GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SLEEP DISORDERS AND TREATMENTS/ADÇ-6010

Course Title:	SLEEP DISORDERS AND TREATMENTS
Credits	2	ECTS	1
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Diagnosis of sleep disorders
Deciding on the treatment options by knowing the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the sleep disorders

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Sleep physiology
2. Week	Anatomical and physiological characteristics of upper respiratory tract in healthy individuals
3. Week	Anatomical and physiological features of upper airway in individuals with obstruction
4. Week	Obstructive sleep apnea
5. Week	Snoring
6. Week	Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring
7. Week	Causes and etiological factors of narrowing of the upper airways in obstructive sleep apnea and snoring
8. Week	Anatomical factors
9. Week	Functional factors
10. Week	Treatment alternatives for obstructive sleep apnea (reducing weight,upper respiratory tract surgery,treatment of nasal obstruction)
11. Week	Drug treatments
12. Week	Oral treatment (types, mechanism of action, principles of treatment)
13. Week	Side effects of oral treatment
14. Week	Patient compliance in oral treatments
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	50
Assignment	1	50
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		60
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		40

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	2	28
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	0	0	0
Searching in Internet and Library	0	0	0
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	0	0	0
Preparing a Presentation	0	0	0
Presentation	1	2	2
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	0	0	0
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	0	0	0
Other (should be emphasized)	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			30
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			1.2
Course Credit (ECTS):			1

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Derviş Yılmaz)

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

(http://dent-cerrahi.gazi.edu.tr/posts/view/title/prof.-dr.-dervis-yilmaz-204689?siteUri=dent-cerrahi)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(dervis@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University