The Summer School of Preventive Medicine will consist of three thematic modules:
Module I. Infectious disease prevention
- Infectious diseases: epidemiology, public health and clinical practice
- Infectious diseases with pandemic potential
- Climate change and the rise of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
- Social risk factors in the emergence of infectious diseases
- International public health emergencies
- Infectious diseases, conflict, and humanitarian crises
- Health, public health, global health and humanitarian health
- Preparedness and response to humanitarian crises
- Ethical principles, human rights and main legal framework in humanitarian crises
- Vaccine Literacy. Strategies to improve vaccination uptake among highly vulnerable populations
- Social inequalities in health
- Health literacy/Vaccine literacy and infectious diseases: why does it matter?
- Strategies to improve vaccination uptake among highly vulnerable populations
- Multidrug-resistant pathogens. A new public health threat in the 21st Century
- The increasing burden of multidrug-resistant pathogens in Poland and worldwide
- Use of antibiotics in animals and people
- Healthcare-associated infections at the national and global levels
Module II. Non-communicable disease prevention
- Obesity and metabolic disorders – Innovative topics and challenges
- Obesity as a chronic disease – Latest recommendations
- The global "Obesogenic Environment"
- Impact of climate change on the epidemiology of obesity and NCDs
- Innovative non-invasive obesity therapies
- Childhood and adolescent obesity – A growing health crisis
- Comorbidities – Perspective 2025+
- Obesity as a social disease
- Prevention of cardiovascular diseases – New trends and public health priorities
- Dyslipidemia 2025 – Updated ESC/EAS Guidelines
- Epidemiological realities in Poland and globally
- The post-pandemic physical activity crisis
- Emerging cardiometabolic risk factors
- Personalized prevention – Lifestyle medicine
- Innovative technologies
- CVD prevention in women
- Plant-based diets – Advanced topics and trends
- Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diets in NCD prevention
- Plant-Forward Diets – The European Nutritional Direction
- Controversies and barriers
- Plant-Based Diets in sports and physical performance
- Sustainable nutrition in the context of climate change
- Special populations
- Comparative analysis of Plant-Based Models
- Planning dietary interventions – Practical workshops
- Developing individualized nutritional plans
- Clinical case studies
- Dietetics in the Polish reality – Social and economic barriers
- Designing population-level interventions
- Utilization of digital tools and applications
- Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in intervention planning
Module III. Clinical communication
- Effective communication with patients
- Medical communication models – what they are for and how to use them in practice
- Communication protocols – what they are for and how to use them in practice
- Lifestyle change conversations – behavior change tools
- Communication with patients with special needs
- Communication under time constraints
- Communication in the difficult situations
- Communication with individuals who are undecided about vaccination
- Practical and theoretical aspects of patient communication
- The importance of communication in the context of vaccination
- Techniques for effective communication with patients
- Communication in the context of different age groups and social groups
- The psychology of vaccine hesitancy
- Dealing with misinformation
- Trust-building strategies
- Ethics and responsibility in patient communication
- Communication in the interdisciplinary team
- Principles of collaboration and communication in the interdisciplinary team
- Competencies of medical staff
- Communication in the digital era
- Intercultural communication in international teams
- The Impact of emotions on the communication process
- The role of cyberpsychology and VR as support for medical and nonmedical staff
All classes will be delivered in English by the team of academic teachers from the Medical University of Warsaw.
Emphasis will be placed on transferring practical knowledge that enhances students’ competencies and can be applied in further education or professional practice.