Principles of Disease (POD)
Total Contact Hours:
143.2 hours
Co-Course Directors:
B. Laurel Elder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology and Internal Medicine
Course Description:
This is an introductory course on the principles of immunology, bacteriology, virology, and parasitology as they apply to human disease. Through a series of presentations, case discussions, Team-Based Learning™ sessions, and laboratory experiences, students acquire the vocabulary of infectious diseases and explore how diagnoses are made based on history, physical, and laboratory findings.
Course Learning Goals, Assessment, Practice, and Teaching and Learning Activities, and their Integration with the Institutional Educational Objectives:
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What does our institution want our graduates to do? |
If your students mastered the content of your course, what would they be able to do? |
What will students need to do for them and others (peers, professors) to know whether they have achieved this specific learning goal? |
How will students get the information they need to learn? |
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1. Institutional Objectives |
2. Learning Goals |
3. Assessment |
4. Practice/Feedback Activities (non-graded) |
5. Teaching and Learning Activities |
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Foundational Knowledge Given a clinical vignette, identify and/or interpret the microbiology, pathogenic mechanisms, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic approaches, forms of treatment and methods of prevention for important human bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal pathogens. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams |
ARS questions Study Questions TBL GAPP Small group problem solving Interactive Review cases |
Lecture Readings (textbooks, notepack)
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Foundational Knowledge Identify the component and functions of the innate and adaptive immune systems in health and disease, as well as the deleterious effects of hypersensitivity, autoimmunity and immunosuppression. |
Quizzes TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams |
ARS Study Questions TBL GAPP In-class active learning activities
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Lecture Readings (textbooks, notepack |
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Foundational Knowledge Calculate and use measures of disease frequency and quantify infectious disease outbreaks. Calculate and use measures related to disease screening and prevention. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams |
ARS Study Questions TBL GAPP In-class active learning activities |
Lecture Readings (textbooks, notepack) |
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Application Identify organisms by performing basic microbiology techniques that might be used in a physician office setting. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Laboratory Practical |
Laboratory Exercises Laboratory Study Questions TBL GAPP
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Laboratory videos Readings (laboratory manual) |
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Application Diagnose or assess immune function or the immune response to microorganisms by performing common immunologic tests. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Laboratory Practical |
Laboratory Exercises TBL GAPP |
Lecture Readings (laboratory manual) |
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Application Interpret preliminary and final microbiology and immunology laboratory test results, correlating the sensitivity, specificity and clinical relevance of the results with the patient’s disease state. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams Laboratory Practical |
ARS Laboratory Exercises Study Questions Interactive review cases TBL GAPP |
Lecture Clinical correlation sessions
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Application Identify the microbiologic and/or immunologic components of a clinical case that are contributing to a patient’s health status |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams |
ARS Study Questions Laboratory Exercises TBL GAPP |
Lecture Clinical correlation sessions
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Application Identify or explain how study design of clinical trials and epidemiological studies affects quality and interpretability of data. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams |
ARS Study Questions TBL GAPP |
Lecture Readings (textbooks, notepack)
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Application Predict susceptibility to select infectious and non-infectious diseases based on information about a patient’s immune status. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT Exams |
ARS Study Questions TBL GAPP |
Lecture Clinical correlation sessions |
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Human Dimension Identify information to present to patients with infectious or immune diseases to help them to make correct decisions about these diseases. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT
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Interactive review cases TBL GAPP |
Lecture Clinical correlation sessions |
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Human Dimension Practice professional values/virtues with colleagues and faculty. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT TBL Peer Feedback |
TBL GAPP Group Laboratory Exercises |
Year 1 Orientation sessions Previous Peer Feedback TBL Experiences |
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Learning How To Learn Identify and use resources (written, human) appropriately to answer questions and solve problems independently and within a team. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT TBL Peer Feedback
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Study Questions TBL GAPP Group Laboratory Exercises |
Readings TBL assignments |
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