Curriculum Objective
Objective
Global Objectives
Global Objectives
Upon completion of this problem, students will be able to explain how skin forms an integral component of the immune system and the consequences of breaches in this barrier. They will be able to describe the composition of normal host flora, the classification of bacteria and explain how these bacteria can lead to infections, such as those at surgical sites, especially when facilitated by the presence of prosthetic material.
Curriculum Block
Part 5 / Integration Foundation / Host Defense and Neoplasia
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Activities
Tutorial
Tags
Curriculum Block
Part 5
Integration Foundation
Host Defense and Neoplasia
Curriculum Week
IF
Discipline
Dermatology
Microbiology
Surgery
Infectious Diseases
MCC Presentations
Skin Wounds
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Surgical Wound Infection [C01.947.692]
Immunity, Innate [G12.450.575]
Immune System Phenomena [G12]
Immune System [A15.382]
Skin [A17.815]
Prostheses and Implants [E07.695]
