GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ANTIBIOTICS IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY/TMK-315
Course Title: ANTIBIOTICS IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Credits 2 ECTS 6
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
to explain the structure and action mechanisms of antimicrobials
to explain resistance mechanisms of antimicrobials
to identify the bacterial genetic and biochemical antimicrobial resistance mechanisms
to explain the antimicrobial susceptibility tests
to explain the methodologies of clinical microbiology laboratory for antimicrobial susceptibility methods
to explain the clinical approach to antibiomicrobials
to explain the principles of chemotherapy
to explain the principles of chemoprophylaxis
to explain antibiotic policies
to determine the ampyric therapy strategies by the help of bacteriologic statistics on case studies
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week   1. History of antibiotics and general aspects
2. Week  2. Mechanisms of antimicrobial
3. Week   3. Inhibitors of bacterial cell wall synthesis (β-lactams, glycopeptids and polypeptide antibiotics)
4. Week  4. Inhibitors of cytoplasmic membrane permeability
5. Week  5. Inhibitors of protein synthesis (Aminoglycosides, tetracyclins, oxazolidinones, chloramphenicol, macrolide, clindamycine and streptogramins)
6. Week  6. Inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis (Quinolones, rifampin, rifabutine and metranidazol)
7. Week   7. Antimetabolites
8. Week  8. General principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1
9. Week  9. General principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2
10. Week   10. Principles of chemoprophylaxis
11. Week  11. Antibiotic policies
12. Week  12. Genetic and biochemical resistance mechanisms of bacteriae to antimicrobials
13. Week  13. Antimicrobial sensitivity tests
14. Week   14. Molecular methods for determining the antimicrobial resistance genes
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
60
 Assignment
1
40
 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
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
10
2
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
2
20
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
10
3
30
 Presentation
12
2
24
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
10
2
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
10
2
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
162
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.48
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2
3
4
5X
6
7
8
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   ( Prof.Dr. Meltem Yalınay Çırak)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/meltemyc www.meltemyalinay.com)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (meltemyc@gazi.edu.tr meltemyc@gmail.com)