Course: Microbiology, epidemiology, immunology and hygiene

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Course title Microbiology, epidemiology, immunology and hygiene
Course code KOS/P2MIK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmejkalová Jindra, doc. MUDr. CSc.
  • Bareková Lucie, MUDr.
  • Mencl Karel, MUDr. CSc.
  • Křížová Petra
  • Zálabská Eva, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to medical microbiology. Morphology of micro-organisms, taxonomy, metabolism. Microscopic techniques, collection of materials. Microflora in the human body, relationships between microbes and their hosts. Epidemiology, statistical methods, processes involved in the spread of infections. Principles of the fight against infectious diseases, antibiotics, and chemotherapeutics. Immunity, diseases of the immune system. Serological examination methods. Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Anthropozoonoses, venereal infections. Nosocomial infections. Medical mycology. Preventive medicine, public health care, health promotion programs, determinants of health, quality of life. Lifestyle; healthy nutrition; physical activity; psychological stress; drug, medication, and alcohol dependency. The environment and occupational environment, air, water hygiene. Nutritional hygiene, balanced nutrition, energetic value of nutrition, foreign substances. Hygiene in health care institutions; personal protective aids; food, laundry, and waste manipulation; prevention of nosocomial and professional infections.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with causative agents of human, their diagnosis, infectious diseases and possibilities of transmission and spread of an infectious agent to a susceptible host, to explain the role and function of the human immune system, and to present basic information from the field of hygiene.
The student understands the relationship between the origins and spread of infectious diseases, is able to select appropriate epidemiological precautions leading to a suppression of the development of these diseases and the appropriate approach to patient care. He/she knows correct principles of collection and transport of biological materials. He/she orientates himself/herself in issues concerning illness prevention and healthy lifestyle, nutritional, occupational, and environmental hygiene, and hygiene in health care institutions.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Completion of compulsory attendance at the lectures and practicum sessions. Completion of a written test or oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • Göpfertová, D., Janovská, D., Dohnal, K. Mikrobiologie, imunologie, epidemiologie, hygiena. Učebnice pro střední a vyšší odborné zdravotnické školy. 3. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2002.
  • GÖPFERTOVÁ, D.; PAZDIORA, P.; DÁŇOVÁ, J. Epidemiologie. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2013.
  • JULÁK, J. Praktická cvičení a semináře z lékařské mikrobiologie. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009.
  • SCHINDLER, J. Mikrobiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009.
  • VOTAVA, M. Lékařská mikrobiologie obecná. 2. vyd. Brno: Neptun, 2005.
  • VOTAVA, M. Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální. 1. vyd. Brno: Neptun, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (2013) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General nurse (2014) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (2014) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General nurse (2013) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (2016) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer