Doane
University
Course Information
Microbiology for the Health Professions
4 Credit Hours
Communicating With the Instructor
This course uses a “three before me” policy for student to faculty communications. When
questions arise during the course of this class, please remember to check these three
sources for an answer before asking me to reply to your individual questions:
1. Course syllabus
2. Announcements in Blackboard
3. The Q & A discussion board
This policy will help you in potentially identifying answers before I can get back to you and it
also helps your instructor avoid answering similar questions or concerns multiple times.
If you cannot find an answer to your question, please first post your question to the Q & A
questions discussion board. Here your question can be answered for the benefit of all
students by either your fellow students who know the answer to your question or the
instructor. You are encouraged to answer questions from other students in the discussion
forum when you know the answer to a question in order to help provide timely assistance.
If you have questions of a personal nature such as relating a personal emergency,
questioning a grade on an assignment, or something else that needs to be communicated
privately, you are welcome to contact me via email. I will usually respond from 8am to 5pm
on weekdays, please allow 24 hours for me to respond.
If you have a question about the technology being used in the course, please contact the
Doane University Help Desk for assistance (contact information is listed below ).
Course Catalog Description
This course is designed to meet the requirements of students interested in careers in allied
health and nursing. Microbiology for Health Professions is a one semester course that
emphasizes the interaction of microorganisms with humans and the diseases they cause.
The primary focus of the course is the role of microbes in disease. Topics include
fundamentals of microbiology, factors that modulate the growth and survival of microbes,
microbial pathogens, virulence factors and pathogenicity, antibiotic resistance, the immune
system, epidemiology, and practical means of controlling the spread of disease. Each week
has labs that cover the basics of aseptic techniques, culturing bacteria, bacterial
morphology, bacterial enumeration and plate counts, and Kirby-Bauer diffusion for antibiotic
effectiveness.
, Course Prerequisites
Two courses in biology (with labs) and one semester of college-level general chemistry.
Course Textbook and Materials
Required
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 5th edition, By Robert W. Bauman
ISBN 9780134618449.
HOL Lab kit: details will be in the Blackboard course. Cost will be $120 for the entire kit,
payable on registration.
Learning Objectives
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course students will be able to:
1. The student will articulate how the process of science as we know it (scientific
method) evolved with the development of the science of microbiology, using the 200
years it took to disprove spontaneous generation as a model.
2. The student will appreciate the diversity of microbial organisms on earth.
3. The student will become familiar with the principles of safety in the microbiology lab.
4. The student will grasp the basics of the use of the microscope for viewing bacterial
samples.
5. The student will be able to describe and compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell
structures, and be able to compare and contrast basic microbial genetics with that of
eukaryotic genomes).
6. By studying microbial metabolism, the student will differentiate between metabolic
activities common to microbes, and differentiate between diverse microbial and
human (eukaryotic) processes.
7. The student will be able to employ knowledge of microbial structure to explain
why/how chemical means of control can be used safely in or on a human, including
antibiotics.
8. The student will practice the concepts of microbial identification, and appreciate the
importance of this procedure to the medical situation.
9. The student will be able to critically evaluate the risks of the use of antibiotics with
regards to the development of resistance.
10. The student will be able to discuss the nature of as well as the importance of the
human microbiome.
11. The student will be able to explain the nature of the relationship of the host with the
ubiquitous milieu of microbes all around them.
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University
Course Information
Microbiology for the Health Professions
4 Credit Hours
Communicating With the Instructor
This course uses a “three before me” policy for student to faculty communications. When
questions arise during the course of this class, please remember to check these three
sources for an answer before asking me to reply to your individual questions:
1. Course syllabus
2. Announcements in Blackboard
3. The Q & A discussion board
This policy will help you in potentially identifying answers before I can get back to you and it
also helps your instructor avoid answering similar questions or concerns multiple times.
If you cannot find an answer to your question, please first post your question to the Q & A
questions discussion board. Here your question can be answered for the benefit of all
students by either your fellow students who know the answer to your question or the
instructor. You are encouraged to answer questions from other students in the discussion
forum when you know the answer to a question in order to help provide timely assistance.
If you have questions of a personal nature such as relating a personal emergency,
questioning a grade on an assignment, or something else that needs to be communicated
privately, you are welcome to contact me via email. I will usually respond from 8am to 5pm
on weekdays, please allow 24 hours for me to respond.
If you have a question about the technology being used in the course, please contact the
Doane University Help Desk for assistance (contact information is listed below ).
Course Catalog Description
This course is designed to meet the requirements of students interested in careers in allied
health and nursing. Microbiology for Health Professions is a one semester course that
emphasizes the interaction of microorganisms with humans and the diseases they cause.
The primary focus of the course is the role of microbes in disease. Topics include
fundamentals of microbiology, factors that modulate the growth and survival of microbes,
microbial pathogens, virulence factors and pathogenicity, antibiotic resistance, the immune
system, epidemiology, and practical means of controlling the spread of disease. Each week
has labs that cover the basics of aseptic techniques, culturing bacteria, bacterial
morphology, bacterial enumeration and plate counts, and Kirby-Bauer diffusion for antibiotic
effectiveness.
, Course Prerequisites
Two courses in biology (with labs) and one semester of college-level general chemistry.
Course Textbook and Materials
Required
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 5th edition, By Robert W. Bauman
ISBN 9780134618449.
HOL Lab kit: details will be in the Blackboard course. Cost will be $120 for the entire kit,
payable on registration.
Learning Objectives
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course students will be able to:
1. The student will articulate how the process of science as we know it (scientific
method) evolved with the development of the science of microbiology, using the 200
years it took to disprove spontaneous generation as a model.
2. The student will appreciate the diversity of microbial organisms on earth.
3. The student will become familiar with the principles of safety in the microbiology lab.
4. The student will grasp the basics of the use of the microscope for viewing bacterial
samples.
5. The student will be able to describe and compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell
structures, and be able to compare and contrast basic microbial genetics with that of
eukaryotic genomes).
6. By studying microbial metabolism, the student will differentiate between metabolic
activities common to microbes, and differentiate between diverse microbial and
human (eukaryotic) processes.
7. The student will be able to employ knowledge of microbial structure to explain
why/how chemical means of control can be used safely in or on a human, including
antibiotics.
8. The student will practice the concepts of microbial identification, and appreciate the
importance of this procedure to the medical situation.
9. The student will be able to critically evaluate the risks of the use of antibiotics with
regards to the development of resistance.
10. The student will be able to discuss the nature of as well as the importance of the
human microbiome.
11. The student will be able to explain the nature of the relationship of the host with the
ubiquitous milieu of microbes all around them.
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