Elementary Microbiology for Health Professionals

As a teaching assistant at the University of Cincinnati, during spring semester 2012 I taught Elementary Microbiology for Health Professionals laboratory course for pre-med majors. This course included several labs during which my students conducted group experiments, wrote lab summaries and reports, took several quizzes and a laboratory exam.

Topics covered

Lab # 1: Basic Microscopy
Lab # 2: Staining Bacterial Cells
Lab # 3: Special Staining
Lab # 4: Culture Techniques
Lab # 5: Chemical Antimicrobial Treatments
Lab # 6: Bacterial Metabolism & ID of Knowns
Lab # 7: Bacterial Metabolism & ID of Unknowns
Lab # 8: Synthetic epidemic
Lab # 9: Physical Antimicrobial Treatments