Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Bacterial Genomes: Disease Outbreaks and Antimicrobial Resistance
The course covered bacterial genomes and pathogenic bacteria, genome sequencing technology, genomic epidemiology, disease outbreaks, and antimicrobial resistance. The course focused on how bacteria evolve to become effective pathogens and how genome sequencing and signatures of evolution are used: to identify and track the spread of pathogenic and drug resistant bacteria in communities and between countries, and in the prevention of antimicrobial resistance.
The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) has accredited this course for 9 Continuing Professional Development credits. This applies to medical staff and clinical scientists in career grade posts who are enrolled with one of the Royal Colleges for CPD purposes.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Treasa Creavin
Scientific Programme Manager
Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences
Professor Nicholas Thomson
Group Leader, Bacterial Genomics and Evolution
Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain why some bacteria are pathogenic
- Explore the structure of bacterial genomes
- Describe the uses of different genome sequencing technologies
- Investigate how genome data are used to track the spread of bacterial disease
- Discuss the role of genome sequencing in stopping the spread of antimicrobial resistance
Syllabus
• Diseases caused by bacteria
• What bacterial genomes look like
• Genome sequencing technology
• Mechanisms of transmission and resistance
• Genomic epidemiology – tracking the spread of bacterial pathogens
• Antimicrobial resistance
Accreditation
The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) has accredited this course for 9 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits. This applies to medical staff and clinical scientists in career grade posts who are enrolled with one of the Royal Colleges for CPD purposes.
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Issued on 3rd October 2020
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