Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia 2023

Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia 2023

Resumo: 241-1

241-1

BACRESISTANT: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOPIC OF BACTERIAL RESISTANCE TO ANTIMICROBIALS IN MICROBIOLOGY TEACHING

Autores:

Samantha Carvalho Maia Brito (ICB-USP - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas - Universidade de São Paulo) ; Barbara Rodrigues Cintra Armellini (ICB-USP - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas - Universidade de São Paulo) ; Vanessa Bueris (ICB-USP - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas - Universidade de São Paulo) ; Alexandre La Luna (ICB-USP - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas - Universidade de São Paulo, IFSP-SOR - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia/Sorocaba) ; Rita de Cassia Cafe Ferreira (ICB-USP - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas - Universidade de São Paulo)

Resumo:

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials is one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide. In order to encourage and arouse the interest of health students in this important topic, a version of the Adopt a Bacterium project was created called BacResistant, which aims to promote the study of bacterial resistance to the main classes of antimicrobials. The #Adopt Project, created in 2013 at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of São Paulo (ICB-USP), has made learning Microbiology more attractive to undergraduate students since its implementation, merging traditional theoretical classes with the virtual environment of social media. In the subject of Bacteriology in the Biomedical Sciences undergraduate course, students post in private Facebook® groups to discuss and deepen the learning acquired in the classroom. In order to apply BacResistant, students were distributed into five groups that adopted different bacterial genera or species and presented information about different aspects of their physiology and genetics. Here we analyze the results of two groups: Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. To evaluate the students; speech and its content in different categories (morphology and structure, genetics, and antimicrobial resistance, including the mechanisms of action of antibiotics and the genetic bases of their resistance mechanisms), word clouds were created, indicating the frequency of each selected keyword. The results showed that BacResistant allowed students to address more content related to antimicrobial resistance and its genetic bases. It was also observed that there was a greater number of posts discussing points involving antimicrobial resistance in the bacterial species studied, which allows a theoretical deepening of this theme. Thus, it is concluded that BacResistant contributed to the learning and awakened the interest of undergraduate students on the topic of antimicrobial resistance and its impact on public health.

Palavras-chave:

Antimicrobials, Bacterial Resistance, Facebook®, Genetics, Microbiology Teaching

Agência de fomento:

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES)