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UNIT TITLE: Advanced Medical Microbiology
CREDIT POINTS: 20
UNIT CODE: HHS522
FHEQ LEVEL: 5
DELIVERING FACULTY: FBSE
UNIT DESIGNATION: Collaborative
Provision/ Standalone PDU
School: Health, Exercise and Social
Sciences
Date validated: February 2014
Date last modified:
Unit delivery model: BK
Max & Min Student No.: N/A
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
Students are required to attend and participate in all the formal scheduled sessions for
the unit. Students are also expected to manage their directed learning and independent
study in support of the unit. Where normal timetabled sessions are not appropriate,
additional directed learning may be provided, and/or students are expected to undertake
additional independent learning.
PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES:
This unit can be taken as part of the whole Foundation Degree or a stand–alone
Professional Development Unit. For both the Foundation Degree and standalone
professional development unit the following applies:
Evidence of ability to study at FHEQ Level 5 and successfully completed Introduction to
Medical Microbiology or equivalent.
If taken as a stand-alone PDU, students must provide evidence of acquired knowledge,
skills and abilities that they are currently demonstrating in their role. These must be
clearly articulated at the interview and reflected in references.
UNIT DESCRIPTION
This unit builds on the level 4 unit “Introduction to medical microbiology” and investigates
a range of disease states, causative organisms and their effect on body systems such as
kidney, heart, gut, liver. More specialist techniques will be explored including:
PCR/molecular, antimicrobial testing and resistance patterns. Infection control, screening
programmes and epidemiology will be introduced and the student will be encouraged to
consider the wider impact of Medical Microbiology on patient care and public health.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1 Evaluate the role of pathogenic organisms in causing disease and the body’s defence
mechanisms
K2 Appraise the relevance and importance of antimicrobial testing in the context of
disease and infection control.
Cognitive Skills
C1 Evaluate the effectiveness of screening programmes
C2 Apply knowledge of resistance patterns in relation to infection control.
Practical and Professional Skills
P1 Apply appropriate techniques to detect and control infectious disease and relate to
public health issues.
Transferable and Key Skills
T1 Relate theoretical knowledge from a variety of sources to real cases to demonstrate
understanding of relevant scientific principles.
AREAS OF STUDY
 PCR and molecular methods
 Pathology of disease and immunity
o Including infectious disease states affecting kidney, heart, gut, liver
respiratory systems.
 Antimicrobial testing, BSAC, resistance patterns.
 Infection control and epidemiology
 Screening programmes, MRSA, Antenatal, Chlamydia, sexual health screening etc
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY
Relevant to their role students will attend a combination of lectures, practical laboratory
based workshops, self directed learning, group discussion. Teaching materials will be
available on MyCourse. Students will be expected to supplement their learning by
additional reading
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
AE1 is an essay presenting a case study about a resistant bacteria. It will demonstrate the
organism’s biology and how this relates to resistance and the value of antimicrobial
testing in the context of disease and infection control.
AE2 is an examination which will focus on screening programmes and public health.
Formative assessment throughout in the form of short answer questions will be used to
feedback progress to the students and check the acquisition of learning.
ASSESSMENT
AE1 Weighting:
Assessment type:
Length/duration:
On-line submission:
Grade marking:
Anonymous marking:
AE2
Weighting:
Assessment type:
Length/duration:
On-line submission:
Grade marking:
Anonymous marking:
50%
Essay (case study)
1500 words
Yes
Yes
No
50%
Examination
1.5 hour
No
Yes
No
Aggregation of marks
Students MUST PASS all elements of assessment in order to pass the unit; therefore this
unit is unaggregated.
Re-assessment Arrangements
Arrangements for referrals will follow University Assessment regulations.
Students will normally be able to re-submit their original essay/case study (AE1) with
revisions.
Students who do not pass the examination (AE2) will normally be afforded the opportunity
to repeat it.
UNIT AUTHOR: Barry Hodgson and Caeron Bacon
Date: 29th January 2014