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The vision 

  • To be recognized as a national and international center for excellence in education, training and research in microbiology & Immunology.

 

The Mission

  • Provide high quality teaching, research and community service.
  • Promote high-impact education and innovative research in a diverse and inclusive environment.
  • Train healthcare professionals to provide a high-quality microbiology & Immunology medical care.

 

Core Values

  • Indorse integrity, honesty, and accountability.
  • Work as a team
  • Build professionalism through coaching and leading by example.
  • We shall practice good management of resources in training and research.

 

Department of Microbiology & Immunology department is continuing its mission of providing high quality teaching, research and community service. It contributes to the M.D., B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences and B.Sc. Nursing undergraduate programmes. The Department continue to offer a two-year Master’s programme in Biomedical Sciences (Medical Microbiology) as well as four-year research-based Ph.D. programmes in Bacteriology, Virology, Parasitology and Immunology. It also contributes to the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) residents’ teaching and training programmes.

 

The Department has wide spectrum of research interests. Microbiology researches include molecular virology and bacteriology; emerging, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases; antimicrobial resistance, mycology identification and clinical spectrum, molecular epidemiology of parasitic infections. Immunology researches focus on autoimmunity, immunity to hepatitis C virus infection and immunodeficiency, both primary and acquired, including HIV/AIDS. There is active international research cooperation between the Department and scientists in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, the UAE, the UK and the USA. The Department’s clinical sections offer up-to-date diagnostic services to Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) and other hospitals in Oman in the fields of bacteriology, virology, parasitology, mycology and immunology.

  • Undergraduate Programmes 

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology is actively involved in the training of undergraduate M.D., B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences (BMS), B.Sc. Nursing students and international students on exchange research programmes. 
 

  • M.D. Curriculum

The Department is played a major role in the M.D. curriculum from its inception and it is continuing to do so on every new version of the curriculum. The Department is actively participating in 13 different core and system courses as well as supervising medical student research projects in Phase I and II of the M.D. curriculum. In addition, the Department is contributing to teaching of laboratory medicine in Junior Clerkship and Senior Clerkship in Phase III.
 
B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences Programme
The Department is contributing substantially to the B.Sc. BMS programme. Seven different courses are offered during each academic year. Many students are conducting their undergraduate student research projects under the supervision of departmental staff.
 

  • B.Sc. Nursing Programme

The Department has generated a three-credit Microbiology & Immunology course that is taught to second year B.Sc. nursing students during the spring and fall semesters. The course is still being actively run by the department. 
 
Postgraduate Programmes 
The Department is the main centre for the training of OMSB residents. 
 
M.Sc. Programme 

The Department is offering a Medical Microbiology programme for M.Sc. students in 2017. Four courses were taught in the M.Sc. programme.
 
Ph.D. Programme
The Department is also running an active international Ph.D. programme in all sub-disciplines of Microbiology & Immunology. 

 

The Microbiology & Immunology Department is involved in course coordination/teaching of the following courses to Medical, MLS and postgraduate students during

Spring & Fall Semesters:

 

Course Coordination and teaching of Medical and MLS Courses:

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Course Code

Name of the Course

Credits

Semester (Spring/ Fall)

  1.  

MEDI 3104

Response to Infection & Pathobiology

5

Fall

  1.  

MDLS 3104

Response to Infection & Pathobiology

5

Fall

  1.  

MICR 4101

General Medical Microbiology

3

Fall

  1.  

MICR 4301

Parasitology

3

Fall

  1.  

NURS 1008

Microbiology & Immunology for Nurses

3

Fall

  1.  

IMMU 4201

Immunology for MLS

3

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4206

Haematopoietic & Immune Systems

3

Spring

 

  1.  

NURS 1008

Microbiology & Immunology for Nurses

3

Spring

  1.  

MDLS 5303

Quality management & Quality Assurance

2

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 5401

Integrated Module-III

3

Spring

         

                                                                                                              

Course Coordination and teaching of Postgraduate Courses:

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Course Code

Name of the Course

Credits

Semester (Spring/ Fall)

1.

MICR 6002

Bacteriology & Mycology

3

Spring

2.

MICR 6003

Advanced Parasitology

3

Spring

3.

MICR 6004

Advanced Virology

3

Spring

4.

MICR 6001

Microbiology

3

 Fall

5.

MICR 6005

Advanced Immunology

3

Fall

6.

MICR 7001

MSc. Research Project

6

 

7.

MICR 7002

MSc. Research Project

6

 

8.

MICR 8001

Medical Parasitology (PhD)

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching of other Courses to Medical and MLS students

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Course Code

Name of the Course

Credits

Semester (Spring/ Fall)

  1.  

MEDI 4305

Clinical Nutrition

2

 

  1.  

MEDI 4405

Endocrine System

3

 

  1.  

MDLS 3204

Molecular Diagnostic

3

 

  1.  

MEDI 4303

Alimentary System

5

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 4304

Uro-Reproductive System

4

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 4202

Research Methodology

2

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 5302

Research Project-2

5

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 2107

Introduction to Human Physiology

4

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 4501

Research Project

 

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 4511

Student Project-1

2

Fall

  1.  

Junior Clerkship

SLT Medical Students

 

Fall

  1.  

Senior Clerkship

SLT Medical Students

 

Fall

  1.  

METH 6001

Research methods

3

Fall

  1.  

MEDI  4301

Integrated Module-II

3

Fall

  1.  

MICR 4101

General Medical Microbiology

3

Fall

  1.  

MEDI 4404

Human Nervous System

6

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 5302

Research Project-1

5

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 5302

Research Project-3

5

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4403

Locomotor System

3

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4205

Respiratory System

3

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4204

Cardiovascular System

4

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 2107

Introduction to Human Physiology

4

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 1202

Physiology

 

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4501

Research Project

 

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4521

Student Project

3

Spring

  1.  

MDLS 4102

Advanced Instrumentation

3

Spring

  1.  

Junior Clerkship

SLT Medical Students

 

Spring

  1.  

Senior Clerkship

SLT Medical Students

 

Spring

  1.  

METH 6001

Research methods

3

Spring

  1.  

MDLS 5304

Clinical Correlation Module MLS

3

Spring

  1.  

MEDI 4201

Integrated Module-I

3

Spring

CLINICAL & DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

The Department’s Microbiology & Immunology Diagnostic Laboratory, which is based in SQUH, continued to expand and offer diagnostic services primarily to SQUH, and other governmental and private hospitals. The expansion in the diagnostic services provided by the laboratory paralleled with the patient intake and outpatient activity of SQUH. New tests have always been introduced to improve patient services.   

 

External Quality Assurance
The Department continued to participate in the Royal College of Pathology of Australia External Quality Assurance Programme. The Microbiology & Immunology Diagnostic Laboratory scored excellent in these international external quality assurance activities.

   

 

Department of Microbiology and Immunology 
College of Medicine and Health Science 
Sultan Qaboos University  
PO Box : 35, Alkoudh.123 Sultanate of Oman 
Phone : (+968) 24143570/ Ziaul Qamar Al Quraishi - Coordinator 
Fax : (+968) 24413419 
E-mail : qamar@squ.edu.om 

Department Events

RMO Biosafety1 & 2 JANUARY 2018
RMO Biosafety
 

 

International Biomedical Science Day
     

 

Muscat International School Nov 2015
Muscat International School Jan 2017
Muscat school Nov 2017 (2) Muscat school Nov  2017(1)

 

Linking Oman?s Higher Educations Program Exhibition Centre from 7-9 May 2017
linking (7-9)4   linking (7-9) 5

 

WHO Biosafety Training 14-18 May 2017
WHO Biosafety2   WHO Biosafety1

 

Workshop for Antimicrobial susceptibility testing Organized OMSB
Antimicrobial susceptibility3   Antimicrobial susceptibility1

 

Workshop for resident doctors By SQUH
resident doctors Work shop2   resident doctors Work shop

 

Bio-Safety Training Workshop from 24th to 26th June 2019 in Microbiology Teaching Laboratory