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Microbiology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:28.03.2022 16:31:01
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | BUMK_050 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Biology; Microbiology | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aigars Reinis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Biology and Microbiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, bmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061584 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, Anatomy, Physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire knowledge about microorganisms as causative agents of infectious diseases and prevention of them. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction into microbiology. Classification principles of microorganisms. Atypical bacteria. Viruses. Fungi. Physiology of bacteria. Environmental and human body microflora. Antibiotic substances and bacterial resistance against them. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Bacterial physiology: principles of metabolism, growth and reproduction. Normal microflora of the external environment and the human body. Antibiotics. Resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Immunity, its classification. Basic mechanisms of innate immunity. Acquired immunity, the cells that provide it. Types and basic mechanisms of immune response. Hypersensitivity. | Lectures | 3.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | The most topical bacterial and fungal infections: etiology, principles of pathogenesis, principles of prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Topical viral infections: etiology, principles of pathogenesis and prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Parasites. Infections caused by Parasites. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Safety rules in the bacteriological laboratory. Methods for preparation and staining of microbiological smears. Bacterial culture. Media. Inoculation technique. Principles of identification. Determination of air, water microflora. Examination of the human body – skin, hair, respiratory tract, oral microflora. Analysis of environmental and human microflora samples. Sterilization. Disinfection. Determination of susceptibility to antibiotics. | Classes | 3.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 8 | Micro and microorganism interaction. Diagnostical scheme of infectious diseases. Serological reactions and their use in diagnostics of infectious diseases. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Principles of the most current bacterial infections and their microbiological diagnostics (pathogenic trees, tuberculosis, enteral infections). | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 10 | Principles of respiratory virus diagnostics. Principles of hepatitis virus diagnosis. Principles of HIV/AIDS diagnostics. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 11 | The most topical parasitic infections and the principles of their prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students will prepare presentations about current causative agents of infectious diseases, about their influence on society’s health and how to prevent them. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam with open type questions. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Student will recognize main bacterial and viral causative agents and their sources and transmission. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to discuss the basic principles of their pathogenesis and diagnostic directions. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Understand the importance of sterilization, disinfection and non-specific and specific prevention measures in limiting the spread of these infectious agents in the environment as well as in the human population and in healthcare settings. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | G.F. Brooks, J.S. Butel, S.A. Morse. Jawetz, Melnick&Adelberg`s Medical Microbiology. 28th ed. Lange Medical Books, USA, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Levinson W., & Chin-Hong P., et.al. (Eds.) Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 17th ed. McGraw Hill, 2022 | ||||||||
