ENVH8742 Microbiology and Communicable Diseases GE

Professor Howard Fallowfield

2012

4.5

1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly
1 x 2.5-day intensive workshop per semester
12 x 2-hour on-line exercises per semester

1 Admission into GDPEHP-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice
1a Admission into MEH-Master of Environmental Health
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a))

1 of ENVH4742, ENVH8007, ENVS2741 has been successfully completed

This topic introduces microbiology as an important concept in human health. Microorganisms have dramatic negative and positive impacts on human health within the domains of air, soil, water and food. The topic examines the methods of culture and enumeration of microorganisms, and how these techniques can be used to assess their impact on human health in these domains. Modes and mechanisms of pathogenicity and virulence will be discussed, as well as modes of their transmission and methods of disease control.

Explore the concept of microbiology in relation to public health
Examine the negative and positive impacts of micro-organisms on human health
Examine the techniques and principles used to study microorganisms
Identify the principle routes of transmission of communicable diseases
Identify the current methods available for control of communicable disease

At the completion of the topic, students are expected to be able to:

Describe the conditions affecting the growth and survival of micro-organisms in a variety of environments
Select appropriate methods to isolate and enumerate micro-organisms from a variety of environments
Evaluate the potentials for communicable disease transfer in a variety of environments
Develop a range of interventions designed to reduce the potential for movement of communicable disease within the community

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2012 are no longer published.

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