Infection & Inflammation (Foundation II) Module — 3rd Year MBBS

About Course

The Infection & Inflammation (Foundation II) Module is an integrated 3rd Year MBBS course developed according to the KMU modular curriculum and AIM Learning Framework. It integrates pathology, pharmacology, community medicine, forensic medicine, family medicine and related disciplines to build a clinically oriented understanding of inflammation, tissue repair, antimicrobial pharmacology, infectious diseases, prevention and medico-legal applications across three integrated themes.

Course Content

🫁 Theme I — Pain and Fatigue

🟦 Topic 1 — Acute Inflammation: Recognition, Vascular and Cellular Responses

🟦 Topic 2 — Inflammatory Mediators, Morphologic Patterns and Outcomes of Inflammation

🟦 Topic 3 — Chronic and Granulomatous Inflammation and Systemic Inflammatory Response

🟦 Topic 4 — Anti-Inflammatory Pharmacology: NSAIDs, COX-2 Inhibitors and Paracetamol

🟦 Topic 5 — Histamine and Serotonin Pharmacology, Antidotes and General Management of Poisoning

🟦 Topic 6 — Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Transmission and Communicable Disease Control

🫁 Theme II — Trauma and Repair

🟦 Topic 7 — Tissue Healing, Regeneration and the Cell Cycle

🟦 Topic 8 — Repair by Scarring, Growth Factors and Extracellular Matrix

🟦 Topic 9 — Prostaglandins: Biological Actions and Clinical Applications

🟦 Topic 10 — Trauma, Analgesic Toxicity and Healthcare-Associated Infection

🟦 Topic 11 — Principles of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Antibacterial Resistance

🟦 Topic 12 — Penicillins and Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors

🟦 Topic 13 — Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Monobactams and Other Cell-Wall Active Antibiotics

🟦 Topic 14 — Tetracyclines and Aminoglycosides

🟦 Topic 15 — Macrolides, Linezolid, Clindamycin, Streptogramins and Chloramphenicol

🟦 Topic 16 — Fluoroquinolones, Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim

🟦 Topic 17 — Pyogenic, Rickettsial and Chlamydial Infections

🟦 Topic 18 — Gram-Positive Rods, Zoonotic and Directly Contagious Infections

🟦 Topic 19 — Sepsis and Septic Shock

🟦 Topic 20 — Malaria: Parasite, Clinical Disease, Prevention and Antimalarial Pharmacotherapy

🟦 Topic 21 — Leishmaniasis, Toxoplasmosis, Hydatid Disease and Taeniasis

🟦 Topic 22 — Fungal Infections and Antifungal Pharmacotherapy

🟦 Topic 23 — HIV, Herpesvirus Infections and Antiviral Pharmacotherapy

🟦 Topic 24 — Coronavirus, MMR and Tumor Viruses: Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Control

🟦 Topic 25 — TORCH, Airborne, Vector-Borne and Water/Food-Borne Infections

🟦 Topic 26 — Personal Identification and Forensic Identification Methods