. Pilar Llobet
9.- Diagnostic algorithms in Allergology.
Clinical history, diagnostic algorithms.
Referral protocols
Dr. David González de Olanoí
10.- Anaphylaxis
Diagnostic criteria, emergency treatment, preventive measures, search for the causal agent. Resolution of 2 clinical cases.
Dr. David González de Olanoy
11.- Treatments in Allergology
Symptomatic treatments, specific treatments. Immunotherapy, tolerance induction, desensitization
Dra. Arantza Vega
12.- Diagnosis and treatment of Immunodeficiencies
Clinical cases: clinical history, diagnostic algorithms, available treatments.
Dra. Pilar LLobet
13.- Respiratory allergy Management of special situations in Allergology
Gestation, Sport, Occupational ... Preventive and avoidance measures in allergy.
Dr. Enrique Martí
14.- Dark points and highlights of the subject 1
Clarification of the least understood aspects and comments on relevant aspects of the subject
Dra. Arantza Vega
LEARNING BASED ON PROBLEMS
15.- Diagnostic protocol for food and medication allergy and management of both. The class will be developed using real patients with physical presence in the class and interactivity, as central points.
Dr. Enrique Martí
SKILLS LABORATORY
Skin testing workshop.
Practical workshop on the management of asthma pharmacological multitreatment.
Application of adrenaline Practical workshop
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The master class is the setting in which a teacher transmits the knowledge in a classroom to the entire group of students. The format, however, allows the introduction of activities in small groups within the classroom and the deployment of strategies that encourage the active participation of students.
This course, due to the problematic COVID, will be given exclusively online, with the Collborate platform
The case method consists of the process of solving clinical or profession-specific cases. They are group activities that are resolved with the active participation of the teacher detached from the deliberation of the students.
Problem-based learning has similarities to the case method but differs in that students are held responsible for finding the solution to the problem. The teacher acts as a tutor who facilitates the learning process based on their trained metacognitive skills. It is also done in groups.
The skills laboratory is an area in which the student can basically develop communication and physical exploration skills based on mannequins, robots and also simulator patients and real patients. They are done in groups.
Lecture (CM) are face to face.
Case method (MC), problem-based learning and Laboratory Practice are face to face.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Written evaluation (80%) : Final exam
Multiple-choice test : 50 questions, 4 possible answers, one of which is valid. One point for each correct question; for each question with an incorrect answer, 1/3 of the value of the answer will be deducted.
Continuous evaluation (20%)
Assess the activities performed in the skills lab as well as attendance, active participation in case and PBA methods , and/or the defense of a Clinical Report, and/or the presentation of a small specific work.
Written exam:
EXAM REVIEW SYSTEM.
The review of the exams will be done individually with the student upon written request within the established deadlines.
The passing of the clinical evaluation will be retained for an additional academic year: until the September exam of the following academic year.
FINAL QUALIFICATION (Accreditation)
Weighted sum of the Clinical Evaluation, 20%, and of the Written Evaluation, 80%
It is essential to pass the subject, get a 5 in the written evaluation
Bibliography and resources
Delves, Martin, Burton, Roitt. Inmunología. Fundamentos. 11ª edición. Editorial Panamericana, 2008
Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai. Inmunología cellular y molecular. 6ª edición. Editorial Elsevier Saunders, 2008
Moisés Labrador, Luís Martínea. Compendio iconográfico de Inmunología. MRA ediciones, 2005
A. Peláez Hernández, I.J. Dávila González. Tratado de Alergología. Editorial Ergon 2007
Middleton. Allergy: principles and practice. 7ª edición. Editorial Mosby Elsevier 2009
Leslie C. Grammer, Paula A. Greenberger. Patterson, Enfermedades alérgicas. 7ª edición. Ed. Grupo Aula Médica S.L. 2011.
Mariana Castells. Anaphylaxis and Hypersensitivity Reactions. Editorial Springler. February 2011
Evaluation period
- E1 16/12/2022 16:00h