This course unit will include a significant amount of practical laboratory-based study. There will be a strong emphasis on how the clinical laboratory is crucial to timely and effective diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious disease. Students will examine the microbiology, diagnosis and management of different infections using case scenarios and evidence-based methods.
- Respiratory tract infections
- Community acquired infection
- Endovascular infections
- Device-related infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Common agents of hospital acquired infection
- Infection in Pregnancy
- Infections in the Intensive care Unit
- Sexually transmitted infection
- Infection in immunocompromised patients
- Neurological infection
- Gastrointestinal infection
- Blood-borne infection
- Other current infectious diseases
This unit will cover specialism material and aims to:
- produce students with a sound understanding of the role of bacteria, fungi/yeasts, viruses and parasites in causing community and hospital acquired disease and travel related infections;
- provide understanding and knowledge of the methods available for therapy of these infections and identification of the causative agents of disease; and
- provide students with practical laboratory skills to allow accurate identification of the more commonly encountered microbial agents of infection.
