This school does not lead to any medical, nursing or other clinical licence. LES Institute teaches the pre-clinical sciences only — anatomy, physiology, clinical-skills knowledge and medical terminology — as theory and on-screen simulation. There is no patient contact, no placement and no state examination here. Our certificates are certificates of study, not a licence, registration or university credit.

Microbiology & Infection Science

You are preparing a health-science entrance exam, supporting a laboratory, pharmacy or outbreak-response team in a non-clinical role, or studying alongside a nursing or medical programme and want the microbiology behind infection prevention. A computer and a browser — no bench, no specimens.

What you'll be able to do

How it's built

Each week pairs one microbiology concept with a simulated bench exercise: you prepare a virtual slide, choose a stain, read a plate and defend your identification. Nothing is cultured for real, nothing is handled, and no result is ever used for a patient. Outbreak weeks connect straight to OpenWHO and Amref Jibu material used in Track H.

Laboratory simulations

Virtual microscopeFocus, magnify and identify cell shapes and arrangements on simulated slides.
Gram stain simulatorRun each reagent step, see what a skipped step does, classify Gram-positive and Gram-negative results.
Culture plate readerRead simulated colonies, haemolysis and antibiotic disc zones; interpret a simple antibiogram.
Outbreak transmission modelChange contact rate, hand-hygiene compliance and isolation; watch the simulated curve respond.

Structure

1. The microbial world1–2Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites; the virtual microscope
2. Infection & immunity basics3–4Chain of infection, host defences, standard precautions
3. Laboratory methods5–7Gram stain, culture, antibiogram — all simulated
4. Pathogens of Africa8–10Malaria, TB, HIV, cholera, Ebola, mpox — biology and transmission only
5. AMR, outbreaks & lab portfolio11–12Antimicrobial resistance, outbreak model, three graded lab reports

What you earn

Leads to

Honest notes

Requirements