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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TOK 6055 TOXICOEPIDEMOLOGY AND DRUG -POISON INFORMATION CENTERS ELECTIVE 1 4 0 9

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YEŞIM TUNÇOK

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

Description and development of toxicoepidemiology, poison centers in the world and Turkey, structure, function and operations of Poison Centers, toxicoepidemiologic research planning1

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe the status of Poison Centers in Turkey and the world. 2   To be able to describe the role and function of Poison Centers in the prevention and the management of poisonings 3   To be able to evaluate and answer poison center inquiries 4   To be able to plan a toxicoepidemiologic research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 History of Toxicology 2 Poison Centers in Turkey and the world 3 Minimum requirements and guidelines for establishment of Poison Centers 4 Management of Poison Center inquiries 5 Data center and quality management system for Poison centers 6 Evaluation of toxicoepidemiologic data in Turkey and the world, toxicovigilance 7 Pirinciples of writing, performing and publishing a toxicoepidemiologic project proposal 8 Project proposal writing-1 9 Project proposal writing-2 10 Management of a research project-1 11 Management of a research project -2 12 Writin a research paper and submitting 13 Project presentation-1 14 Project presentation-2 15 Project presentation-3 16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Goldfrank LR, Flomenbaum NE, Lewin NA, Weisman RS, Howland MA, Hoffman RS, eds. Goldfrank s Toxicologic Emergencies, 9th edition, USA, The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2010. 2. Olson KR. Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th edition, McGrawHill, USA, 2004. 3. POISINDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): POSINDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 PRF PERFORMANCE 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be succesfull in final exam and project

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.tuncok@deu.edu.tr, tel: 4123909

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 15 2 30 Tutorials 15 2 30 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30 Preparation for quiz etc. 1 40 40 Preparing presentations 1 40 40 Design Project 1 40 40 Final 1 10 10 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 220

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 1 1 5 5 5 3 5 3 1 1 5 1 1 LO.2 5 1 1 5 5 5 2 5 1 1 1 5 1 5 LO.3 5 1 1 5 5 5 2 5 1 1 1 5 1 5 LO.4 5 1 1 5 5 5 2 5 1 5 1 5 1 1