Overview
This unit provides students with essential knowledge on the role of microorganisms and infection control within the context of health care. The unit will also cover host defences and the immune response, including the host-pathogen relationship and the mechanisms of microbial disease. Microbial epidemiology will be examined, with emphasis on worldwide discipline-specific examples.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prereq: BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 or BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology or ALLH11004 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 2. Condition: Be enrolled in any of the following courses: CG95, CC30, CB77, CB29, CB66, CB70, CB86 or CQ23. This unit is incompatible with MBIO19012 Microbiology.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Students were annoyed by the distractions caused by a couple of individuals in lectures.
There were a couple of students who were disruptive in lectures. I will be more stern with similar individuals in future.
Feedback from Student feedback & self-reflection.
A few students felt that there was too much content that was not relevant to them.
It is difficult to keep things relevant when teaching students from diverse discipline areas. However, I will look into restructuring the unit to improve this area.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Some students felt that the assessments could have been better timed to avoid their residential schools.
Again, with students from different disciplines and with practicals / residential schools at different times, this is difficult to do. However, I will look into modifying the assessment due dates to fit in with the majority of students' other assessment tasks.
- Describe the relationship between form and function in the major groups of microorganisms.
- Discuss the role of microorganisms in relation to human health, with particular reference to the normal microbiota and exogenous microorganisms.
- Describe the mechanisms of microbial diseases, including host-microbe interactions and disease transmission.
- Explain the fundamental principles of innate and adaptive (specific) immunity
- Describe the major cells and tissues of the immune system and state their function in the immune response.
- Apply the fundamental principles of microbial epidemiology to current issues relating to human health.
- Interpret the principles of sterilisation, disinfection, and infection control in relation to the student’s discipline area.
- Interpret the results of laboratory experiments in the context of the underlying microbiological principles.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
3 - Examination - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Communication | ||||||||
2 - Problem Solving | ||||||||
3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||||
4 - Information Literacy | ||||||||
5 - Team Work | ||||||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||||
8 - Ethical practice | ||||||||
9 - Social Innovation | ||||||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
3 - Examination - 50% |
Textbooks
Microbiology and infection control for health professionals
Edition: 6th (2015)
Authors: Lee & Bishop
Pearson
Frenchs Forest Frenchs Forest , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9781442549128
Binding: Other
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.makiela@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction, bacteria.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 1 & 3.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Bacteria and viruses.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 3 & 5.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Fungi, protozoans and parasites.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 6.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Microbial growth, replication and genetics.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 2-6.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Immunity.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 9.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Principles of disease.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 7, 8 & 10.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practicals and virtual laboratory: Part 1 upload of pictures and data due Monday 16th April, 5pm AEST.
Module/Topic
Principles of disease.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 7, 8 & 10.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 1 opens Monday.
Module/Topic
Control of growth, infection control.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 11, 12.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Common diseases.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 15-21.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practicals and virtual laboratory: Part 1 Quiz 1 due Tuesday 8th May, 5pm AEST.
Quizzes 2-4 opens Monday.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 15-21.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Issues in public health.
Chapter
Lee & Bishop, ch 13, 14.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practicals and virtual laboratory: Part 2 Quizzes 2-4 due Monday 28th May, 5pm AEST.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This unit is being offered in this term as a once off special offering. As such, the lectures are the recorded lectures from 2017.
There will be live tutorials via Zoom. Please see the unit Moodle site for details.
For part 1 of your Practicals and Virtual Laboratory you will require a Microbiology Kit. These are available free from the CQUniversity Bookshop. If you are enrolled as an on-campus student you will need to pick one up from your campus (location details given on Moodle site). Distance students will have one sent to your address as recorded on MyCentre. If you need it sent to a different address, please contact the unit coordinator ASAP. Your kit should arrive by the end of week 2. If not, please contact the CQUniversity Bookshop via email (bookshop-customerservice@cqu.edu.au) to follow up on your kit.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
You will be required to complete practical exercises, both in person at home (Part 1) and virtually (Part 2), and complete four online quizzes.
For Part 1, you will need to obtain the Microbiology Kit (see Term Specific Information section) and perform a series of tasks (5 in total) followed by a quiz. Details of these tasks, including instructional videos, will be available on the Moodle site. For each task, you will be required to upload pictures of your work and upload your data into Moodle. The unit coordinator will collate the class data, and you will then do an online quiz based on the class data (Quiz 1). The quiz will open on the Monday of Week 7.
For Part 2, you will carry out a series of virtual laboratory exercises on the Moodle site. Assessment of this part will be via 3 online quizzes (Quizzes 2-4). The quizzes consist of multiple choice questions and will open on the Monday of Week 9.
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Part 1 - upload of pictures and data on the Monday of week 6 at 5pm AEST, Quiz 1 due Tuesday of week 9 at 5pm AEST. Part 2 - Quizzes 2-4 due on the Monday of week 12 at 5pm AEST.
Part 1 (pictures and data) at the beginning of week 8, Part 1 & 2 quizzes: Moodle should return your results within half an hour.
This assessment piece is worth 20% of the total course marks, with 10% allocated to Part 1 and 10% to Part 2.
Part 1 consists of 5 separate tasks and a quiz. For each task, you must upload one picture of your work and the required data. Marks will be awarded for the reporting of valid data and completion of the task (1% each for a total of 5%). The quiz on the class data is worth the other 5%.
Part 2 is assessed via online quiz questions (10%), and the final mark is the total of the three quiz marks.
- Discuss the role of microorganisms in relation to human health, with particular reference to the normal microbiota and exogenous microorganisms.
- Interpret the principles of sterilisation, disinfection, and infection control in relation to the student’s discipline area.
- Interpret the results of laboratory experiments in the context of the underlying microbiological principles.
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
You will be provided with video footage of a workplace situation relevant to your future workplace. There will be videos in several discipline areas for you to choose from (available from the unit Moodle site) and you will each need to choose one video only for this assessment. The videos will depict typical workplace occurrences but with flaws in infection control procedures. Using Moodle forums, chat rooms, or other means, you may discuss the footage with other students and identify the flaws in infection control procedures.
The case study analysis (report) will be done individually. You will be limited to a maximum of 5 incidents in your reports. Since there will be more than 5 incidents on the videos, you will be asked to report on those which you believe are the most important, and will be asked to justify your decision. The report will need to discuss how each incident may transmit and cause disease, including the potential host response, and reflect on the infection control measures needed to rectify the situation. This will need to be substantiated with evidence from the literature.
After the 5 incidents, you will need to critically evaluate information from the literature on the spread of infection in your future workplace. For example, you would include any reported disease outbreaks and your future workplace's current infection control policies and procedures. This information, as well as the infection control measures suggested from the 5 incidents, will then be used to formulate a final recommendation for the report.
As this assessment will commence at the beginning of term, you will be encouraged to revisit the video as more unit material is covered in lectures. Detailed guidelines for this task will be available from the unit Moodle site.
Suggested length: 2000 - 2500 words.
Week 11 Monday (21 May 2018) 9:00 am AEST
Review/Exam Week Monday (4 June 2018)
The complete assessment marking rubrics will be available on the Moodle site and will be based on the following criteria:
- Identification of problems (20%)
- Discussion of disease potential (10%)
- Recommended infection control solution and relevance to future workplace (30%)
- Application of critical analysis (10%)
- Presentation (10%)
- Clarity of expression (10%)
- Referencing (10%)
- Describe the mechanisms of microbial diseases, including host-microbe interactions and disease transmission.
- Apply the fundamental principles of microbial epidemiology to current issues relating to human health.
- Interpret the principles of sterilisation, disinfection, and infection control in relation to the student’s discipline area.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
Examination
No calculators permitted
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