GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
YEAST AND YEAST LIKE FUNGI/TMK-303
Course Title: YEAST AND YEAST LIKE FUNGI
Credits 2 ECTS 6
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
Learning to identification the yeast and yeast-like fungi causing disease in human isolated from clinical specimens
To learn yeast infections
To identify the yeast isolated from patients samples and to distinguish strains
To learn effective antifungals on yeast and understanding the mechanisms of action
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Reminding structural event and morphology of the yeasts
2. Week  Taxonomic and clinical classification
3. Week  Laboratory diagnosis of yeast and yeast-like fungi infections
4. Week  The importence of the molecular diagnosis of yeast infection, the clinical significance and methods of molecular technics
5. Week  Antifungals effecting on yeasts
6. Week  Resistance to antifungals and susceptibility testing
7. Week  Superficial basidiomycetes yeasts ( Malassezia,agents of white piedra and tinea nigra)
8. Week  Candida species and candidiasis
9. Week  Candida species and candidiasis
10. Week  The genus of Cryptococcus and cryptococcosis
11. Week  Trichosporon, Rhodotorula, Saccaromyces and the other yeast-like fungi
12. Week  Pneumocystis jirovecii and P. jirovecii infection
13. Week  Uncommon opportunistic yeast infections
14. Week  Yeast infections in special patient populations
15. Week  .
16. Week  .
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
60
 Assignment
2
40
 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
 Reading Tasks
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
10
2
20
 Presentation
14
1
14
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
2
28
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
10
1
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
142
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.68
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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2
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4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr. Ayşe Kalkancı)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kalkanci)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (kalkanci@gazi.edu.tr)