Acknowledgements
This free course was written by Rachel McMullan and Sarah Palmer. It was first published in October 2018.
Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.
The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course:
Figures
Figure 1 © Heiti Paves in WikiMedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Figure 2a © Eye of Science/Science Photo Library
Figure 2b © Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library
Figure 2c © NIAID
Figure 2d © NIAID
Figure 2e © David Dorward/NIAID
Figure 2f © NIAID
Figure 4 from Gell=band, H, et al (2015) The State of the Worlds Antibiotics 2015 https://www.cddep.org/publications/state_worlds_antibiotics_2015/
Figure 5 from Gell=band, H, et al (2015) The State of the Worlds Antibiotics 2015 https://www.cddep.org/publications/state_worlds_antibiotics_2015/
Audio-visual
Video 2 BBC Learning Zone © BBC
Video 4 What is a superbug?, Pain, Pus and Poison, episode 2 © BBC
Video 5 A very serious issue, Sally Davis talking in 2013 © BBC
Audio 1 Scientists’ perspective on the antibiotic resistance threat, Inside Science, BBC Radio 4 Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance (last broadcast 9 June 2016) © BBC
Text
Article 1: The History of Germ Theory, Big Picture by the Educational and Editorial Teams at Wellcome Trust
Article 2: extract from Bacteria that resist 'last antibiotic' found in UK, James Gallagher Health Editor, BBC News website 21.12.2015, © BBC
Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.
Don't miss out
If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses.