COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEURAL SCIENCES 201

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBL 2303 NEURAL SCIENCES 201 COMPULSORY 0 0 0 10

Offered By

Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞULE KALKAN

Offered to

Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to recall the normal structure and functions of the components of central and peripheral neural systems and to grasp the etiopathogenesis of the related diseases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe etiopathogenesis, explain the basic principles of diagnosis and treatment of major neurological diseases
2   Describe etiopathogenesis, explain the basic principles of diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric disorders
3   Discuss the pharmacology of the drugs acting on nervous system
4   Take history and perform physical examination related to systems
5   Perform lumbar puncture on a training model

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Neurological diseases
2 Neurological diseases
3 Psychiatric disorders
4 Psychiatric disorders
5 Pharmacology of the drugs acting on nervous system
6 Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications, Stahl SM., Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Serebrovasküler hastalıklar, Balkan S. Güneş Kitabevi Yayınları, 2005.
Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları. Öztürk O, Uluşahin A. Tuna Matbaacılık San. ve Tic., 2008.
Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı. Köroğlu E, Güleç C., Hekimler Yayın Birliği, 2007.
Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji, Patrick R Murray, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA. (çev. ed) Ahmet C Başustaoğlu, Atlas Kitapçılık, 2010.
Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Mikrobiyolojisi. (ed)Topçu AW, Söyletir G, Doğanay M., 2008.
Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry, a Clinical Approach, Smith C, Marks A, Lieberman M. (eds.), Wolters Kluwer Company, 2005
Greenfield's Neuropathology, (ed) Love S, Louis DN, Ellison DW, 2008
Pathologic Basis of Disease, Robbins and Cotran, Elsevier Saunders, 2010
Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları ve Baş Boyun Cerrahisi, (ed) Çelik O., 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Problem Based Learning (PBL) sessions,
Lectures,
Laboratory practicals (anatomy, histology, biochemistry, microbiology),
Basic clinical skills,
Procedural skills,
Small group sessions,
Field studies,
Visual studies,
Professional values and ethics applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 BSV Block-end exam (14%)
2 PDÖ PBL score (2.7%)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the first 3 years block-end and year-end assessments are done and the student success was evaluated on a yearly basis as an annual grade out of 100.
DEUMF Rules and Regulations
Article 25
Year-end grade = Block-end exam (84%) + PBL score (16%)
Year-end grade 80 and above = Annual grade 80 and above = exempt from the final exam = Successful
Year-end grade below 80: Year-end grade (50%) + Final exam (50%) = Annual grade 65 and above = Successful
Year-end grade (50%) + Resit exam (50%) = Annual grade 65 and above = Successful

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)
Group session 4 2 8
Laboratory practice 2 2 4
Lectures 58 1 58
PBL Session 12 3 36
Field studies 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 15 75
Preparation for block - end exam 1 60 60
Block - end exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 248

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1542322
LO.25423223
LO.353
LO.453
LO.55