1. Objectives:
Understand the nature of antimicrobial chemical compounds that make them useful.
Understand the major modes of action by which antimicrobial drugs cause their effects.
Understand the underlying cause and mechanism microbes use to resist the effects of antimicrobial drugs.
Understand the role humans play in the development of drug resistant populations of microbes and ways to combat this development.
Understand the unique features and concerns about the common classes/families of antimicrobial drugs.