COURSE DESCRIPTION PARASITOLOGY ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 - parasitology 3rd year first semester degree
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COURSE DESCRIPTION PARASITOLOGY 3RD YEAR FIRST SEMESTER DEGREE: PHARMACY MODALITY: ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 FACULTY OF PHARMACY
Course Description / Academic year 2020-2021
1. COURSE/SUBJECT IDENTIFICATION
1.- COURSE/SUBJECT:
Name: Parasitology
Code: 16636
Year (s) course is taught: 3rd Semester (s) when the course is taught: first
Type: Compulsory subject ECTS of the course: 6 Hours ECTS: 30
Language: English Modality: on campus
Degree (s) in which the course is taught: Pharmacy
School which the course is taught: Pharmacy
2.- ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE:
Department: Pharmaceutical and Health Science
Area of knowledge: Parasitology and Immunology
2. LECTURERS OF THE COURSE/SUBJECT
1.-LECTURERES:
Responsible of the Course CONTACT
Name: Carmen del Águila
Phone (ext): 913724770
Email: cagupue@ceu.es
Office: A 101
Teaching and Research profile PhD in Pharmacy (UCM)/ Full Professor/ 3 six years quality
research periods
Research Lines Opportunistic and Emergent Parasites
Lecturer(s) CONTACT
Name: Dr. Ángela Magnet Dávila
Phone (ext): 91 372 4700 ext 15277
Email: angela.magnetdavila@ceu.es
Office: C 219
2.- TUTORIALS:
For any queries, students can contact lecturers by e-mail, phone or visiting their office during the
teacher’s tutorial times published on the students’ Virtual Campus.
2Course Description / Academic year 2020-2021
3. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The study of the major parasites involved in human health completes the health profile regarding
infectious diseases in the degree of Pharmacy. It focuses on the knowledge of their nature, life cycle,
and behaviour as well as prevention and possible treatments.
4. COMPETENCIES
1.- COMPETENCIES
Code Basic and General Competencies
CB1 Students have been shown to possess and understand knowledge in an area of study that
is based on general secondary education at a level that, although it is supported by advanced
textbooks, includes some issues of the forefront of knowledge of that field of study.
CB2 Students apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have
competencies that can be demonstrated through devising and defending arguments or
solving problems within their field of study.
CB3 Students have the ability to collect and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of
study) and make judgments after reflection regarding relevant issues of social, scientific or
ethical nature.
CB4 Students can communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and
non-specialist audiences.
CG09 To intervene in health promotion activities, disease prevention, at the individual, family and
community level; with an integral and multiprofessional vision of the health-disease process
Code Specific Competencies
CE20 To understand the relationship between the life cycle of infectious agents and the properties
of active components.
CE24 To know the nature and behaviour of infectious agents.
2.- LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Code Learning outcomes
RA74 To identify morphological, biological and epidemiological characteristics of the main
parasites and microorganisms involved in human health. Associate the characteristics of
major infectious diseases caused by parasites with prevention and possible treatments.
RA75 Relate the host-microbe interactions, the importance of non-specific and specific defences
against infection and immunological applications of diagnostic microbiological techniques.
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5. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1.- DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS` ASSIGNMENT:
Total hours of the course 180
Code Name On-campus
hours
AF1 Lecture 3
AF2 Seminar 37
AF3 Workshop 1
AF4 Practice –Laboratory Practice 24
AF6 Evaluation activities 5
AF9 Tutoring (individual) 2
TOTAL Presence Hours 71
Code Name Not on-
campus hours
AF0 Self student work 109
2.- DESCRIPTION OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
Activity Definition
Formative activity in the classroom that, using the expository methodology,
Lecture
prioritizes the teaching action of the teacher.
Formative activity in the classroom-seminar that, under the guidance of the
Seminar teacher, encourages cooperative learning among students and orders the
case study and the issue to be studied in detail.
Formative activity in the classroom-workshop that, under the guidance of the
Workshop teacher, orders the individual or cooperative resolution of exercises and
problems or the execution of technical or artistic works.
Training activity in adequate facilities outside the classroom, which the tutor-
Practice –Laboratory tutor's guide encourages autonomous learning and/or cooperative of the
Practice student and, through the suitable design, it is the execution of a theoretical
investigation or of technical realization, practical or artistic.
Evaluation activities Activities that the student must develop in person evaluation situation
Training activity developed by the teacher attending to a student to answer
questions or guide about the process of learning. The objectives of teacher
tutoring are: solving doubts, proposal of practical cases, analysis of obtained
Tutoring (individual)
results, review of exercises, projects, jobs, practices, teaching orientation on
problems and how many others contribute to the student advance in your
learning process
4Course Description / Academic year 2020-2021
6. ASSESMENT OF LEARNING
1.- CLASS ATTENDANCE:
• In order to be eligible for examination by continuous assessment, students must attend at
least 75% of the scheduled class time (attendance sheets will be used). As students may be
absent 25% of the classes, no attenuating circumstances will be accepted for absences.
• 100% attendance at practical classes is MANDATORY. If 100% attendance is not reached,
the student won’t be able to sit at the on-site evaluation in the laboratory (S7)
2.- ASSESMENT SYSTEM AND CRITERIA:
ORDINARY EXAMINATION (continuous assessment)
Code Code Code Code
SE1 Essay or multiple-choice exam (Midterm exam) 5 0/32%
SE1 Essay or multiple-choice exam (Ordinary examination) 5 32/64%
SE3 “On-site” evaluation of several learning activities 5 15%
SE7 Practical workbook. 3%
SE6 Work and reports that imply a reasoned interpretation, 8%
summary and opinion by the student.
SE8 Presentations and oral and/or written expositions, public 10%
defense.
RE-TAKE EXAM/EXTRAORDINARY EXAMINATION
Code Code Code Code
SE1 Essay or multiple-choice exam 5 64 %
SE3 “On-site” evaluation of several learning activities 5 25%
SE7 Practical workbook. 5%
SE6 Work and reports that imply a reasoned interpretation, 6%
summary and opinion by the student.
1
Nota minimum to apply the percentages.
2
Students that do not seat in the ordinary or extraordinary exam will be assessed as "Not presented".
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3.- DESCRIPTION OF ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
Assessment criteria Definition
A multiple choice test-type and a subject-type part will be carried out
simultaneously. The subject-type part will only be corrected if a 4/10 is reached
in the multiple choice test type test (60% of correct questions equals a 5 out of
Essay or multiple-choice
10). Those students who reach a grade ≥5 in the midterm exam must take the
exam (Midterm exam)
ordinary exam only with the subject they have not been examined. Those
students who do not reach a grade ≥5 in the midterm exam must take the
ordinary exam with all the subject.
A multiple choice test-type and a subject-type part will be carried out
simultaneously. The subject-type part will only be corrected if a 4/10 is reached
in the multiple choice test type test (60% of correct questions equals a 5 out of
Essay or multiple-choice
10). Those students who had achieved a grade ≥5 in the midterm exam will be
exam (Ordinary examination)
evaluated, in this ordinary call, with 32%
Those students who had not achieved a grade ≥5 in the liberalization exam will
be evaluated, in this ordinary call with 64%
The weighted average grade of on-site evaluation and workbook must be ≥5 to
• “On-site” evaluation of have the option to pass in ordinary/extraordinary call. If this average is not
several learning activities reached, the student can retrieve only the on-site assessment with a practical
• Practical workbook test on the day of the ordinary/extraordinary call. The workbook will not be
correct again.
Work and reports that imply a BlackBoard activities
reasoned interpretation,
summary and opinion by the
student.
In the first week of the course, students have to choose one of the topics
Presentations and oral proposed by the teacher in groups of up to 5 students. With the chosen topic,
and/or written expositions, the presentation date will be given. The students should make an oral
public defense. presentation of their work and present their result either in paper or
electronically (video, triptych, podcast, etc ...)
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7. COURSE PROGRAMME
1.- COURSE PROGRAMME:
THEORETICAL:
- Lesson 1: Organisms. Organization and complexity levels. Relationships and partnerships.
Interspecific interactions. Parasitism. The concept of Parasitology.
- Lesson 2: Host and Parasites types. Life cycles types.
- Lesson 3: Host-Parasite relationships. Parasitism effects on the host and itself. Host answer
to parasitism: Immunity.
Section I: kingdom Protista. Subkingdom Archeozoa and Neozoa
- Lesson 4: Definition. General characteristics and classification.
- Lesson 5: Flagelates Giarda, Chilomastix, Trichomonas.
- Lesson 6: Kinetoplastea: Trypanosoma, Leishmania.
- Lesson 7: Parasitic amoebae: Entamoeba, Iodamoeba and Endolimax. Anphizoic amoebae:
Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, Naegleria.
- Lesson 8: Apicomplexa I: Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Eimeria, Cystoisospora, Sarcocystis
and Toxoplasma.
- Lessson 9: Apicomplexa II: Plasmodium, Babesia and Theileria.
- Lesson 10: Ciliates: Balantidium.
- Lesson 11: Microscporidia: Encephalitozoon, Trachipleistophora, Nosema, Enterocytozoon,
Anncaliia (Brachiola), Vittaforma.
Section II: Phylum Platyhelmintes
- Lesson 12: Trematoda I: General morphological and biological characteristics.
- Lesson13: Opistorchis, Dicrocoelium and Paragonimus.
- Lesson 14: Trematoda II: Fasciola and Schistosoma.
- Lesson 15: Cestoidea I: General morphological and biological characteristics.
Diphyllobothrium.
- Lesson 16: Cestoidea II: Taenia, Taeniarhinchus, Cysticercus, Multiceps, Echinococcus,
Vampirolepsis, Hymenolepis.
Section III: Phylum Nematoda
- Lesson 17: General morphological characters. Classification.
- Lesson 18: Trichuris, Capillariinae, Capillaria and Trichinella.
- Lesson 19: Strongyloides, Ancylostoma, and Necator.
- Lesson 20: Ascaris, Toxocara and Anisakis.
- Lesson 21: Enterobius, Dracunculus, Wuchereria, Brugia, Onchocerca, Mansonella, Loa,
Dirofilaria.
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Section IV: Phylum Arthropoda
- Lesson 22: Phylum Arthropoda. General morphological and biological characters.
Classification. Role of arthropods as producers and transmission vectors of diseases.
- Lesson 23: Acari: Demodex, Sarcoptes. Ixodes, Hyalomma, Haemaphysalis, Rhipicephalus,
Dermacentor. Family Argasidae.
- Lesson 24: Insecta I: general features Pediculus, Phthirus, Cimex, Rhodnius, Triatoma.
Pulex, Xenopsylla, Tunga.
- Lesson 25: Insecta II: Simulium, Culicoides, Phlebotomus, Anopheles, Culex, Aedes.
Tabanus, Chrysops. Oestrus, Hypoderma. Stomoxys. Glossina. Cochliomya, Cordylobia.
Caliptera.
PRACTICAL WORK PROGRAMME:
- Practice 1: Arthropods I
- Insects: Lice, fleas, and bugs. Microscopic identification of Microscope Slide Whole
Mounts.
- Practice 2: Arthropods II
- Flies and mites. Microscopic identification of Microscope Slide Whole Mounts.
- Practice 3: Helminthes
- Platyhelminthes and Nematoda. Microscopic identification of Microscope Slide Whole
Mounts.
- Practice 4: Protozoa I
- Flagellates
- Microscopic indentifaction of Leishmania, Trichomonas, Trypanosoma, and Giardia
- Leishmania culture and staining techiniques.
- Practice 5: Protozoa II
- Microscopic identification of Sarcodina, Apicomplexa, Cilliates and Microsporidia.
- Practice 6
- A TV show or scientific program related to parasitic diseases. Critical thinking discussion
of the show watched.
- Synthesis activity of the practice classes.
Exam.
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8. RECOMMENDED READING
1.- ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BEAVER, P.C., (2003) Parasitologia Clínica de Craig Faust. 3ª Ed. México Masson Doyma..
DESPOMMIER, D.D., GWADZ R., HOTEZ, P.J., KARAPELOU J.W. GRAVE E.V.. (2011)
Enfermedades Parasitarias. 7th Ed. Springer-Verlag. Free download at:
http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/books
ROBERTS, JANOVY and STEVE (2013). Foundations of Parasitology 9th Edition. McGraw-
Hill
2.- ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
CORDERO, M; y col. (2007). Parasitología General. Mcgraw-Hill Interamericana.
ROMERO CABELLO (2016). Microbiología y Parasitología Humana
CHAKRABORTY P. (2016). Text Book of Medical Parasitology
PANIKER (2018) Paniker’s Textbook
DESPOMMIER, D.D., GWADZ R., HOTEZ, P.J., KNIRSCH, C.A. (2000) Parasitic Diseases.
Apple Trees Productions. New York.
GÁLLEGO J. (2003). Manual de Parasitología. Morfología y Biología de los Parásitos de
Interés Sanitario. Editions Universitat De Barcelona.
GARCIA L.S. (2016). Diagnostic Medical Parasitology. 5th Edition. ASM Press. Washington
DC.
MEHLHORN, H. (2001). Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology. 2ª Ed. Springer
BECERRIL, M (2008). Parasitología Médica. 2ª Ed. McGraw-Hill. México
4.- WEB RESOURCES:
http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com
parasitology.dmu.ac.uk
http//www.CDC.gov
http//www.who/int/es
http//www.semtsi.es
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9. ATTITUDE IN THE CLASSROOM
1.- REGULATIONS
Faults in the Academic Integrity (no citation of sources, plagiarism job or misuse / prohibited
information during exams) as well as signing the attendance sheet for a fellow student who is
not in class will entail the loss of continuous assessment, subject to the punitive actions that are
established.
Students using any unauthorized information during the exam (chops on paper, pens, written in
the skin, mobile, clothes, etc.) will lose the possibility of approving the call that they are in
(ordinary or extraordinary).
The use of mobile phones will be possible only when the teacher allows it.
Coats, handbags, scarfs, folders, etc are banned in the laboratory. Lockers at the entrance of
the laboratory will be available to students. The student must bring its padlock.
It is also restricted to the preparation of the subject the use of the documentation provided by
the teacher through the student's portal (presentations, questions, exercises, seminars,
workbooks, video, etc.). The teachers reserve the right to use the measures contained in current
legislation on Intellectual Property, in cases in which an unauthorized use and/or disclosure of
such material is detected
10. EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES
Should an exceptional situation occur which prevents continuing with face-to-face teaching
under the conditions previously established to this end, the University will take appropriate
decisions and adopt the necessary measures to guarantee the acquisition of skills and
attainment of learning outcomes as established in this Course Unit Guide. This will be done in
accordance with the teaching coordination mechanisms included in the Internal Quality
Assurance System of each degree.
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