Medical Bacteriology

Programme Introduction

This short course aims to equip participants with the skills and knowledge to identify common bacterial pathogens and phenotypically determine antibiotic resistance. It will provide you with a logical framework in which to develop your knowledge for the diagnosis and treatment of human bacterial infections

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Use the outputs from laboratory tests to classify bacteria in the medical microbiology laboratory
• Review critically laboratory and clinical information to identify the common bacterial pathogens involved in human disease
• Relate bacterial structure and function to antimicrobial activity and resistance mechanisms
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of hospital infection control procedures and practices

Who Should Attend

Anyone who works in the fields of international public health would find this course extremely useful, especially doctors, nurses and midwives.  Other applicants may be admitted depending on previous experience.

Pre-requisites – include:

• Open to all health related disciplines, including medicine.
• Non-graduates who are suitably qualified by experience
• Proof of English to IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 88 / paper based 570

Course Outline

• Introduction to bacteriology
• Biology of bacteria
• Bacteriological laboratory techniques
• Infection control
• Antibiotics
• Pyrexia of unknown origin, sepsis and meningitis
• Respiratory tract infections
• Diarrhoeal disease
• Genital tract
• Neonatal Infections
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Vaccines
• Group presentations on antibiotic resistance