Institute of Microbiology

Announcement about the beginning of teaching at the Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and Teaching University Hospital, Bratislava in winter semester of the academic year 2024/2025.

Dear students, The teaching of microbiology in the winter semester of the academic year 2024-2025 will begin in the week of September 16, 2024. The lectures will be in person in the Small Auditorium every Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. No recordings will be made of the lectures. Lectures are based on mandatory literature and are updated with new knowledge in the field. Knowledge of the information contained in the lectures will be regularly verified in practical exercises. Consultations on individual lecture topics will be possible after agreement with the lecturer via MS Teams or in person. Practical exercises for GM will be held face-to-face in the classroom of the Institute of Microbiology on the second floor of NTÚ from September 16, 2024 according to the schedule. Consultations on individual topics of practical exercises will be possible after agreement with the teacher via MS Teams or in person. Students will participate in face-to-face practical exercises prepared in advance (after careful study of the theoretical introduction to the relevant exercise) and present to the teacher at the beginning of the exercise protocols with completed answers to control questions. The syllabi of lectures and practical exercises, together with the criteria for meeting the conditions for registration for the microbiology exam and the questions for the written and oral part of the exam, will be listed on the website of the Department of Microbiology. The student will receive a credit in microbiology after completing 100% of the practical exercises, a test on the questions Anti-infective immunity, Anti-infective drugs, Clinical microbiology topics of 1-4 weeks of lectures for at least 75% and a practical exam that will be held in the credit week. The practical exam consists of two case studies. The student must answer all the questions from the case studies correctly. Case studies with questions will be published in MS TEAMS. Case studies will be part of practical exercises and lectures. The microbiology exam in the winter semester 2024 is two days long. On the first day, which will also be officially published in AIS, a test will be written, which must be written with at least 75%. Pre-terms will be determined for students who have 100% participation in the practical exercise, a test with at least 90 % and a practical exam graded A.

Doc. MUDr. Adriána Liptáková, PhD, MPH, univ.prof.

The Head of the Department of Microbiology

Syllabus

General medicine

Microbiology 1 (2nd class SS)
Syllabus of the lectures, Syllabus of the practical classes, Terms for obtaining credits

Microbiology 2 (3rd class WS)
Syllabus of the lectures, Syllabus of the practical classes, Terms for successful accomplishment of practicals, Questions, Written_test_I_WS_2024, Written test before the exam, Protocols and Case reports can be found in MS TEAMS

Clinical Microbiology (4th - 5th class SS) Compulsory Optional Subject
Syllabus, Questions

Dentistry

Medical Microbiology (2nd class SS)
Syllabus of the lectures, Syllabus of the practical classes, Terms for obtaining credits, Written examination on microbiology, Questions, Protocols

Study literature

GENERAL MEDICINE

MICROBIOLOGY 1, 2 (2nd - 3rd class GM)

x SHUNNAR, A. et al. Manual for the Practical Exercises in Microbiology: Protocols. Bratislava: Comenius University. 2009. 89 p. ISBN 978-80-8095-046-0.

x LIPTÁKOVÁ A., et. al. Microbiological Diagnostics for Students of Medicine,1st ed. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2018. 246 s. Textbook. ISBN 978-80-223-4287-2

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (4nd - 5rd class GM)

x GOERING R. et al: Mims' Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 6th Edition Elsevier, 2017,568 pp. ISBN-10: 0702071544, ISBN-13: 978-0702071546 (selected chapters)

INGLIS, T.J.J. Microbiology and Infection. 3rd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2007. 328 p. Master Medicine. ISBN 978-0-443-10289-9.

MURRAY, P.R. et al. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. 9th ed. Washington, D.C.: ASM Press, 2007. 1773 p. ISBN 978-1-55581-126-6. (selected chapters)

TROPICAL PARASITOLOGY (4nd - 5rd class GM)

x Manson's: Tropical Diseases: Expert Consult - Online and Print 23rd Edition. 2020. Print Book & E- Book. ISBN 9780702051012, 9780702057700. (selected chapters)

x Gill Geoff and Beeching Nick. Tropical Medicine. Th Edition. SBN: 978-0-470-65853-6

408 pages, 2014, Wiley-Blackwell. (selected chapters).

x GOERING R. et al: Mims' Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 6th Edition Elsevier, 2017,568pp. ISBN-10: 0702071544, ISBN-13: 978-0702071546 (selected chapters)

x LIPTÁKOVÁ A., et. al. Microbiological Diagnostics for Students of Medicine,1st ed. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2018. 246 s. Textbook. ISBN 978-80-223-4287-2.

DENTISTRY

MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1, 2 (2nd class D)

x BAGG, J. et al. Essentials of Microbiology for Dental Students. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Unversity Press, 2006. xxix, 348 p. ISBN 978-0-19-856489-8.

x SHUNNAR, A. et al. Manual for the Practical Exercises in Microbiology for Dental Students: Protocols. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Comenius University. 2009. 81 p. ISBN 978-80-8095-045-3.

x LIPTÁKOVÁ A., et. al. Microbiological Diagnostics for Students of Medicine,1st ed. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2018. 246 s. Textbook. ISBN 978-80-223-4287-2

Organization of education and examinations

Registration for exam on Microbiology

Students can register for exam on Microbiology through the AIS system in accordance with the rules published in the valid Year Book and the Study Regulations of the Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava

The exam
Exam on Microbiology starts at 7.30 a.m.at the Institute of Microbiology.

The written part consists of the test containing 40 questions with 4 possible answers. The questions are generated by a computer from the pool of questions published in web page and MS Teams. The answers are input to the computer and the time limit for the test is 30 minutes.

Written test, 75% is must to continue on oral exam
Successfully written test is required for approach to the oral part of the exam during the regular and the first resit exam terms.
Students will draw lots for the examinator, but at the same time, the Article 23 Part 23 of the Study Regulation No.12/2013 of the Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava will be taken into consideration.

Three oral questions are drawn at the start of the oral part of exam (the list of oral questions are accessible on the Faculty web page - see Institute of Microbiology). It is inevitable to answer all three oral question at least at the basic level (i.e. grade „E“) in order to pass successfully the exam.