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Class of 2023
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Session Title:
Immunodeficiency Tutorial
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning MethodsTotal Scheduled Hours = 2
Tutorial = 2
Description:
Keywords:
critical judgment, problem-solving skills, clinical reasoning, clinical critical thinking

Teaching and Learning Methods
Tutorial 2 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID Learning Objectives
8619 Describe the functions of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) and the consequences of a deficiency in CMI
8620 Describe the functions of antibody-mediated (humoral) immunity and the consequences of this type of deficiency
8621 Discuss the approach to the differentiation between deficiencies of humoral immunity, CMI, phagocyte cell function, and complement.
8622 List the different types of antibody-mediated immune deficiencies
8623 Describe the consequences of combined immune deficiency
8624 Recognize germinal centres
8625 Interpret results from the following lab tests:
8626 Measurement of serum immunoglobulins
8627 Measurement of antibody titers, i.e., enzymoimmunoassay, complement fixation, and 50% viral plaque reduction assay
8628 Measurement of "natural" blood group antibody (isoagglutinins)
8629 Measurement of hemolytic complement activity (CH50)
8630 Skin testing with mumps antigen, purified-protein derivative (PPD) of tuberculin, histoplasmin, Candida antigens, and tetanus toxoid
8631 Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) stimulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes
8632 Measurement of antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides
8633 Enumeration of lymphocyte subsets by flow cytometry

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID Course Goals
7425 Describe the pathophysiology of a variety of chronic illness
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
me-6
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.

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives
(058-3) MAJOR/MILD NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS (DEMENTIA)
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(036-2) CONGENITAL ANOMALIES, DYSMORPHIC FEATURES
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(107-4) FEVER IN THE IMMUNE COMPROMISED HOST / RECURRENT FEVER
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(120) WHITE BLOOD CELLS, ABNORMALITIES OF
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