Explore the essentials of Microbiology, focusing on bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Gain practical skills in microscopy and staining techniques.
This course delves into the world of Microbiology, focusing on bacteria and including the history, types of cells, and essential lab techniques. With engaging materials, you'll explore how to classify microorganisms and their importance in Medicine.
Learn about the history and fundamentals of Microbiology.
An Introduction to the study of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, with a main emphasis on bacteria. Topics include History of Microbiology, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, Classification, Microscopy, Staining techniques, and Microbial growth and nutrition.
Materials will include PowerPoint presentations, links to videos, and lecture notes. The Course itself is for 5 hours. So, based on the time one can allot to the course, depending on the time constraints, it may take a week to 2 weeks to complete it. The course is structured in such a way that there will be a progression from one concept to the next, although each lesson will be a stand-alone.
It will include laboratory aspects associated with Microbiology such as use of microscopes, Gram-staining technique, streak plate method of bacterial cell isolation. The techniques are explained along with the theory or “reasoning” behind them. This should help one to not only assimilate the subject better but to avoid mistakes in the step-by-step process by recalling the “why” before the “what” for each technique.
Whether you are new to Microbiology, want to refresher course, or want to learn certain basic yet complex concepts, this course aims to deliver quality material which will make learning more engaging and Microbiology a more fascinating subject, especially as it relates to Medicine.
At the end of the course, you would know who are the founding fathers of Microbiology, parts of a light Microscope, and cell culture techniques, In this course, you will learn how to classify microorganisms, how to use the correct nomenclature, the different staining techniques and factors involved in microbial growth
How to use a light microscope
How to do Gram-staining
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Dr. Sunita Seemanapalli has over 10 years of experience in biomedical research, particularly in field of Microbiology. She has a Medical Degree from the Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil. In order to better understand the basic mechanism of disease processes, she pursued graduate studies in the US. She earned an M.S. from Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA. Her Master's thesis...
the teacher pauses too much during class and seems unsure of what she is reading to the students
I enjoyed the courses, I also learnt a lot on the courses, it has thought me the basic concept in medical microbiology.
good knowledge
Great class
I build and service gram staining machines. yes.
It was a good match although quality of video could be improved. There were a few instances of poor audio and missing video which left me with a black screen for around 5 minutes. Otherwise great course.
Good
Good content
Yes, so far it's a good match for me.
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Megan R.
The history is great, but it could be shortened a bit. The most applicable parts of the course are missing complete sections, so you are quizzed on entire sections that you never learned about. The last 4 sections should be expanded or focused on more.