COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POISONINGS IN CHILDREN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOK 6056 POISONINGS IN CHILDREN ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Toxicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NIL HOCAOĞLU AKSAY

Offered to

Toxicology

Course Objective

To learn toxic mechanisms of medicines in children, to classificate the toxic medicine types and to have knowledge about general specialities of toxins in children, to determine the toxic potantials of medicines in childhood period, to learn the toxic effects medicines in children, to learn diagnosis of poisonings in children, and to convey information about poisonings in children.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the poisonings in children
2   To compare the types of poisonings in children
3   To learn the treatment principles of childhood poisonings
4   To make risk assesment in childhood poisonings
5   To have knowledge about childhood poisonings and to know toxic effect s importence

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic principals of poisonings in children
2 Small doses of medicines that cause poisoning in children
3 Analgesics and anti-inflamatory medicine poisonings in children
4 Anti-infective agent poisonings in children
5 Cardiovascular system medicine poisonings in children
6 Antidepressant poisonings in children
7 Anticonvulsant poisonings in children
8 Neuroleptic and sedative-hypnotic poisonings in children
9 Respiratory system medicine poisonings in children
10 Household poisoning in children
11 Animal bite poisonings in children
12 Plant and food poisonings in children
13 Pesticide poisonings in children
14 Heavy metal poisonings in children

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Ford M.D., Delaney K.A., Ling L.J., Erickson T. Toxins in Depth. In: Ford M.D. editor. Clinical Toxicology. 1. edition, Pennyylvania: W.B. Saunders Company; 2001. pp. 265-602.

Supplementary Book(s):
1. TERIS® System: Klasco RK (Ed): POSINDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
2. DRUGDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
3. REPROTOX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
4. REPROTEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
5. SHEPARD S® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado
6. Rx MediaPharma® Interaktif Ilaç Bilgi Kaynağı: Ustunes L (Ed): RxMediaPharma® GEMAŞ Genel Mühendislik Mekanik Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. Izmir, Türkiye.

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

A topic of the course outline which is choose with course coordinator must be present as a report.

Assessment Criteria

To be succesful in final exam and, to present a topic in course outline as a report

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Nil Hocaoglu Aksay
nil.hocaoglu@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 4123908

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 14 3 42
Final 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.152253512323213
LO.243453522323213
LO.344453512323213
LO.453353522323213
LO.553353512323213