This subject contains a 7 day Compulsory Residential School.
This subject is a micro-session practical subject and the residential school will provide students with advanced skills in clinical diagnostic microbiology. Practical work undertaken in the residential school provides hands-on experience of diagnostic microbiological laboratory based testing via a number of case studies and some bacterial pathology laboratory techniques. It will also enable students to become familiar with laboratory techniques for the diagnosis of viral, fungal and parasitic diseases. The residential school will include a practical exam.