2-    المستهدف من تدريس المقرر :

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

أ- المعلومات والمفاهيم :

2.a.1. Illustrate general bacterial morphology, physiology and genetics.

2.a.2. demonstrate the host parasite relationship and microbial pathogenesis.

2.a.3. Explain the physiology of the immune system, its beneficial role, its interaction with tumors, its deficiency conditions, as well as its detrimental role in hypersensitivity, autoimmunity and transplant rejection

2.a.4. Describe the morphology, culture, antigenic structure and virulence factors of microorganisms of medical imp­ortance

2.a.5. identify  the most important urological infectious conditions and outline the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the most likely organisms causing such diseases

2.a.6. Describe the most important methods of decontamination, sterilization and principles of infection control.

2.a.7. explain the basics of antimicrobial chemotherapy and resistance.

2.a.8. Discuss the impact of the advances of molecular technology in urology.

ب- المهارات الذهنية  :

2.b.1. Identify medically important bacteria based on microscopic examination of stained preparations.

2.b.2. compare between a Gram stain and a Ziehl-Neelsen stain.

2.b.3. Distinguish positive and negative results in culture media and biochemical tests commonly used for bacterial identification.

2.b.4. select sterilization processes and infection control measures

2.b.5. Assess the infectivity of the case according to the detected organism.

جـ- المهارات المهنية الخاصة بالمقرر:

2.c.1. Use microscopic examination to identify medically important bacteria based on stained preparations.

2.c.2. Identify a Gram stain and a Ziehl-Neelsen stain.

2.c.3. choose commonly used culture media and biochemical tests for bacterial identification.

2.c.4. Apply various sterilization processes and simple infection control measures

2.c.5 Write and evaluate medical reports.

د -  المهارات العامة :

2.d.1. Respect patients’ rights and involve them and /or their caretakers in management decisions.

2.d.2. Upgrade knowledge and practice by continuous learning and seeking recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of various conditions from different information sources

2.d.3. Respect the role and the contributions of other health care professionals regardless their degrees or rank (top management, subordinate or colleague) and evaluate their performance.

2.d.4. Conduct counseling sessions for prevention & control of different conditions for healthy individuals, for  patients as well as their families .