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Medical microbiology

Diagnosing foodborne pathogens

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Explore basic microbiological principles and practices on dangerous pathogen classification and macroscopic morphology. Then, use clinical skills to solve mini case studies involving foodborne pathogens. Explore internationally-recognised guidelines to determine antibiotic susceptibility results and reach diagnostic conclusions.

Learning outcomes

  • Interpret data using principles from taxonomy, morphology, clinical symptoms, generation times and biochemical tests.
  • Apply knowledge of the differences in classical, biochemical and molecular microbiological practices and relevant regulations.
  • Apply critical thinking and decision-making skills in a microbiological diagnostic scenario context.
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Skills

Designing and Planning Experiments

  • Determining the appropriate microbiological media and diagnostic tests for isolating specific organisms

Interpreting and Analysing Data

  • How to identify various foodborne pathogens and organism characteristics
  • Interpreting antibiotic suceptibility tests
  • Identifying organisms from Gram stains

Concepts, Principles and Theories

  • How to identify the categories of different pathogens
  • Recalling knowledge of aseptic practice and the terminology surrounding it
  • Identifying different macroscopic morphologies of various bacterial colonies
  • Defining the suitability of specific agar
  • Defining the consequences of bacterial toxins on patient pathology
  • Applying the principles of taxonomic hierarchy and molecular identification techniques for microbial diagnostics
  • Identifying the correct method of antimicrobial susceptibility testing

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Student
University of Glasgow

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Degrees

Biomedical science

Modules

Clinical biomedical science

Topic

Medical microbiology

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