COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC PARASITOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIK 5022 BASIC PARASITOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Microbiology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SONGÜL BAYRAM DELIBAŞ

Offered to

Microbiology

Course Objective

The course aims to build an insight about the parasites, their interactions with hosts and parasitic infections.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to define general properties and the life forms of parasites.
2   Be able to define the structural properties of parasites.
3   Be able to define the classifications of parasites.
4   Be able to define the life cycles of parasites.
5   Be able to define the pathogenesis of parasitic infections in humans.
6   Be able to define the laboratory diagnosis of parasitic infections.
7   Be able to define the prevention and therapy strategies against the parasitic infections.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to parasitology, relation between parasites and hosts, types of parasitism, pathogen effects of parasites and transmission ways
2 Classification of parasites, intestinal protozoa and amoeba
3 General properties of blood and tissue protozoa, Leishmania, Trypanasoma species and their infections
4 Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis
5 Plasmodium species and malaria
6 Intestinal protozoa participating in immun deficiency
8 General properties of helminths and nematodes, intestinal helminths
9 Tissue nematodes and their infections
10 General properties of cestodes, cyst hydatid
11 Some of the important cestodes (Taenia saginata, T. solium, H. nana, D. latum) and their diseases
12 General properties of trematodes, some of the important trematodes and their diseases
13 General properties and classification of arthropods, insects (mosquitos, phlebotomus, pediculus, flea, pulex) arachnids (scabies, tick, demodex) and their infestations

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Hakkı Bahar; Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Balçova, Izmir, Turkey. +90 232 4124502, hakki.bahar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.154
LO.254
LO.354
LO.454
LO.5544
LO.6554
LO.734