Course aims:

To know where and what types of microorganisms are present (on and in one’s own body, on and in patients—even in the absence of infectious disease—and on/in environmental elements).
To understand how microorganisms move from one site to another and the consequences of such contamination.
To know the risks of microbial contamination in medical and surgical practice.

Course Entry Requirements:

Students should have solid knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cellular & Molecular Biology.

Course contents:

1. History of microbiology. The world of microorganisms. Functional anatomy of bacteria. Biological, taxonomic, and pathogenetic significance of bacterial structures – 1h
2. Viruses: structure, replication, virus–host cell interactions, viral taxonomy, bacteriophages. Classification of parasites and fungi – 1h
3. Bacterial nutrition, growth, and cultivation. Microbial genetics – 1h
4. Microorganism–human host relationships. Indigenous microbiota – 1h
5. Pathogenicity of microorganisms and anti-infective defense. Infection – 1h
6. Microbiological bases of infection prophylaxis. Microbiological bases of therapy (viral, fungal, parasitic) – 1h

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

The main instructional goal of Medical Microbiology is to train the future clinician to “see” microorganisms with the mind’s eye and to reason microbiologically

 

 

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Knowledge volume – Written paper – 30% Scientific rigor of language – Written paper – 10% Content organization – Written paper – 10% Creativity – Written paper – 10%

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