Course outline Code: LFS262 Title: Medical Microbiology Faculty of: Science, Health, Education and Engineering Teaching Session: Semester 2 Year: 2017 Course Coordinator: A/Prof. Mohammad Katouli Tel: 5430 2845 Email: mkatouli@usc.edu.au Course Moderator: Dr David McMillan, Tel: 545658523, E-mail: divid.mcmillan@usc.edu.au 1. What is this course about? 1.1 Course description Medical microbiology describes the relationships between microbes and our lives. This includes harmful as well as beneficial effects of microorganisms. You will learn about the infectious diseases, their aetiology and clinical manifestation, routes of transmission, treatment and techniques in detection and identification of pathogenic microorganisms. The course investigates microbial diseases of the skin, digestive tract, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, nervous and cardiovascular systems. The practical sessions of the course focuses on the isolation and identification procedures of pathogenic microorganisms in clinical samples and their antibiotic susceptibility. 1.2 Course content The course covers microbial diseases of the skin, digestive tract, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, nervous and cardiovascular systems. 2. Unit value 12 units Semester 2 2017 Recfind File Number: F14929
Page 2 3. How does this course contribute to my learning? On successful completion of this course you should be able to: You will be assessed on the learning outcome in task/s: Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming: Identify, describe and analyse the beneficial and deleterious effects of natural microbiota of each body site. Analyse and evaluate data regarding pathogens and their pathogenic attributes, mechanisms host immune responses to infectious diseases as well as mechanism of action and function of antibiotics List the aetiology of the most communicable diseases and their products Describe the rationale and the basis of strategies that are used for prevention, control and treatment of infectious diseases. Identifying and apply techniques that are used for laboratory isolation, identification and characterisation of pathogenic microorganisms Describe major mechanisms of interactions between microbe and human host and different stages of and forms of diseases caused by microorganisms 1a (Early quiz), 1b (Midsemester exam) and Task 2 (Oral presentation) Task 1b (Mid-semester exam) Task 3 (Final exam) Tasks 2 (Oral presentation) and Task 3 (Final exam) Task 1c (Practical lab exam) Task 3 (Final exam) Knowledgeable. Knowledgeable. Knowledgeable. Empowered. Empowered. Knowledgeable 4. Am I eligible to enrol in this course? Refer to the Undergraduate Coursework Programs and Awards - Academic Policy for definitions of prerequisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites 4.1 Enrolment restrictions Nil 4.2 Pre-requisites MBT263 or LFS261 or MEP263 4.3 Co-requisites Nil 4.4 Anti-requisites MEP252 or MEP253 or MBT253 4.5 Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (optional) General knowledge about the structure of microorganisms, their growth requirement as well as basic skills in cultivation and aseptic transfer of bacteria
5. How am I going to be assessed? Page 3 5.1 Grading scale Standard High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL) 5.2 Assessment tasks Task LFS262 No. Assessment Tasks Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? Where should I submit it? 1a Early quiz Individual Formative 20 minutes Week 4 At the beginning of the lecture 1b Mid Semester Individual 25% 1 hour Week 7 During the lecture exam 1c Practical lab exam Individual 25% 1 hour Week 10 In tutorial class 2 Oral presentation Group 20% 12 minutes Weeks 11-12 In tutorial classes 3 Final exam Individual 30% 2 hours End of semester Exams venue 100% Assessment Task 1a: Early quiz Goal: To give you feedback and assess your ability to describe how an infectious disease develops and spreads in the community and a hospital setting and how the science of epidemiology helps to identify the routes of spreading infection. Product: Quiz Format: A 20 minute, in class multiple choice quiz Criteria Correctly describe how pathogens enter the body, cause infection and spread in the community or in the hospital and identify the vectors and the mechanism of transmission of infectious diseases. Accurately describe the importance of normal microflora and immune system of the host to combat pathogens Problem solving Assessment Task 1b: Mid Semester exam Goal: To assess your ability to understand the basic mechanisms by which microbes interact with the host, host immune response towards microbial infection, routes of disease transmission, principal of antimicrobial agents and their mechanism of action Product: exam Format: A 1 hour, in class multiple choice questions Criteria Accurately describe major mechanisms of interactions between microbe and human host. Describe the rationale and the basis of strategies that are used for prevention, control and treatment of infectious diseases. Correctly list the aetiology of common communicable diseases and their products. Problem solving
Page 4 Assessment Task 1c: Practical lab exam Goal: To assess your knowledge of the theory that underpins the practical procedures required for performing and processing microbiological tests, safely and professionally, in a clinical Microbiology laboratory.. Product: Practical lab exam Format: This 1 hour assessment will be in the format of short essay and multiple choice questions Criteria Evidence of applying microbiological knowledge to laboratory techniques that are commonly used for isolation, identification and characterisation of pathogenic microorganisms Applying technologies Graduate Problem solving Assessment Task 2: Oral presentation Goal: To assess your ability to professionally introduce a selected infectious disease to a scientific audience and within a time limit Product: Oral presentation Format: You will be working as a team (2-3 per team). Presentation will be in the format of a power point (with or without video clip) describing the aetiology of the disease, clinical manifestation of the disease, epidemiology and routes of transmission, laboratory identification, treatment and prevention of the disease, all within 12 minutes. All members of the team should contribute to the oral presentation equally and present equally. Criteria Scientific contents of the presentation: 1- Comprehensive description of the aetiology of the disease, its identification procedure and clinical manifestation of the disease, 2-Description of the disease epidemiology and rational strategies for prevention, control and treatment Communication (visual and oral) Evidence of collaboration and organisation of presentation Communication Collaboration Assessment Task 3: Final exam Goal: Product: Format: Criteria To assess your ability to identify the aetiology of infectious diseases and their characteristics as well as describing clinical manifestation, routes of transmission and treatment of infectious diseases of the human body systems Exam The exam will be based on the materials covered in lectures as described in the prescribed text book between weeks 7 and 13). The exam questions will be a combination of multiple choice, fill-in and short answer questions and will be during the examination period at the end of semester for 2 hours. Accurately describe major mechanisms of interactions between microbe and human host Describe the rationale and the basis of strategies that are used for prevention, control and treatment of infectious diseases Correctly list the aetiology of common communicable diseases and their products Problem solving
Page 5 5.3 Additional assessment requirements Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale c) You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct Blackboard As a student enrolled in this course you will have access to course information on the Blackboard site. You are strongly recommended to log onto the course site on a regular basis. All course announcements, course changes, posting of course materials and grades (via My Interim Results) will be accessed through Blackboard. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate internet access (either off campus or oncampus) in order to access Blackboard regularly and to complete required assessment tasks. Safe Assign In order to minimise incidents of plagiarism and collusion, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks are submitted electronically via Safe Assign. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between the students submitted assessment item and all other work that Safe Assign has access to. If required, details of how to submit via Safe Assign will be provided on the Blackboard site of the course. 5.4 Submission penalties Late submission of assessment tasks will be penalised at the following maximum rate: 5% (of the assessment task s identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 10% (of the assessment task s identified value) for the third day 20% (of the assessment task s identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome. 6. How is the course offered? 6.1 Directed study hours 4 hours/week (i.e. 2 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial and 1 hour practical/week)* * Practicals are presented as a block of 4 successive days (3 hours each) during the intra-semester break 6.2 Teaching semester/session(s) offered Semester 2, 2013
Page 6 6.3 Course activities What key concepts/content will I learn? Teaching Week / Module W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 Introduction to Pathogens and Communicable Diseases Principles of disease and epidemiology Introduction to Pathogens and Communicable Diseases Nosocomial Infections and outbreak investigation Microbial mechanism of pathogenicity (How microbes enter a host and damage host cells) Innate immunity (Non-specific defences of the host) Antimicrobial drugs (Antimicrobial drugs and their spectrum) Human diseases caused by microorganisms (Microbial diseases of the skin and eye) 1-Mid-semester exam 2-Human diseases caused by microorganisms (Infections of the respiratory system-1) What activities will I engage in to learn the concepts/content? Directed Study Independent Study Activities Activities 1-An introduction to the course self-assessment using 2- Video film: text book website Introducing pathogens 3-Lecture (Chapter 14) Lecture (Chapter 14) plus extra reading on normal microflora Lecture/ Chapter 15 1-Early formative quiz (20 minutes) 2- Video film (Human Defences) 3-Lecture (Chapter 16 1-Lecture /Chapter 20 2-Video film (antibiotics) Lecture /Chapter 21 Lecture/ Chapter 24 W8 (Infections of the respiratory system-2) Lecture/ Chapter 24 W9 Intrasemester Break (Microbial diseases of the digestive system- Section 1) 1- Microbiota of the skin and identification of G+ skin bacteria, (application of Microbact 12S kit) 2- Identification of pathogenic G- gut pathogens (Application of the IMViC and API- 20E- tests) 3- Microbiological analysis of clinical samples (Use of selective media). Typing of bacteria and antibiotic susceptibility tests. 4-Staining bacterial spores and capsules and microscopic examination of parasites, class discussion Lecture/ Chapter 25 Practical classes Study for practical lab quiz
Page 7 W10 (Microbial diseases of the digestive system Section 2) Lecture /Chapter 25 Practical lab exam followed by tutorial W11 Microbial diseases of the Urinary and Lecture/ Chapter 26 Oral presentation Reproductive systems W12 (Microbial diseases of the nervous system) Lecture /Chapter 22 Oral presentation followed by tutorials W13 (Diseases of cardiovascular and lymphatic system Lecture/Chapter 23 Please note that the course activities may be subject to variation. 7. What resources do I need to undertake this course? 7.1 Prescribed text(s) Please note that you need to have regular access to the resource(s) listed below: Author Year Title Publisher Tortora G.J, Funke B.R. and Case C.L. 2016 Microbiology, an introduction Pearson Global Edition. 12 th 7.2 Required and recommended readings See blackboard edition 7.3 Specific requirements It is the responsibility of students to attend practical classes on time and have lab coat and proper clothing e.g. proper shoes. Students who do not have lab coat or proper shoes will not be allowed to enter the practical lab classes. 7.4 Risk management Students must read and take the online risk assessment test before starting practical classes and hand a print out of the successful risk assessment test to the course coordinator 8. How can I obtain help with my studies? In the first instance you should contact your tutor, then the Course Coordinator. Additional assistance to all students through Peer Advisors and Academic Skills Advisors. You can drop in or book an appointment. To book: Tel: +61 7 5430 2890 or Email: student central@usc.edu.au 9. Links to relevant University policies and procedures For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including: Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs Review of Assessment and Final Grades Supplementary Assessment Administration of Central Examinations Deferred Examinations Student Academic Misconduct Students with a Disability http://www.usc.edu.au/university/governance-and-executive/policies-and-procedures#academic-learningand-teaching
10. Faculty specific information Page 8 In person: Sippy Downs - Student Central, Ground Floor, Building C USC SouthBank - Student Central, Building B, Ground floor (level 1) USC Gympie - Student Central, 71 Cartwright Road, Gympie USC Fraser Coast - Student Central, Building A Tel: +61 7 5430 2890 Email: studentcentral@usc.edu.au