COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEUROLOGY 201

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBL 3103 NEUROLOGY 201 COMPULSORY 6 2 0 8

Offered By

Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUALLA AYLIN ARICI

Offered to

Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to remember the normal structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system and to provide the understanding of the etiopathogenesis of the diseases associated with them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the etiopathogenesis of basic neurological diseases, to explain the basic principles of diagnosis and treatment
2   To be able to explain the etiopathogenesis of basic psychiatric diseases, to explain the basic principles of diagnosis and treatment
3   To be able to discuss the pharmacology of drugs related to the nervous system
4   Questioning history for systems and performing physical examination
5   Ability to suture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and tumors of the central nervous system. Diagnosis and treatment approaches
2 Central nervous system infections, balance disorders, hearing loss diagnosis and treatment
3 Psychiatric Diseases, Mood disorders, Depressive disorders, Anxiety disorders, Psychosis
4 Pharmacology of drugs affecting the nervous system
5 Exam week

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications, Stahl SM., Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2- Cerebrovascular diseases, Balkan S. Güneş Company, 2005.
3- Mental Health and Disorders.. Öztürk O, Uluşahin A., 2008.
4- Basic Book of Psychiatry. Köroğlu E, Güleç C., Published by Physicians, 2007.
5- Medical Microbiology, Patrick R Murray, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA., 2010.
6- Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. (ed)Topçu AW, Söyletir G, Doğanay M., 2008.
7- Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry, a Clinical Approach, Smith C, Marks A, Lieberman M. (eds.), Wolters Kluwer Company, 2005
8- Greenfield's Neuropathology, (ed) Love S, Louis DN, Ellison DW, 2008
9- Pathologic Basis of Disease, Robbins and Cotran, Elsevier Saunders, 2010
10- Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, (ed) Çelik O., 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions,
Presentations, panels,
Professional skills applications,
Ethical practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASA Assesment of Student Achievement (%80)
2 PBL Problem Based Learning (%10)
3 SSM Special Study Modules (%10)


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In the first 3 years, the student success was evaluated on a yearly basis as an annual grade out of 100 points.
The passing point of the period is determined as 60 (sixty).
Average of block-end exams must be at least 50 (fifty) points.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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Office Hours

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Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 53 1 53
PBL Session 7 4 28
Basic clinical skills practice 1 2 2
Professional values and ethics application 2 1 2
Special Study Module 7 1 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 6 30
Preparation for block-end exam 67 1 67
Preparation before-after PBL/lectures 7 1 7
Block-end exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

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