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Goal: By the end of this lecture, the students will be able to develop

effective strategies for prevention and control of tuberculosis.

Intended Learning Objectives of Course (ILOs)

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1. Discuss the most prevalent communicable diseases worldwide and in
Egypt
2. Illustrate pulmonary TB chain of infection using a diagram

3. Explore the risk factors for TB disease
4. Discuss signs and symptoms of TB based on its pathogenesis
5. Explain the diagnostic measures of TB

6. List the steps of TB bacteriological examination
7. Clarify the gold standard for TB diagnosis
8. Explain the DOTs strategy for TB treatment

b. Intellectual Skills:

1. Distinguish between latent TB infection and active TB disease
2. Analyze the pathogenesis of TB disease

3. Critically appraise the diagnostic measures of TB
4. Analyze the reasons for false negative and false positive tuberculin test
5. Specify the five elements of DOTs strategy for TB treatment

6. Develop infection control precautions for prevention of TB in health care
settings

c. Professional and Practical Skills

1. Apply chain of infection on Tuberculosis.
2. Interpret the result of the tuberculin test based on the measurement of

induration and risk factors
3. Evaluate the difference between Multi-drug resistant TB and
Extensively Drug-resistant TB
4. Specify the logical steps for diagnosing TB disease based on a case study

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1. Utilize the pathogenesis of any disease for exploring its clinical course,
mode of transmission and manifestations
2. Apply the infection control precautions for prevention of any airborne
disease.

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