- Overall Aim of the Course:

• To educate students about the basic features of general bacteriology, virology, microbial genetics and mycology
• To provide students with an understanding of the immune system, its protective functions, its role in the pathophysiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases, and it clinical applications.
  • To familiarize students with the common infections and diseases of surgical importance, their microbial causes, as well as laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of such diseases.

To enable the students to practice the principles of sterilization and infection control.