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 -35 hours
  • Practical/Tutorials -23 hours

• Year 3 Semester 5
  • Lectures - 28 hours
  • Practical/Tutorials -16 hours

Assessment 

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

• Continuous (In Course) Assessment

• End of Semester 4

• Multiple choice questions (MCQ) - 15 questions
• Single best answer (SBA) - 5 questions

• End of Semester 5

• Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) - 10 questions

• End of Course Assessments (3rd MBBS Part 1 Examination) 
  • This will be held at the end of the 5th semester.
  • The theory component will consist of 15 MCQs, 3SBAs and 3 EMQs, 6 Structured Essay Questions (SEQs) and 20 Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) questions.

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