| Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives |
| 7676 | Distinguish prokaryotic, eukaryotic and viral infectious agents |
| 7677 | Distinguish and identify bacteria by colony morphology, cell shape, stain uptake, metabolic requirements, antigen expression and molecular/proteomic techniques |
| 7678 | Outline the gram stain procedure and describe its use to categorize bacteria as part of clinical decision making |
| 7680 | Describe the process of bacterial cell division, bacterial population growth dynamics and spore formation |
| 7681 | Describe aerobic and anaerobic metabolism and how it relates to bacteria categorization and disease presentation |
| 7683 | Describe transformation, transduction, conjugation and transposition as methods to exchange genetic material |
| 7685 | Describe means of bacterial colonization, adhesion and invasion |
| 7686 | Define virulence factors and list examples on how they facilitate infection and disease presentation |
| 7692 | Define a virus and list the properties of viruses |
| 7693 | Distinguish viruses by size, morphology, type of genome and means of replication |
| 7694 | Describe the structure of viruses |
| 7705 | Define yeast, mold and dimorphic |
| 7708 | Describe four categories of parasite |
| 7724 | Describe the interpretation of culture results from sterile and non-sterile sites |
| 7725 | Describe the cardinal rules of quality specimen collection |
| 7726 | Describe high quality collection of blood, urine, wound, CSF, respiratory, sterile fluids specimens |
| 7727 | Describe the relative size of microorganisms |
| 7735 | Illustrate examples of different microscopes used in the clinical microbiology laboratory and describe how they operate |
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