Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Causes of Human Disease: Transmitting and Fighting Infection
This online course explored how pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and parasites) cause disease, how infectious diseases are transmitted, and how the immune system fights infections.
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. By completing the course the learner has achieved 14 hours of CPD time.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Michael Routledge
Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology
University of Leeds
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare bacteria, viruses and parasites as causes of infectious disease.
- Describe different modes of transmission of infectious agents.
- Summarise what an antibiotic is and explain what is meant by resistance to antibiotics.
- Explain the basic components of the immune system.
- Explain the basic components of how the immune system fights invading pathogens.
Syllabus
- The causes of infectious diseases.
- Comparison of bacteria, viruses and parasites as causes of infectious diseases.
- Different ways in which infectious diseases are transmitted.
- How antibiotics work and the challenges of antibiotic resistance in the treatment of bacterial diseases.
- Basic components of the immune system.
- How the innate and adaptive immune responses fight invading pathogens.
- What immunisation is and how it triggers the immune system to remember pathogens.
Accreditation
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. By completing the course the learner has achieved 14 hours of CPD time.
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Issued on 8th November 2017
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