COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDIKAL PROTOZOOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PAR 6039 MEDIKAL PROTOZOOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Medical Parasitology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Medical Parasitology

Course Objective

Morphological properties in protozoon, clinic of protozoon disease, differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods, major protozoon disease in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discuss general properties of protozoa and classify them
2   Discuss pathogen, nonpatogen and free-living amebas, analyse cases and recommend clinical approaches
3   Discuss intestinal and urogenital protozoa other than amebas, analyse cases and recommend clinical approaches
4   Discuss protozoa living in blood and tissue, analyse cases and recommend clinical approaches
5   Identify protozoa living in respiratory system, analyse cases and recommend clinical approaches
6   Discuss opportunistic protozoa, analyse cases and recommend clinical approaches
7   Design a research project about protozoa

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Classification of protozoon and their life cycle
2 Principle properties of protozoon and fine structure
3 Pathogen amoebae and importance of human health
4 Intestinal nonpathogen amoebae, other apathogen protozoon and B.coli
5 Free-living amoebae and importance of human health
6 Giardia intestinalis and importance of human health
7 Trichomonas species, D.fragilis and importance of human health
8 Leishmania species and importance of human health
9 Trypanosoma species and importance of human health
10 Toxoplasma gondii and importance of human health
11 Babesia species and importance of human health
12 Plasmodium species and importance of human health
13 Oppurtunistic protozoon in immundefficiency 1 (C. parvum, B. hominis, Cyclospora cayetanensis) and importance of human health
14 Oppurtunistic protozoon in immundefficiency 2 (Microsporidium, Sarcocystis and Isospora species) and importance of human health
15 Oppurtunistic protozoon in immundefficiency 3 (Pneumocystis jiroveciii) and importance of human health

Recomended or Required Reading

Ozcel s Medical Parasite Disease Ed. M. Ali Özcel, 2007

1. Medical Parasitology of Unat, Ekrem Kadri Unat, Cerrahpaşa, 1995
2. Treatment of Medical Parasitology, Eds. Ç Akısü, M. Korkmaz, 2005
3. Protozoon Disease, Kuman A, Altıntaş N, 1999
4. Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Ed. Lynne Shore Garcia, 2007
5. Atlas of Human Parasitology, Ed. Lawrence R., 2007
6. Markell And Voge's Medical Parasitology, Ed. William A. Petri, David T. John, 2006
7. Medical Parasitology ; Ed; Markell, Voge, John, 2001
8. Infectious Disease ; Ed. Mandell, 1999
9. Basic Clinical Parasitology ; Neva FA, 1999
10. Protozoal Diseases; Ed; Herbert M. Gilles, 1999

Materials: Microscopic and macroscopic helminths are used in practice

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoric lessons and tasks

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

90 00 232 412 45 43

Office Hours

Monday, 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 30 1 30
Lectures 30 1 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 10 40
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 25 2 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 1 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1455445454444544
LO.2454455455545554
LO.3
LO.4454445554345454
LO.5454445554435454
LO.6454345445435454
LO.7335555545544434

CONTACT INFORMATION
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