Part 2: Understand Antibiotic Resistance
Introduction to bacteria and antibiotics
Learn about bacteria and antibiotics before we take a closer look at the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
- Bacteria basics (article)
- Bacterial evolution and importance of normal flora (video 04:01)
- Antibiotic basics (article)
Making choices: Antibiotic therapy
Learn about the challenges in choosing the appropriate (antibiotic) therapy.
- A doctor’s reality (video 03:47)
- An ethical dilemma (reflection)
- Antibiotic use in humans (article)
- Antibiotic use in animals (article)
- Introduction to antibiotic resistance (article)
- Emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance (video 05:39)
- Infection prevention and control in the clinic (video 03:22)
- Antibiotics and resistance (quiz)
- Test your understanding II (study questions)
- Reflection and analysis: optimizing antibiotic use on poultry farms (analytical assignment)
- End of part 2 (article)
Downloads
Here, you can download a reference list for the second part of the course:
Further reading
- Bacteria basics
- Bacterial evolution and importance of normal flora
- Antibiotic basics
- A doctor’s reality
- An ethical dilemma
- Antibiotic use in humans
- Antibiotic use in animals
- Introduction to antibiotic resistance
- Emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance
- Infection prevention and control in the clinic
- Antibiotics and resistance (quiz)
- Test your understanding II
- Reflection and analysis: optimizing antibiotic use on poultry farms
- End of part 2