GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY/TMK-122
Course Title: MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 8
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To able to learn general terminology of parasitolgy
To able to order about general characteristics of protozoan
To able to order about general characteristics of helminths
To be able to classify of parasites
To be able to explain parasite host relationship
To be able to order medical importance parasites
To be able to inform about host response to protozoan and helminth infections
To be able to explain mechanisims of antiparasiter drugs
To be able to explain diagnostic methods of parasitic infections
To be able to characterize of epidemiologic features of parasitic infectious
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Parasite and parasitism, relationship between parasite and host
2. Week  Classification of parasites, general features of protozoan
3. Week  General features of helminths
4. Week  Nematodes and their parasitisms
5. Week  Cestodes and their parasitisms
6. Week  Trematodes and their parasitisms
7. Week  Classifications, general characteristics and importance of arthropods
8. Week  Antiparasitic drugs and action mechanisms
9. Week  Host response in protozoan infectious
10. Week  Host response to helminths infectious
11. Week  Laboratory diagnosis of parasitic infectious
12. Week  Epidemiology of medical important parasite infectious
13. Week  Parasites and intestinal microenvironment
14. Week  Prevention of parasite diseases
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
2
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Material Design and Implementation
14
1
14
 Report Preparing
14
1
14
 Preparing a Presentation
14
2
28
 Presentation
14
1
14
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
1
14
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
2
28
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
210
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1 To align fine structure of microorganismsX
2To align immunological response to microorganismsX
3To align antimicrobial mechanismsX
4To align mechanisms of antimicrobial drug resistanceX
5To align antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodsX
6To align laboratory methods used in the bacteriology laboratoryX
7To align laboratory methods used in the virology laboratoryX
8To align laboratory methods used in the mycology laboratoryX
9To align laboratory methods used in the parasitology laboratoryX
10To align taxonomic classification of microorganismsX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Funda DOĞRUMAN AL (MD))
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ()
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (alfunda@gazi.edu.tr)