Course Bacterial infections in implants and bone

The course, C307/01 Bacterial infections in implants and bone, is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, Spring 2022.

Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).

Aim: To provide state of the art knowledge regarding bacterial infections in implants and bone

Learning outcomes: 

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
- Describe the aetiology of implant and bone infections
- Exemplify why bone infections are difficult to treat?
- Identify relevant preclinical models
- Describe basic pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic aspects of antibiotic treatment
- Acquire knowledge regarding state of the art microbiological and histopathological analysis
- Plan, develop and present future relevant studies on bacterial infections in implants and bone

Content: This course seeks to provide state of the art knowledge regarding bacterial infections in implants and bone, and introduces the important research steps and challenges of bringing basic science ideas to clinical applications.

Venue: Det Blå Auditorie (1266-222), the Victor Albeck Building, Vennelyst Blvd. 4, 8000 Aarhus C.

Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students, Research Year students and Research Honours Programme students from Aarhus University
• PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

• 02 May 2022 08:30 - 16:00
• 03 May 2022 08:00 - 15:30