COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC PROTOZOOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERS 5010 BASIC PROTOZOOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Medical Parasitology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÇILER AKISÜ

Offered to

Medical Parasitology

Course Objective

Learning to morphological properties of protozoa, their epidemiology, clinical properties of the disease related to these parasites and also learning to diagnosis, treatment and prevention

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define major properties of protozoa and classify them
2   Classify pathogen, nonpathogen and free-living amebas and associate with diseases
3   List intestinal and urogenital protozoa other than amebas and associate with diseases
4   List protozoa living in blood and tissue and associate with diseases
5   Define protozoa living in respiratory system and explain with diseases
6   List protozoa important in immunosupression and associate with diseases

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Major properties of protozoa and their classification
2 Amoebea and associate with diseases
3 Apathogen intestinal amoebea and the other apathogen protozoon
4 Free-living amebas and associate with diseases
5 Opportunistic intestinal protozoon ((B. hominis, D. fragilis ve Cryptosporidium, Sarcocystis, Isosporidium, Cyclospora) and associate with diseases
6 Microspora and ciliophora and associate with diseases
7 Giardia intestinalis and associate with diseases
8 Trichomonas species and associate with diseases
9 Pneumocystis jirovecii and associate with diseases
10 Toxoplasma gondii and associate with diseases
11 Plasmodium species and associate with diseases
12 Babesia species and associate with diseases
13 Leishmania species and associate with diseases
14 Trypanosoma species and associate with diseases

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Ozcel s Medical Parasite Disease Ed. M. Ali Özcel, 2007

Supplementary Book(s):
1. Protozoal Diseases, Ed. Herbert M. Giles, 1999
2. Treatment of Medical Parasitology Ed. Ç. Akısü, M. Korkmaz, 2005
3. Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Ed. Lynne Shore Garcia, 2007
4. Markell And Voge's Medical Parasitology, Ed. William A. Petri, David T. John, 2006
5. Atlas of Human Parasitology, Ed. Lawrence R., 2007


Materials: It will be used protozoon preparats in application.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning theoretical lesson and tasks, discussion lectures, preparation presentation

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Semester exam will be in classical format and evaluated to 100 points.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+ 90 232 412 45 40

Office Hours

Wednesday ; 13:30-14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 14 2 28
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Reading 1 33 33
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.2554443
LO.35533
LO.45544
LO.555
LO.655333