Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, 5 sp

Objectives:
The student

• are familiar with the common transmission routes of pathogenic microbes
• understands the pathological picture of common infectious diseases
• know the basic aseptic methods
• master the terminology of basic clinical microbiology
• understand the immune response in health and disease
• understands the importance of immunology and pathology in health care
• can account for the immune system's physiology
• understands the mechanisms of the diseases

Content:

• Different microbe groups causing disease in man
• Different modes for microbe transmission
• Human microbiota and explain its impact on human health
• Microbes causing common human infectious diseases
• Antimicrobial resistance and explain the resistance in bacteria
• Basic aseptic methods, aseptic technique, hand hygiene
• Basics of pathology
• Basics of pathophysiology

Study methods:
Examination

Realization methods:
Blended learning

Study materials:
See Moodle and realization plan

Prerequisites:
No prior prerequisites

Time:
1.10 at 12.30–14.30
7.10 at 8.15–9.45
30.10 at 12.30–14
3.11 at 12.30–14
7.11 at 12.30–14
12.11 at 12.45–14.15
18.11 at 12.30–14
28.11 at 9.30–11
12.12 at 8.30–10.30

Place: 
Campus Alere, Wolffskavägen 31, 65200 Vasa

Teaching methods:
Lectures, assignments and individual studies, exam.

Contact:
Maria Berg, maria.berg@novia.fi