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BIOB2200 Medical Microbiology and Immunology Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Medisinsk mikrobiologi og infeksjonsimmunologi
- Study programme
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Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Programme
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2025/2026
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
No aids are permitted.
Required preliminary courses
Pass/fail.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
- can describe the important properties of some of the most prevalent forms of human pathogenic microorganisms
- can give examples of how microorganisms can cause disease
- can describe the main principles of antibiotics’ mechanisms of action
- can describe some of the resistance mechanisms of bacteria and explain how bacteria can develop resistance to an antibiotic
- can explain how microorganisms can be determined with the help of microscopy, cultivation, bio-chemical, immunological and gene technology methods and mass spectrometry, and describe the methods’ areas of use, possibilities and limitations
- can assess the importance that findings of different microorganisms can have in different types of sample material
- can explain the principles behind different immunological methods for detection of antibodies against microorganisms and describe the methods’ areas of use, possibilities and limitations
- can explain quality assurance for relevant methods and analyses
- has knowledge of sample collection and the correct treatment of different types of sample material for microbiological investigations, and how analytical, pre- and postanalytical conditions influence analysis results
- can explain principles for sterilisation and disinfection
- is familiar with how social conditions affect the extent of various infectious diseases and the development of resistance at a national and global scale
Skills
The student
- can detect, isolate and identify important human pathogenic microorganisms and carry out resistance testing on antibiotics, quality assuring methods used and assess sources of error
- can carry out and quality assure different methods for detecting antibodies in patients in connection with infection or vaccination and assess possible sources of error related to these
- can perform work in a responsible manner that safeguards infection control
- can follow procedures for responsible waste management both with regards to the danger of infection and the environment
General competence
The student
- is familiar with the laws and regulations relating to infection control in society and the health services
- can reflect on his/her own practice, keeping up with the latest academic research, seeking and receiving supervision
- can interpret an order containing clinical information and provide the correct test result
Content
The course consists of the following subject areas, specified below as the number of credits:
- Microbiology, 7 credits
- Infection immunology, 3 credits
Teaching and learning methods
Oral exam is assessed by one internal and one external examiner.
Course requirements
Stine Harstad
Assessment
Individual practical exam, 3 hours.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
No aids are permitted.
Grading scale
A-F.
Examiners
All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.
Overlapping courses
7 credits overlap with the course BIO2200 Medical Microbiology and Immunological Diagnostics