At the end of this minor, students will be able:

1. To gain profound understanding of how genetic diversity and antigenic variation ofin infectious micro-organismsdiseases is related to infectious disease pathogenesis, transmission and evolution.
2. Gain profound and practical understanding of the development of anti-microbial resistance in infectious diseases.
3. To participate in a multidisciplinary antibiotic stewardship team  by having active knowledge of the working mechanisms of antimicrobials, knowledge on when to use which antibiotic, and how micro-organisms can counter antimicrobials (antibiotic resistance).
4. To develop and present hospital infection control programs by understanding the concept of hospital infection prevention and control on a patient level, including the understanding of different indications for patient isolation, different types of isolation and the criteria for ending isolation.
5. To apply the theoretical basis of infectious disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, vaccine epidemiology and infectious diseases and prevention & control into practice and science settings.
6. To understand the basics of vaccination as a tool for prevention, the societal context and concept of vaccine epidemiology.
7. To acquire modeling skills and to be able to use them for the prediction of the effect of interventions on an outbreak.
8. To integrate the knowledge gained during the course by doinginto a small field-study, involving literature search, statistical data collection, analyses, and reporting writing a scientific article and& performing a presentation.

This Minor focuses on the acquisition of essential scientific knowledge and skills to contribute to the prevention, containment, rational antimicrobial treatment and control of infectious diseases in hospital and community settings, and will thereby prepare students for a research and clinical  internship in this area.

Key words
Infectious  disease  control;  infection  prevention;  pathogen  fingerprinting;  outbreak;  antibiotic resistance; antibiotic stewardship; epidemiology.