Clinical Microbiology
Course #:10-513-133

Instructor: Rose Dickinson

Clinical Microbiology

 Lectures and Laboratories Weeks 1-5

 

Date

Activities

Lecture Topics
Textbook Readings
(Mahon  &  Manuselis Unless Indicated)

Week 1  

8/30/06-
9/1/06

 

 

 

 Unit I

Lecture/PowerPoints

  • pp. 3-10
  • pp. 10-13
  • pp. 26-51
  
Laboratories

Week 1Laboratories   Top
Please print and read laboratories before lab each week!

  •  Set-up
  • Lab Manager Duties
  • Wet Preps 
  • Gram Stain Tutor
  • Safety Quiz -there will be a Lecture/Lab 
    quiz on Safety, Activities, and Textbook 
    readings from Week 1 on Weds. 9/6/06

 

 

Week 2

9/6/06-
9/8/06

 Unit 1

Lectures/PowerPoints

 
  • Microscopic Exam          
  • Microbial Growth, Nutrition, Biochemistry,
  • Bacterial Genetics
  • pp.268-281
  • pp.282-309
  • pp.13-24
 Lecture/lab quiz:
Weds. 9/6/06
Laboratories

 

 Week 2 Laboratories 1 and 2 Activity Worksheet and Reports   Top
  • Known Slides - Bacterial Morphology
  • Gram Stain of Known Organisms
  • Unknown Gram Stains
  • Sputa Smear Evaluation
  • Cell Classification and Structures, Morphology and Stains
Week 3  

9/13/06-
9/15/06

 Unit 1

Lectures/PowerPoints

 
  • Colonial Morphology
  • General Concepts of Specimen Collection
  • pp.312-325
  • pp.238-259

 

  
Laboratories Week 3 Laboratories 1 and 2 Activity Worksheet and Reports.  Top
  • Set-up culture with known organisms on common lab media
  • Read cultures and describe reactions

 

  • Continue Lab Activities
  • Lecture/Lab Quiz on Friday 9/15/06: Gram Stain and Morphology, and Direct Smears 
  
Lecture/lab quiz:
Fri.  9/15/06
Week 4  

9/20/06-
9/22/06

 Unit I

Lectures/PowerPoints

 
  • Rapid Tests and Flow Diagram
  • Quality Assurance and Control
  • Antimicrobial Mechanisms of Action
  • pp.182-190
  • Procedure Manual p.4
  • pp.105-120
  • pp.53-61

 

Unit I ends this week; Unit I exam
is scheduled for 9/27/06.
Laboratories Week 4 
Laboratories 1 and 2 Activity Worksheet and Reports.  Top
  • Evaluate Media Growth
  • Perform Rapid Tests
  • Review for Unit 1 Exam
  • Continue Lab Activities
  • Lecture/Lab Quiz: Microbial Growth, Colonial Morphology, Specimen Collection, Rapid Tests and Quality Control 
Week 5  

9/27/06-
9/29/06

 Unit II

Lectures/PowerPoints

 

Unit Exam I
9/27/06 0930

 

  • pp.63-77

 

 
Laboratories Week 5 
Laboratories 1 and 2 Activity Worksheet and Reports.   Top
  • Urine Unknown and Sensitivity
  • Review
 
  • Unit I Lab Practical 
    9/29/06
  • Continue Lab Activities

 
 

Clinical Microbiology Syllabus