Welcome to Your Intro to Clinical Microbiology Module

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Course leadership

Cullen Lilley, MS, MDxT (AAB)

Amanda Harrington, PhD, D(ABMM)

How to contact us

• Use this form for any course-specific questions, and one of our qualified microbiology faculty will reach out to help you.

How to succeed in this course

• Register, take the pre-lesson surveys, finish with the post-lesson assessments for each lessons.

• Read all material posted on the course website

• For weekly cases and lessons, follow @cullen_lilley for weekly #micromeded session and @IzzieVu for weekly #micromonday case sessions.

• Engage with other classmates and course leadership on twitter with #PathElective #MedMicroElective

• Do not hesitate to ask questions—we are here for you!

• Enjoy you time learning about clinical microbiology—it’s way more fun than you’d think

Technical help

• Use the Contact Us for for general technical help

Course Description

This course is aimed at teaching students about the clinical microbiology laboratories, relevant regulations, careers, hierarchy, and testing diversity. We will also be analyzing various species seen in the clinical microbiology lab and (hopefully) be able to use that knowledge in case studies where laboratory and clinical data are provided. In the end, we hope the students will gain a better understanding of what is required to get a microbial identification by a hospital lab, what happens when high-consequence pathogens are identified, and where samples go when they are identified as a reportable pathogen or unidentified.

Disclaimer:

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