Comprehensive Medical Microbiology Course
Learn the skills and techniques in Diagnostic Medical Microbiology and Prepare for the International Certification.
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What You Will Learn!
- Intensive course for all microbiology sub-sections, including Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Virology, and Parasitology.
- Identify the pathogenic organisms and normal flora in the different types of bacteriology culture.
- Perfect photos for the colony morphology, pigmentation, and gram stain of more than 50 types of pathogenic bacteria.
- Interpret the bacterial growth using comprehensive flowcharts and the guidelines.
- The basic and advanced methods of identification and susceptibility testing.
- Phenotypic and genotypic detection of superbugs, including CRO, PDR, ESBL, MRSA, and VRE.
- Understand the standard culture procedures of microbiology laboratory using guidelines, scenarios, technical suggestions, and troubleshooting.
- Culture recovery and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and MOTT, colony morphology, biochemical tests, and genotypic detection.
- Clinical and morphological classification, principles of macroscopic and microscopic examination of the fungi and moulds.
- Cell line (viral) culture, molecular detection and classification of the viruses, including Herpesviridae, Myxoviridae, Flaviviridae, and Hepatitis viruses.
- Screening methods guidelines to detect ova and parasites using Iron-Hematoxylin and modified Kinyoun stains.
Description
A comprehensive course covering all medical microbiology sub-sections, including Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Virology, and Parasitology.
(Bacteriology) In this course, you will understand the workflow inside the microbiology laboratory, step by step, starting from receiving the sample to a selection of the culture media, streaking, incubation, identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and detection of the multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO), Pandrug-resistant (PDR), Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE).
More than 50 different types of usual and unusual bacteria, including E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and HACEK group, in addition to a wide range of other microorganisms. The importance of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines and the classification of the antibiotics.
(Mycobacteriology TB) Clinical manifestations of Tuberculosis (TB) and Hansen disease, and the screening methods of TB. You will learn the workflow in the mycobacteriology laboratory, including the guidelines of sample collection, preparation, decontamination, acid-fast stain, and isolation of mycobacterium based on growth rate and pigment production (rapid non-chromogenic, slow non-photochromogenic, slow photochromogenic, and slow scotochromogenic).
(Mycology) Clinical and morphological classification of mycology, principles of macroscopic and microscopic examination of the fungi and moulds.
(Virology) Cell line (viral) culture, molecular detection, and classification of the viruses, including Herpesviridae, Myxoviridae, Flaviviridae, and Hepatitis viruses.
(Parasitology) Guidelines for the screening method to detect ova and parasites using Iron-Hematoxylin and modified Kinyoun stains.
Who Should Attend!
- International certification seekers in medical microbiology, e.g. American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) as technologists or specialists in microbiology.
- Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease physicians to prepare for the microbiology residency exam, American Board of Bioanalysis (ABB), and American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM).
- Infection Control practitioners, to prepare for the Certification Board of Infection Control (CBIC).
- Medical Technologists, to increase their knowledge and skills in the microbiology laboratory.
- Fresh graduates, to prepare for a job interview in the microbiology laboratory.
