PA 421-1/ 521-1

The object of this course is to provide the Physician Assistant with a thorough understanding of the subjects of Genetics, Immunology and Microbiology. This course will be highly intensive. The Microbiology component will cover the bacterial, fungal, protozoal and viral kingdoms with reference to important species in each group; define the types of antimicrobial agents, their modes of attack and mechanisms of resistance and define the role of normal flora in the balance between health and disease. The Immunology component will first cover the immune response and the inflammatory response and prevention of disease by vaccination. Immunology will then move on to examine malfunctions of immunity, namely hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, immunodeficiencies and tumors and finish with a section on transplantation.