Duration
30h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Clinical Microbiology (15h Th, 10h Pr):
These supplements in clinical microbiology aim to prepare the student to this future profession in the context of clinical microbiology.
Contents
- Introduction
- Tasks and expected missions of the clinical microbiology labs
- Pre-analytical issues
- Microbiological methods
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (methods, system of reference for interpretation, expertised interpretation)
- Automation in microbiology
- MALDI-TOF Mass spectometry
- Methods in molecular biology and indications (diagnostics, follow-up, epidemiology), perspectives of development
- Internal quality control in microbiology
- Verification and validation of microbiological methods, equipments
- Aims and criteria for screening, diagnostic and confirmation tests
- Rules of biosecurity
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be abble to
- Describe tasks and expected missions of the clinical microbiology labs
- Determine what is a useful clinical result
- Explain the expected benefit of microbiological analysis in the clinical management of a patient or for setting public health precautions.
- Encourage dynamic communication with clinicians
- Argue the importance to reducing TAT whenever it is possible
- Argue about and justify preanalytical conditions specific to microbiological analysis
- Summarize and explain the main analytical methods used in clinical microbiology
- Limits of microbiological diagnostic analysis
- Sustain a discussion about the different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods (methods, system of reference for interpretation, expertised interpretation).
- Summarize the evolution and aims of automation in microbiology
- Set a plan of internal quality control in microbiology
- Present aims and criteria for screening, diagnostic and confirmation tests
- Make recommandations about biosecurity
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
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Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Opening of the course with a minimum of 3 registrants
Contacts
Clinical Microbiology department University hospital of Liège, B-23 Sart Tilman, 4000 LIEGE Belgium
Secretary: For any contact or to fix an appointment, please contact the secretary Stéphanie Wauquier
Phone: 00.32.4.366.24.38
E-mail: Stéphanie.Wauquier@chuliege.be
Teachers: Marie-Pierre HAYETTE, Sébastien BONTEMS, Rosalie SACHELI, Cécile MEEX.