BIOL 2030

Course Discription

Students study various pathogens and the role they play in well-person and perinatal health. Students receive a basic overview of the fundamentals of microbiology, including laboratory techniques, microbial characteristics, and control of infections and drug resistance. Students gain understanding of the normal flora of the reproductive system, GI tract, urinary tract, and skin. This course is practical for midwives because it focuses on etiology, identification, and treatment of infections that are relevant to well-person and perinatal care. In addition, it gives some perspective on the course of treatment prescribed by physicians. This information will allow the midwife to consult, refer, or transfer care to a physician with more confidence and knowledge to be a better link between the medical and traditional health world. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. List a minimum of five ways in which microbes affect our lives, both positively and negatively. 

2. Differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. 

3. Describe the structure of gram-positive and gram-negative cell walls and explain their differences. 

4. Explain the formation of biofilms and discuss their importance in healthcare. 

5. Differentiate the major characteristics of each group of microorganisms: bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, viruses and multicellular animal parasites. 

6. Explain four techniques for controlling the spread of microorganisms in the healthcare setting. 

7. Describe four types of host-microbe relationships. 

8. Explain normal microbiota and their function in the human body. 

9. Define the terminology related to the principles of disease and epidemiology. 

10. Name and describe factors that need to be considered in selecting an antimicrobial drug. 

11. Explain the development of drug resistance by microorganisms and describe how drug resistance can be controlled. 

12. Describe normal flora and pathogens found in the gastrointestinal tract. 

13. Describe the common microbial infections that affect the genitourinary system of those with a uterus and associated organs, etiology, methods for diagnosis, preventive measures, and treatment. 

14. Identify the different effects microorganisms have throughout the lifespan. 

15. Describe the microbiology of congenital infections.

(Midwives College of Utah, 2022).

Prerequisite: Completion of all Phase One classes - completed December of 2020

1 credit