GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY/FTO-4060

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Should have the evaluation capacity about forensic cases concerning toxicology

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to Forensic Toxicology
2. Week	Absorption, distribution and elimination characteristics of toxic compounds in the body
3. Week	Analytic techniques in Forensic toxicology
4. Week	Principles of biologic sample collecting in forensic cases
5. Week	Analysis of toxic substances from organs, tissues and body fluids
6. Week	Drug Intoxications and criminological Incidents for Suicide
7. Week	Homework and midterm
8. Week	Review the information sought during the analysis of samples for drugs and other poisons
9. Week	Discuss the types of commonly abused substances, with particular reference to their chemical nature, physical forms and effects
10. Week	Discuss the types of commonly abused substances, with particular reference to their chemical nature, physical forms and effects
11. Week	Human performance enhancing drugs
12. Week	Doping and Doping Control Centers
13. Week	Preparing the Courtroom testimony in poisoning cases
14. Week	Regulations on forensic toxicology
15. Week	Case reports and homework
16. Week	Final exam

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	25
Assignment	1	25
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		50
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		50

-- 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	2	10	20
Searching in Internet and Library	2	10	20
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	2	10	20
Preparing a Presentation	2	10	20
Presentation	2	9	18
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	18	18
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	30	30
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.Dr.İsmet ÇOK)

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

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-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(ismet@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University