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| Aug 22 |
Course Intro: Orientation, Policies, Safety Practices |
i-xx, 1-23 |
| Aug 24 |
Intro to Bacterial Pathogens: Basic Lab Skills |
1-23 |
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| Aug 29 |
Basic Lab Skills |
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Exercise 1: Urinary Tract Infections |
24-41 |
| Aug 31* |
Day 1: Dipstick test; Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Sep 5 |
Day 2: Gram stain; oxidase test; biochemical tests; Sensititre |
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| Sep 7 |
Day 3: Read results; streak for MBC test |
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| Sep 12 |
Day 4: Read MBC plates
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Lab Report due September 19 |
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Exercise 2: Infections of Gram-Positive Cocci |
42-68 |
| Sep 14* |
Day 1: Group A Strep test; streak BAP; check blood bottles |
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| Sep19 |
Day 2: Gram stain; catalase and coagulase test; phage typing |
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| Sep 21 |
Day 3: Streptocard Strep test; E-tests; read phage typing results |
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Lab Report due October 3 |
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Exercise 3: Respiratory Tract Infections |
69-90 |
| Sep 26* |
Day 1: Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Sep 28 |
Day 2: Normal microbiota; read results; Gram stain; EnteroPluri tube; quad plate |
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| Oct 3 |
Day 3: Read results; read HAI plates |
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Lab Report due October 17 |
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Oct 5
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Exam 1: Introduction and Exercise 1 |
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Exercise 4: Gastrointestinal Tract Infections |
91-117 |
| Oct 10* |
Day 1: Streak plates; Gram stain |
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| Oct 12 |
Day 2: Score plates; streak plates; Gram stain; inoculate and perform tests |
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| Oct 17 |
Day 3: Gram stain; score plates & tests; inoculate biochemical tests |
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| Oct 19 |
Day 4: Score tests |
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Information about Oral/Written Presentations |
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Lab Report due November 7 |
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Exercise 5: Sexually Transmitted Infections
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118-152 |
| Oct 24* |
Day 1: Read Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, RPR and HPV tests |
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| Oct 26 |
Day 2: Read HSV, HBV, HIV ELISA, and HIV Western blot tests |
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Oral/Written Presentations - Pick Topic Lab Report due November 16 |
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Oct 31
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Lab Practical Review
Work on Oral/Written Presentation - Pick Journal Article
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| Nov 2 |
Exam 2: Exercises 2 and 3 |
Nov 2
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| Nov 7 |
Work on Oral/Written Presentation |
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| Nov 9 |
Lab Practical Exam, Part 1: Gram staining; microscopy; streak plating; perform simple tests (catalase and coagulase tests) |
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| Nov 14 |
Lab Practical Exam, Part 2: Score diagnostic tests (Exercises 1-4) |
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| Nov 16 |
Work on Oral/Written Presentations |
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| Nov 20-24 |
FALL BREAK |
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| Nov 28 |
Work on Oral/Written Presentations |
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| Nov 30 |
Oral Presentations
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| Dec 5 |
Final Written Presentation Due |
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| Dec 7 |
Reading Day |
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| Finals Week |
Final Exam TBA: Exercises 4 and 5 |
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