GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY 1/6261301

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understand significance of general physiology

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	The general and cellular basis of medical physiology
2. Week	Excitable tissue: nerve, muscle
3. Week	Synaptic and junctional transmission
4. Week	Initiation of impulses in sense organs, Reflexes
5. Week	Cutaneous, deep and visceral sensation
6. Week	Vision, Hearing and equilibrium
7. Week	Smell and taste
8. Week	Arousal mechanisms, Sleep and the electrical activity of the brain, Midterm exam
9. Week	Control of posture and movement
10. Week	The autonomic nervous system
11. Week	Central regulation of visceral function
12. Week	Neural basis of instinctual behavior and emotions
13. Week	Higher functions of the nervous system.
14. Week	Conditional reflexes, learning and related events
15. Week	Final Exam
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	10	6	60
Searching in Internet and Library	10	7	70
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	4	8
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	2	4	8
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Şule COŞKUN CEVHER)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(www.gazi.edu.tr/sule)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(sule@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University