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Class of 2017
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Session Title:
Staphylococci
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning MethodsTotal Scheduled Hours = 1
Lecture = 1
Description:

Teaching and Learning Methods
Lecture 1 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID Learning Objectives
7741 Define the role of the total testing process in bacteriology (pre-analytics, analytics and post-analytics)
7742 Describe the process and features of a Gram stain
7743 Distinguish key characteristics among varying species of: Staphylococci; Streptococci; and Enterococci
7744 Identify these organisms based on select clinical and/or diagnostic findings: Staphylococcus aureus, S. lugdunensis, S. saprophyticus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Group A Streptococci (S. pyogenes), Group B Streptococci (S. agalactiae), and Enterococcus spp.
7745 Describe other important characteristics for each organism regarding; epidemiology, pathogenesis, disease manifestations, diagnostic techniques, first line treatment and public health response
7746 Explain the mechanism of drug resistance in Staphylococci to penicillin, methicillin (cloxacillin) and vancomycin.
7747 Describe the proper collection of specimens for blood culture, including how you avoid collecting skin bacteria into the blood culture bottle.

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID Course Goals
7416 Integrate basic and clinical sciences as they relate to common clinical encounters and patient symptoms
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
me-6
7417 Identify health care resources available for the investigation, treatment and management of the patient
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
me-3 me-4 me-5 me-6 cm-2
Linked Program Competencies To Course Goal(s)
me-6 Medical Expert
Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem.
me-3 Medical Expert
Formulate an initial plan of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures relevant to the patient’s presentation.
me-4 Medical Expert
Develop a differential diagnosis and key clinical problem list following assessment of a patient.
me-5 Medical Expert
Develop a management plan for key clinical problems following assessment of a patient.
cm-2 Communicator
Collect and synthesize accurate and relevant information, incorporating perspectives from patients and their families, colleagues and other health care professionals.

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives
(109-2) INSECT STINGS AND BITES
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(003-2) ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
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(110-1) DYSURIA, URINARY FREQUENCY AND URGENCY, AND/OR PYURIA
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(067-1-2-1) GENERALIZED PAIN DISORDERS
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(107-1) FEVER AND HYPERTHERMIA
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(050-1) OLIGOARTHRALGIA (PAIN IN ONE TO FOUR JOINTS)
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(050-2) POLYARTHRALGIA (PAIN IN MORE THAN FOUR JOINTS)
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(053) LUMP/MASS (MUSCULOSKELETAL)
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(022-3) PEDIATRIC DIARRHEA
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(027-3) PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
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(002) ABDOMINAL / PELVIC MASS
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(050-3) NON-ARTICULAR MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
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(109-12) SKIN WOUNDS
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(100) SORE THROAT AND/OR RHINORRHEA
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(029-2) LOCALIZED EDEMA
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(113) VAGINAL DISCHARGE / VULVAR PRURITIS
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(116) VOMITING AND/OR NAUSEA
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(120) WHITE BLOOD CELLS, ABNORMALITIES OF
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(078-5) OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT
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(050-4) BACK PAIN AND RELATED SYMPTOMS (E.G., SCIATICA)
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(050-5) NECK PAIN
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(038) SKIN AND INTEGUMENT CONDITIONS
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