Year 3 Laboratory Medicine course: Microbiology Welcome !
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Year 3 Laboratory Medicine course: Microbiology
Welcome !
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Teaching Staff in Microbiology
• Prof Tom Rogers ([email protected])• Dr Fred Falkiner ([email protected])• Dr Stephen Smith ([email protected])• Consultant and trainee Microbiologists at St
James’s and AMNCH Tallaght• Other teaching/clinical staff in hospitals• External Consultant Microbiologists
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What do Clinical Microbiologists do?
• 5 years’ training in Clinical Microbiology (SpR) post MRCPI
• Give professional direction to Diagnostic Microbiology laboratory (300,000 specimens processed annually)
• Provide a Consultation service for other clinicians in the hospital and advice to GPs
• Usually the Infection Control Doctor (Dr Boyle)• Often chair Antimicrobial Stewardship committee
setting antibiotic policy (Prof Rogers, Dr Fennell)• Research and postgraduate teaching
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Topics dealt with under systems include
• Respiratory• Cardiovascular• Gastrointestinal/hepatobiliary• Central Nervous system
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Topics considered within systems
• Causative agents• Pathogenic mechanisms• Clinical presentations• Investigative procedures• Treatment• Prevention
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Additional subjects
• Antimicrobial stewardship programmes• Immunization schedules and policies• Infection control policies and practice• Engaging clinicians and the public
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Teaching is delivered by:
• Lectures• ‘Small group’ tutorials• ‘dry’ practical sessions• Clinicopathological conferences
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Main Infectious diseases seen in clinical practice
• Community acquired pneumonia• Meningitis• Gastroenteritis• Urinary tract infections• Sepsis• Nosocomial infections
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Where do I get my information from?
• Teaching course• Textbooks• Websites:-• Ireland: www.hpsc.ie• UK: www.hpa.org.uk• US: www.cdc.gov• International: www.who.int
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Laboratory Medicine assessment:December 2010
Paper 1: 30 single best fit questions + 90 extended matching questionsPaper 2:Section A: answer 10 of 14 Short answer
questionsSection B: answer 1 of 2 CPC questionsSection C: answer 2 of 4 essay questions
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In each case match the 5 names on the left with the best matching choice on right
• Robert Koch• Barry Marshall• Luc Montagnier• Louis Pasteur• Denis Burkitt
• Syphilis• Lymphoma• Helicobacter pylori• Legionella pneumophila• Rabies• HIV• M tuberculosis• Pneumocystis carinii• Leprosy• Influenza
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Which one of the following is not a Eukaryote:
• Homo sapiens• Candida albicans• Escherichia coli• Toxoplasma gondii• Pneumocystis carinii
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Which one of these is an RNA virus
• Herpes simplex• Varicella zoster• Hepatitis B• Influenza• Smallpox
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An 18 year old medical student presents with headache, fever, and neck stiffness; the most likely
diagnosis is:
• Hangover• Jetlag• Meningitis• Malaria• Influenza
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Which of the following is a gram positive non-sporing aerobic bacillus that can cause life threatening throat
infection
• Lactobacillus acidophilus• Clostridium difficile• Listeria monocytogenes• Corynebacterium diphtheriae• Bacillus cereus
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When a strain of Staph aureus is resistant to Meticillin it is also always resistant to:
• Gentamicin• Vancomycin• Flucloxacillin• Rifampicin• Linezolid
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An infection is termed “Hospital acquired” if it presents clinically how many
hours/days after admission
• 12 hours• 24 hours• 48 hours• 7 days• 14 days
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An often asked question:
• Do I have to know what I learned in Microbiology last year?
• Will I be examined on what I learned last year?