COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OKE 5011 MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

CANCER APIDEMIOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YASEMIN BAŞBINAR

Offered to

Canser Epidemiology
CANCER APIDEMIOLOGY

Course Objective

The concept of cancer, cancer development, genetic predisposition, environmental factors, microbiology and cancer, History of cancer epidemiology, Epidemiology of cancer in the world, Epidemiology of cancer In Turkey, Basic concepts in cancer epidemiology studies, In particular interpretation of epidemiological results for cancer

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire basic epidemiology, clinical and genetic cancer epidemiology knowledge and ability to practice of the epidemiological techniques.
2   Be able to know the etiology of cancer.
3   Be able to know clinical and genetic cancer epidemiology
4   Be able to understand mechanism of carcinogenesis
5   Be able to statistically evaluate the literature studies and criticizes them.
6   Be able to work in teams associated cancer research and development centers.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic genetic and biological concepts in cancer-1
2 Basic genetic and biological conceptsin cancer -2
3 Basic molecular biological techniques used in cancer epidemiology-1
4 Basic molecular biological techniques used in cancer epidemiology-2
5 Between exposure and disease processes and steps
6 The concept of internal dose and related biomarkers-1
7 The concept of internal dose and related biomarkers-2
8 The concept of biological effective dose and related biomarkers-1
9 The concept of biological effective dose and related biomarkers-2
10 Preclinical biological effects and related biomarkers
11 The concept of individual susceptibility to cancer and related biomarkers-1
12 The concept of individual susceptibility to cancer and related biomarkers-2
13 Molecular epidemiological studies in cancer and inferences-1
14 Molecular epidemiological studies in cancer and inferences-2
15 Molecular epidemiological studies in cancer and inferences-3
16 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

.Cancer Epidemiyology Principles and Methods.(Internationel Agency for Research on Cancer) WHO
2.Textbook of Cancer Epidemiyology (Hans-Abu Ademi, David Hunter, Dimitrios Trichopoulor) 2002, Oxford University.
3. Sağlıkta Araştırma Teknikleri ve Analiz Yöntemleri (Prof.Dr.Gazanfer Aksakoğlu)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Lectures, the topics in-class activities (presentations and assignments) to consolidate and discussion and home work.

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define outlined which will evaluate with exam and homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 1 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 5 5 25
Preparation for final exam 1 20 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.9
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

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