Microbiology Syllabus in Russia, Other CIS & Eastern Europe
- Subject: Microbiology including Immunology & parasitology
- Semesters: 4-5
- Tentative hours of lectures: 40-50 hours
- Tentative hours of practicals: 130 hours
- Exam: after 2 semesters
- Emphasis on the CIS syllabi: It’s wise to emphasize that this Curriculum/syllabus is tentative & the subject’s distribution or teaching hours or exams might vary in different universities and CIS.
Brief description of the course:
- The purpose of this subject is to give knowledge to the students about the importance of microorganisms in pathology, normal flora, and the development of opportunistic infections, the role of microbiology in fight contagious diseases.
- Microbiology integrated discipline, including bacteriology, mycology, virology parasitology, and immunology.
Prerequisites:
- Molecular biology and medical genetics, Ecology, Chemistry, Histology, Biophysics, Biochemistry
Objectives:
- To give knowledge about the classification, taxonomy biological properties of pathogenic, and nonpathogenic microorganisms
- To give knowledge about indication and identification of pure culture
- To give evidence about pathogenic and virulence factors and interaction of the pathogen with the host
- To give basic knowledge about immunity
- To give evidence about specific and nonspecific defenses of the host
- To give basic knowledge about immuno-prophylaxis and immunotherapy of the bacterial and viral diseases
- To give evidence about up-to-date methods of diagnostic of microbial diseases.
- To give basic knowledge about microbiological investigations.
Outcomes:
- A student should know:
- Major biological properties of microorganisms (morphological, physiological, antigenic, pathogenic).
- Normal flora of the human body
- Specific and nonspecific defenses of the host.
- The base of immunology and allergology.
- Major principles of microbiological diagnostics of the wide-spreading infectious diseases
- Major principles of microbiological investigation of the ill persons
- Microbiological bases of aseptic and antiseptic sterilization and disinfection
- Base of the antibiotic therapy
- Resistance to antibiotics
- Testing of disinfectants and antibiotics
- A student should be able to:
- Follow the rules in bacteriological laboratories
- Take specimen for microbiological investigations
- Examine bacteria under the compound light
- Prepare smear-preparation from a sample of investigation like pus, urine, blood, feces.
- Identify a microorganism based on differences in morphology and cellular organization
- interpretation of culture results
- interpretation report of the serological investigations
Educational methods:
- Lectures
- Practice: laboratory work, colloquium, seminars, solving problems, working with multimedia data, with computer models and programs, microscopy of preparations, work with small groups of students, business games, analyses of cases, modeling of situations
- Individual work: work with literature, with computer data, and specially programmed, solving problems, glossary composing, and algorithm of diagnostic and prophylactic, solution of tests, preparing of paper, essay.
Lectures: topics & number of hours
| No | Topics of the lectures | Academic hours | |
| Semester 4 | Semester 5 | ||
| 1. | Introduction to Microbiology. Classification of the Microbes. Morphology of the Microbes. | 2 | — |
| 2. | Physiology of the Microbes. | 2 | — |
| 3. | Microbial Ecology. Human Normal Flora. | 1 | — |
| 4. | Human Viruses. Bacteriophages. | 1 | — |
| 5. | Principles of Bacterial Genetics. The Basic Concepts of Genetic Engineering and Medical Biotechnology | 1 | — |
| 6. | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Chemotherapeutic Agents. Microbiological Aspects of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. | 2 | — |
| 7. | The Basic Concepts of Infection and Immunity. | 1 | — |
| 8. | Immunity. Types of Immunity. Innate Immunity. | 2 | — |
| 9. | Adaptive immunity. Immune System. Antigens. | 2 | — |
| 10. | Humoral and Cell-mediated Immunity. The Basic Theories of Antibodies Development. | 2 | — |
| 11. | Hypersensitivity: Classification. Delayed and Immediate Types of Hypersensitivity. Antibacterial, Antitoxic, Antiviral, and Antifungal Immunity. Anti-tumor immunity. Mechanisms of Transplant Rejection. | 2 | — |
| 12. | Immunotherapy and Immunoprophylaxis. Medical Immunobiological Preparations Used for Treatment and Immunoprophylaxis of Infectious Diseases. | 2 | — |
| 13. | The Causative Agents of Enteric Bacterial Human Infectious Diseases. | — | 2 |
| 14. | The Causative Agents of Respiratory Bacterial Human Infectious Diseases. | — | 2 |
| 15. | Pathogenic and Opportunistic Mycobacteria. | — | 1 |
| 16 | Pathogenic Cocci. | — | 1 |
| 17. | Pathogenic Anaerobes. | — | 1 |
| 18. | Pathogenic Spirochetes. | — | 1 |
| 19. | Rickettsia and Chlamydia. | — | 2 |
| 20. | Causative Agents of Zoonoses. | — | 1 |
| 21. | The Causative Agents of Enteric Viral Human Infectious Diseases. | — | 2 |
| 22. | The Causative Agents of Respiratory Viral Human Infectious Diseases. | — | 2 |
| 23. | The Causative Agents of Viral Hepatites. | — | 2 |
| 24. | The Slow Viral and Prion Diseases. | — | 1 |
| 25. | Oncogenic Viruses. | — | 1 |
| 26. | Pathogenic Fungi. | — | 1 |
| 27. | Pathogenic Protozoa. | — | 1 |
| 28. | Environmental Microbiology. | — | 1 |
| 29. | Clinical Microbiology. | — | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 24 | |
Practical classes: topics & number of hours
| No | Topics of the laboratory lessons | Academic hours | |
| Semester 4 | Semester 5 | ||
| 1 | Morphology of Prokaryotes (bacteria). Simple Staining. | 2 | — |
| 2 | Morphology of Prokaryotes. Complex (differential) Staining. | 2 | — |
| 3 | Morphology of Prokaryotes. Complex (structural) Staining. | 2 | — |
| 4 | Morphology of Eukaryotes (Fungi and Protozoa) and Viruses. | 2 | — |
| 5 | Colloquium: “Morphology of the Microbes” | 3 | — |
| 6 | Physiology of the Microbes. The Main Principles of Cultivation and Identification of the Microbes. | 8 | — |
| 7 | Ecology of the Microbes. Human Normal Microflora and Its Role in Health and Disease. Sterilization. Disinfection. Environmental Factors Affecting Microbes and Microbial Metabolism. | 6 | — |
| 8 | Bacterial Enzymes. Biochemical Features of Bacteria. | 4 | — |
| 9 | Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents. Principles of Bacterial Genetics. The Basic Concepts of Genetic Engineering and Medical Biotechnology. | 6 | — |
| 10 | Colloquium: “Physiology of the Microbes” | 4 | — |
| 11 | Infection and Infectious Process. Types of Infection. Pathogenicity and Virulence of the Microbes. | 4 | — |
| 12 | The Antigen-Antibody Reactions (Agglutination Test and Precipitation Test) | 4 | — |
| 13 | The Complement-mediated Immunological Reactions (CFT). The Modern Immunodiagnostic Reactions with the “Labeled” Reagents | 4 | — |
| 14 | Medical Immunobiological Preparations Used for Treatment and Immunoprophylaxis of Diseases. | 4 | — |
| 15 | Colloquium: “Infection and Immunity” | 3 | — |
| 16 | Colloquium: “Medical Immunobiological Preparations” | 2 | — |
| 17 | The Enteric Bacterial Pathogens. | — | 2 |
| 18 | The Enteric Bacterial Pathogens (continued from Lesson 17). | — | 2 |
| 19 | The Enteric Bacterial Pathogens (continued from Lesson 18). | — | 2 |
| 20 | The Bacterial Pathogens Acquired via Respiratory Tract. | — | 4 |
| 21 | Colloquium: “The Enteric and the Respiratory Tract Bacterial Pathogens | — | 3 |
| 22 | Pathogenic Cocci. | — | 4 |
| 23 | Pathogenic Anaerobes. | — | 4 |
| 24 | Clinical Microbiology. | — | 5 |
| 25 | Pathogenic Spirochetes. | — | 4 |
| 26 | Colloquium: “Pathogenic Cocci, Anaerobes and Spirochetes” | — | 3 |
| 27 | The Causative Agents of Zoonoses (plague, anthrax, brucellosis, tularemia). | — | 3 |
| 28 | Colloquium: “The Causative Agents of Zoonoses. Rickettsia and Chlamydia” | — | 6 |
| 29 | General Virology. Cultivation of Viruses. Virological Method of Diagnosis: Indication of Viruses. | — | 4 |
| 30 | The Respiratory Tract Viral Pathogens. | — | 6 |
| 31 | The Enteric Viral Pathogens. | — | 6 |
| 32 | Colloquium: “General and Special Virology” | — | 4 |
| 33 | Pathogenic Fungi and Protozoa. | — | 4 |
| 34 | Environmental Microbiology: Evaluation of Water and Air Quality. Methods of Microbiological Control of Water and Air. | — | 4 |
| Totally | 60 | 68 | |
Interim assessments (Controls) & Exam
- Interim assessment (Chapter-wise controls) : MCQs + situational tasks & practical skills with Viva (practical)
- Final exam: Viva, situational tasks, MCQs & practical skills
| No | Semester | Form of monitoring | The topic of the section | The assessment tools |
| 1. | 4 | Control of the mastering topics | Morphology of the Microbes. | Written test (MCQ) |
| 2. | 4 | Control of the mastering topics | Morphology of the Microbes. | Preparing a smear, staining, microscopical examination and identification of a microbe by morphology and tinctorial properties |
| 3. | 4 | Control of the self-work of a student | Morphology of the Microbes. | Viva voce |
| 4. | 4 | Control of the mastering topics | Physiology of the Microbes. Bacterial Genetics. Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents. | Written test (MCQ) |
| 5. | 4 | Control of the mastering topics | Physiology of the Microbes. Bacterial Genetics. Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents. | Viva voce |
| 6. | 4 | Control of the self-work of a student | Physiology of the Microbes. Bacterial Genetics. Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents. | Viva voce |
| 7. | 4 | Control of the mastering topics | Infection. Medical Immunology. | Written test (MCQ) |
| 8. | Control of the self-work of a student | Infection. Medical Immunology. | Viva voce | |
| 9. | Control of the mastering topics | Medical Immunobiological Preparations. | Viva voce | |
| 10. | Control of the mastering topics | The Causative Agents of Bacterial Enteric and Respiratory Infections. | Written test (MCQ) | |
| 11. | Control of the mastering topics | The Causative Agents of Bacterial Enteric and Respiratory Infections. | Answering the questions on the situational task | |
| 12. | Control of the mastering topics | Pathogenic Cocci, Anaerobes and Spirochetes | Written test (MCQ) | |
| 13. | Control of the mastering topics | Pathogenic Cocci, Anaerobes and Spirochetes | Answering the questions on the situational task | |
| 14. | Control of the mastering topics | The Causative Agents of Zoonoses. Rickettsia and Chlamydia | Written test (MCQ) | |
| 15. | Control of the mastering topics | The Causative Agents of Zoonoses. Rickettsia and Chlamydia | Answering the questions on the situational task | |
| 16. | Control of the mastering topics | General and Special Virology | Written test (MCQ) | |
| 17. | Control of the mastering topics | General and Special Virology | Answering the questions on the situational task | |
| 18. | Control of the mastering topics | Clinical and Environmental Microbiology | Answering the questions on the situational task | |
| 19 | Control of the mastering Discipline | Examination | Written test (MCQ) | |
| Testing the practical skills | ||||
| Answering the questions on the situational task | ||||
| Viva voce |
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Scores
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- 4 is “good” → Khorosho
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- 2 is “unsatisfactory” → Neudovletvoritel’no
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Reference textbooks
- Medical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology: textbook in 2 volumes/ds. V.V. Zverev, M.N. Boichenko. (Moscow: GEOTAR-Media Group)
- Jawetz, Melnick and Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology.Geo F. Brooks, Janet S. Butel, L. Nicolas Ornston, et al.
- Медицинская микробиология и иммунология/Под ред. В.В. Зверева. Мальцев В.Н., Пашков Е.П. (М.: Практическая медицина)
- Атлас по иммунологии и аллергологии.под ред. А.А. Воробьева, А.С. Быкова. (Практическая медицина, М)
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