Module manager: Prof. Alex O’Neill
Email: a.j.oneill@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
MICR2222 (Medical Virology), MICR2220 (Medical Bacteriology) and elements of BIOL2212 (Chemotherapy).
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Microorganisms are a major cause of illness and death in humans. This module will build on microbiology material delivered at Level 4 (Year 1) to provide an extensive and detailed overview of the field of Medical Microbiology, covering causative organisms, clinical presentation, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi.
This module aims to provide learners with a detailed knowledge and understanding of medical microbiology, including origins, theory and application. Learning activities will therefore be focussed on in-person large-group lectures. These will be supplemented with online learning resources for students to further and evaluate their understanding of concepts as part of their independent study. This will include revision question banks will be provided for all topics in the same style as the summative assessments.
The module also aims to foster more active engagement with the primary research literature, in preparation for Year Three (Level 6) study; to that end, the additional reading the students are directed towards will frequently include recently-published research papers.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1- Explain why and how microorganisms cause disease
2- Describe human diseases caused by bacteria, fungi and viruses, including key features of the causative organisms such as their structures, virulence factors and modes of transmission.
3- Describe the diagnosis of infectious disease, and the importance of clinical presentation in that process
4- Explain the strategy and mechanistic basis of approaches to prevent and treat infectious disease
5- Apply understanding of medical microbiology to interpret case-based scenarios
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
6- Gather information from the published literature and synthesise/ critique it in writing
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 33 | 1 | 33 |
| Seminar | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Private study hours | 165 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 35 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
This module will provide continual formative feedback via in-class active learning from in-person teaching. A formative OTLA exercise with a timetabled feedback session will prepare students for the summative OTLA. Revision question banks will be provided for all topics in the same style as the summative assessments. A revision session with formative feedback against learning outcomes will be provided in the lead-up to the end-of-module exam.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | (MRQ) In-course assessment (Summative) | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30 | |
The summative assessment and will entail in-person, closed book MRQ taken in computer clusters on campus – the emphasis will be scenario-based questions to assess understanding as opposed to just recall.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Open Book exam | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 70 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 12/03/2025
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