Microbiology for Health Professions with Lab
This course examines basic concepts of microbial metabolism, genetics, and classification in order to understand their effects on human health. Clinically relevant microbial diseases will be explored, with a focus on microbe-human interactions, epidemiology, and methods to control microbes. The course includes a laboratory component designed to complement lecture topics.
Outcomes: Identify the association between the major groups of microorganisms, the portals of entry and exit of microorganisms that cause disease, and disease processes; Describe the components and functions of the human immune system, the role it plays in protecting the host, and methods that microorganisms use to evade or defeat the immune system; Apply microbial control principles to aseptic technique, antimicrobial treatments, drug resistance, and antibiotic stewardship; Explain the magnitude of the global impact of microbes on human illness, and the factors that hamper effective global public health efforts; Implement microbiological techniques such as isolation of organisms, counting microbial populations, staining, ELISA, and metabolic identification of organisms.
Outcomes: Identify the association between the major groups of microorganisms, the portals of entry and exit of microorganisms that cause disease, and disease processes; Describe the components and functions of the human immune system, the role it plays in protecting the host, and methods that microorganisms use to evade or defeat the immune system; Apply microbial control principles to aseptic technique, antimicrobial treatments, drug resistance, and antibiotic stewardship; Explain the magnitude of the global impact of microbes on human illness, and the factors that hamper effective global public health efforts; Implement microbiological techniques such as isolation of organisms, counting microbial populations, staining, ELISA, and metabolic identification of organisms.