Clincal Lab Microbiology I

2.5 credits

This is a 37.5 hour didactic course that provides the cognitive foundation required for students to competently apply the principles of clinical microbiology to the practice of clinical laboratory science. This is the first course in a series of two clinical microbiology courses in the program. Course principles are presented in a situational learning model correlating clinical pathological findings with interpretations of data, problem solving, and quality assurance in addition to other real world aspects of the clinical microbiology laboratory. This course is a continuation of MT 401 and begins with the general principles of clinical bacteriology as they relate to: identification of gram positive and gram negative cocci; gram positive bacilli; gram negative bacilli and coccobacilli; gram negative cocci; anaerobic bacteriology. Correlations will be made to pathophysiology and diagnosis by organ systems.