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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SBK 5006 MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHIATRY (SCALES) II ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Clinical Neuroscience

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR BERNA BINNUR AKDEDE

Offered to

Clinical Neuroscience Basic Neuroscience

Course Objective

To explain the basic concepts of measurement and assessment in psychiatry and introduce students to the scales used in psychiatry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the definition and measurement of psychopathology 2   Learning the types and features of the assessment tools used in psychiatry. Having knowledge about their uses. 3   Learning the scales used for assessing extrapyramidal symptoms of schizophrenia and having knowledge about the uses of Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and Life Quality Scale. 4   Learning the ways of validiting the reliability of the scales 5   Being able to develop a new scale to use in psychiatry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to course (Theorical/Application) 2 Types, Features and Usage of the Assessment Tools I (Theorical/Application) 3 Types, Features and Usage of the Assessment Tools II 4 Training For The Scales to Assessing Extrapyramidal Symptoms Of Schizophrenia I 5 Training For The Scales to Assessing Extrapyramidal Symptoms Of Schizophrenia II 6 Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale I 7 Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale II Mid-term exam 8 Life Quality Scales 9 WHOQOL Bref Training 10 Reliability and Validity of Psychiatric Scales I 11 Reliability and Validity of Psychiatric Scales II 12 Reliability and Validity of Psychiatric Scales III 13 Developing a new scale I 14 Developing a new scale II

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (Kaplan and Saddock) Supplementary Book(s): Psikiyatride kullanılan Klinik Ölçekler (Prof. Dr. Ömer Aydemir, Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Köroğlu)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 PRF PERFORMANCE 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The knowlage of definition and measurement of psychopathology, types and features of the assessment tools used in psychiatry and the ways of validiting the reliability of the scales will be evaluated by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Telephone: 412 4158

Office Hours

Friday 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 2 24 Tutorials 12 2 24 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 2 22 44 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 4 LO.3 4 5 LO.4 5 4 4 LO.5 5 5 4 4