Teaching/learning methods

• Lectures/ Flipped classroom
• Small Group Discussions
• Practical
• Tutorials

Course content

• General microbiology
• Immunology
• Systematic bacteriology
• Systematic virology
• Mycology
• Antibiotics
• Clinical microbiology

Course structure

• Year 2 Semester 4
  • Lectures -32 hours
  • Practical/Tutorials -25 hours

• Year 3 Semester 5
  • Lectures - 28 hours
  • Practical/Tutorials -20 hours

Assessment 

• Formative Assessments- Year 3 Semester 5
  • Multiple choice questions
  • Poster presentations
  • Mind maps

• Continuous (In Course) Assessment 
  • End of Semester 4  (25 true/false type MCQs + 2 EMQs  or   25 true/false type MCQs + 5 SBA or OSPEs - 10 projected questions) . 

• End of Course Assessments (3rd MBBS Part 1 Examination) 
  • Written Paper   I (25 true/false type MCQs + 3 EMQs) 
  • Written Paper   II (4 SEQs)
  • OSPE 20 projected questions

* MCQ= Multiple Choice Questions, MTF = Multiple True False, SBA = Single Best Answer, EMQ= Extended Matching Questions , SEQ= Structured Essay Question