COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PARASITE CULTURE OF CLINICAL SAMPLES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PAR 6036 PARASITE CULTURE OF CLINICAL SAMPLES ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Medical Parasitology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÜMIT AKSOY

Offered to

Medical Parasitology

Course Objective

Parasite need to media for living. In this lesson it will be informed that in vivo and in vitro media for using either protozoon or helminthes and cell cultivation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Apply patient samples to culture media, evaluate the results
2   Apply in vitro protozoon culture, relate culture results to patient s clinic, apprise the patient
3   Apply experiments about in vivo culture media used in parasitology and evaluate the results
4   Apply cell culture in parasitology and evaluate the results
5   List culture media used for helminth identification
6   Design a research project about parasite culture media

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic principles in preparing in media and clinical using in parasitology
2 Amip media, experimental using in axenic amip media
3 Applying Robinson media for amipfor suspected clinical samples
4 To apply CPLM and TYM media for trichomonas for suspected clinical samples and to comment the results
5 To apply NNN media for leishmania for suspected clinical samples and to comment the results
6 To apply NNA (non nutrition agar media) for acanthomoeba for suspected clinical samples and to comment the results
7 To apply sucrose gradiente methods to giardia for suspected clinical samples
8 To apply the other protozoon media (giardia, plasmodium media) for suspected clinical samples and to comment the results
9 Growing protozoon(toxoplasma, plasmodium leishmania) in vivo cultivation (mouse, rat)
10 Growing trichinella invivo cultivation (mouse, rat)
11 Basic principles in cell cultivation and various of cell cultivation
12 Growing Toxoplasma gondii in cell cultivation
13 Detection nematode larvae and growing methods
14 Evaluation life cycle of Schistosoma via experimental method
15 Producing insects and using insectarium

Recomended or Required Reading

Ozcel s Medical Parasite Disease Ed. M. Ali Özcel, 2007
Diagnosis in Parasitic Disease Ed. MA Özcel, 1997
Medical Parasitology in Unat. Ekrem Kadri Unat, Cerrahpaşa ,1995
Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Ed. Lynne Shore Garcia, 2007
Markell And Voge's Medical Parasitology, Ed. William A. Petri, David T. John, 2006
Immunoresponses in parasitic infections ; Edt; EJL Soulisby , 1997
Basic and clinical immunology, Daniel P Stites, Appleton, Lange, 1999

Materials:
For practise It will be used the materials and devices in media laboratory

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theorical lessons and tasks, discussion lectures preparation presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Semester exam will be in classical format and evaluated to 100 points.

Assessment Criteria

Semester exam will be in classical format and evaluated to 100 points.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

90 00 232 412 45 43

Office Hours

Monday, 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 30 2 60
Lectures 30 1 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Reading 5 1 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.14455
LO.24445
LO.34445
LO.44445
LO.54445
LO.64455

CONTACT INFORMATION
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