MICROBIOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Learn firsthand how a public health lab handles testing. Learn about the different areas of testing in the lab from the experts and how we work with the CDC and clinical labs for surveillance, diagnostics, and outbreak response. Useful training for diagnostic testing and those that will order these tests in their practice.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the different testing areas of the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH). Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the basics of common diagnostic test methods like PCR, sequencing, culture, and serology. Interpret test results and understand the limitations of those tests. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe how the WSLH works with epidemiologists to identify outbreaks of disease. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how the WSLH works between clinical labs and the CDC for public health. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the different testing areas of the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH). Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the basics of common diagnostic test methods like PCR, sequencing, culture, and serology. Interpret test results and understand the limitations of those tests. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe how the WSLH works with epidemiologists to identify outbreaks of disease. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how the WSLH works between clinical labs and the CDC for public health. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027