COURSE UNIT TITLE

: JOURNAL CLUB IN TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRO 5008 JOURNAL CLUB IN TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 0 0 6

Offered By

Translational Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YASEMIN BASKIN

Offered to

Translational Oncology

Course Objective

Management of reference in appropriate sources, discussion of critical published literature, data mining, selected papers will be discussed

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Follows the current literature in the field of translational oncology
2   Knowledgeable about the current review in the field of translational oncology
3   Be able to know information source in the field of translational oncology
4   Be able to critically evaluate the literature
5   Be able to adapt their own applications
6   Be able to apply presentation techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sources of information
2 Review Article
3 Research Article
4 Debate area / subject selection / identification of sub-heading
5 Literature 1
6 Literature 2
7 Literature 3
8 Literature 4
9 Literature 5
10 Literature 6
11 Literature 7
12 Literature 8
13 Literature 9
14 Literature 10
15 Review of the main issues and writing

Recomended or Required Reading

Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Edition. Ed. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Garland Publishers
Essential Cell Biology - 4th Edition Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter Garland Publishers
The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Robert A. Weinberg, Garland Publishers
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7th edition, James Watson, Alexander Gann, Tania Baker, Michael Levine, Stephan Bell, Richard Losick, Stephan Harrison Pearson Cold Spring harbor Laboratory Press.
Principles of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Cancer Medicine, Dongfeng Tan, henry Lynch, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.
The Handbook of Biomarkers, Kewal Jain, Humana Press
Translational and Experimental Clinical Research, Daniel Schuster, William Powers, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, the topics with classroom activities (presentations and homework assignments) to consolidate and discussion

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define outlined LO1, LO2, LO3, which will evaluate with exam.
2. The learner will recognize, LO4, LO5, LO6 will evaluate with homework, prepared presentations by themselves and exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tarkan.unek@deu.edu.tr ; 0 232 412 29 01

Office Hours

Friday 10:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 5 75
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 5 4 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555
LO.6555555

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