COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL SCIENCES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KBG 3402 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL SCIENCES COMPULSORY 0 0 0 4

Offered By

Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MÜJDE SOYTÜRK

Offered to

Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of this block is to get the basic knowledge and skills in the fields of diagnostic procedures, rational drug use, infection control, to learn the basic principles of evidence based medicine

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the basic principles of diagnostic medicine, discuss their role in patient management
2   Explain the principles of evidence based medicine, evaluate medical knowledge with scientific criticism
3   Discuss the principles of rational drug use
4   Explain the importance of infection control, discuss the preventive measures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of the basic principles of procedures used in diagnostic medicine Important factors in the interpretation of the patient report
2 Introduction of rational drug use concept Principles of rational drug use Examples of application Introduction of evidence based medicine concept Basic principles in the evaluation of medical knowledge with scientific criticism
3 Basic principles in infection control

Recomended or Required Reading

Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods.John Bernard Henry.2012
Basic& Clinical Pharmacology, Katzung BG, McGraw-Hill, 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Problem Besed Learning (PBL) sessions, lectures, practicles, small group sessions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 BSV Block-end theoretical exam (50%)
2 NKS OSCE (30%)
3 TSD Task-end progress evaluation (20%)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Block is structures as 3 courses. They are assessed as successful/unsuccessful, seperately

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 52 1 52
Tutorials 3 2 6
PBL 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 6 18
Preparation for short assessments 3 2 6
Short assessment 3 1 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 91

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.111
LO.2111
LO.311
LO.4111