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Save Yourself! - Improtant Facts and Informations about Vaccines

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-VVV-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • autumn semester
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 20

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: GYTK

Topic

This course is dedicated to students who are interested in all aspects of vaccinology.

It is composed of 12 lectures presenting historical aspects of vaccines, practical informations about vaccines, vaccine safety, and the future challenges of vaccinology.

Lectures

  • 1.

    Introduction: history of vaccination, national immunization programmes, importance of immunization programmes, technical aspects (vaccine storage and handlings

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 2.

    The impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of infectious diseases; Eradication, elimination or control?

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 3.

    Adverse events following immunization

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 4.

    Age-specific vaccinations I.

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 5.

    Age-specific vaccinations II.

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 6.

    Recommended vaccination. Vaccine-preventable diseases

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
  • 7.

    Travel medicine: vaccinations related to international travel I.

    - Balogh Erika
  • 8.

    Travel medicine: vaccinations related to international travel II.

    - Balogh Erika
  • 9.

    Occupational medicines and vaccination

    - Balogh Erika
  • 10.

    Future challenges: New vaccines

    - Balogh Erika
  • 11.

    Anti-vaccination movements. Vaccine hesitancy

    - Balogh Erika
  • 12.

    Communication tools.

    - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

-

Notes

Recommended literature

WHO recommendations for routine immunization

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

-

Mid-term exams

The exam is a written one

Making up for missed classes

-

Exam topics/questions

-

Examiners

  • Balogh Erika

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk