MIC2022 Microbes in health and disease

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Explain the importance of micro-organisms in human health and disease;

2. 2

   Outline how host and pathogenic factors of micro-organisms affect the outcome of infection;

3. 3

   Describe basic mechanisms of immunity to infection and the development and use of vaccines;

4. 4

   Explain how infectious diseases are spread and controlled, and the susceptibility and resistance of microbial pathogens to antimicrobial agents;

5. 5

   Outline different microbial pathogens including bacteria, viruses and parasites, their modes of pathogenesis, diseases caused, epidemiology and treatment;

6. 6

   Demonstrate knowledge of microbiological methodology and laboratory skills that are used to study microbial pathogens;

7. 7

   Demonstrate effective communication of microbiology concepts and experiments by oral and written means.