GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AGEING DISEASES AND NUTRITION THERAPHY/BDB-6120
Course Title: AGEING DISEASES AND NUTRITION THERAPHY
Credits 2 ECTS 9
Course Semester 2 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 learn the definitions, etiologies, complications, symptoms, and medical nutrition therapy of the diseases.
At the end of this course the students will be able to learn the definition of common diseases, etiology, clinical manifestations in old age disease

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to diseases of old age
2. Week  Introduction to diseases of old age
3. Week  Aging and chronic diseases
4. Week  Aging and chronic diseases
5. Week  Aging and gastrointestinal problems
6. Week  Aging and gastrointestinal problems
7. Week  Aging and gastrointestinal problems
8. Week  Sarcopenia and cachexia
9. Week  Sarcopenia and cachexia
10. Week  Musculoskeletal disorders
11. Week  Alzeimer and other neurodegenerative diseases
12. Week  Alzeimer and other neurodegenerative diseases
13. Week  Nutrition and pressure sores
14. Week  Term papers, presentations and evaluations
15. Week  Term papers, presentations and evaluations
16. Week  Term papers, presentations and evaluations
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
30
 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
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
7
9
63
 Searching in Internet and Library
7
5
35
 Material Design and Implementation
6
5
30
 Report Preparing
3
3
9
 Preparing a Presentation
3
3
9
 Presentation
3
8
24
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
8
8
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
216
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.64
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
9
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr.Nilüfer Acar Tek)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ntek)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ntek@gazi.ed.tr)