Unit name | Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
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Unit code | PANM10001 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Massey |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
The unit introduces disease-causing microbes and the diseases that they cause. It includes methods for diagnosing infection, vaccination as a method for preventing infection, and methods for treating infection, including antimicrobial drug modes of action and the rise of drug resistance.
Unit aims:
To provide students with information about:
To teach students skills including:
written, oral and visual presentation, both individually and as part of a team.
At the end of the unit a successful student will be able to:
Lectures
Tutorials
Practicals (elearning to support laboratory practicals via eBiolabs)
1500 word essay (5%)
eBiolabs prelab quizzes and postlab assignments (5%)
Poster presentation (5%)
1hour midunit assessment consisting of multiple choice questions (10%)
2hour written exam (summer) including multiple choice questions and two essays (75%)
The exams will cover learning outcomes 1 - 4, 6 - 7.
The assessment via eBiolabs and the practical writeup will assess learning outcomes 5 - 7.
The essay and poster presentation will cover learning outcome 7 and any from 1 - 4.
Formative assessment:
For formative purposes students will receive feedback as follows: The essays will be marked and returned with verbal and written feedback during tutorials.
Electronic feedback will be provided for the prelab and post lab work via eBiolabs.
Feedback during practical classes will be provided by staff and demonstrators.
Unit assessment marks will be provided and feedback will be available from the Unit Director on request.
A breakdown of marks for the summer exams will be provided and additional feedback will be provided by the Unit Director on request.
Recommended reading
Microbiology: a clinical approach. Strelkauskas and others. 2nd Edition. Garland Science (2016). ISBN13: 978-0815345138.
The necessary background to the course can be found in this book. There is also an extensive array of student resources to be found at the publishers website (http://www.garlandscience.com/micro).
Further reading
Viruses: biology, application and control. Harper D. 2011. 1st Edition. Garland Science. ISBN13: 9780815341505. This textbook is recommended as additional reading for those particularly interested in viruses.
Mims Medical Microbiology, 4th Ed. By Goering, Dockrell, Roitt, Zukerman & Wakelin. Elsevier Mosby, St. Louis, 2008.
Medical Microbiology, 6th Ed. by Murray, Rosenthal & Pfaller. Elsevier Mosby, St. Louis, 2009.
Brock: Biology of Microorganisms, 12th Ed. by Madigan, Martinko, Dunlap & Clark. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco., 2008).
Prescott, Harley & Kleins Microbiology, 7th Ed. by Willey, Sherwood & Woolverton. McGrawHill, N.Y., 2008.