COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXPOSURE AND CANCER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OKE 6005 EXPOSURE AND CANCER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Canser Epidemiology Doctorate

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA ELLIDOKUZ

Offered to

Canser Epidemiology Doctorate
Canser Epidemiology

Course Objective

The course content includes information about behaviors, exposures and other factors that may affect cancer risk. Causes of cancer increase; exposure factors to environmental and professional cancer makers such as age, tobacco and alcohol, chronic pain, diet, obesity, radiation, sunlight are defined. Measuring the frequencies of these factors is an epidemiological examination of the exposure to cancer susceptibility.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the factors that affect cancer risk.
2   Can reach cancer increase statistics.
3   Can read and understand environmental and occupational cancer makers in the literature.
4   Know the factors and frequency of cancer-making and make analyzes.
5   Use the epidemiological research methods used to investigate the causes of cancer predisposition.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Factors affecting cancer risk-1
2 Factors affecting cancer risk-2
3 Environmental and occupational cancer makers-1
4 Environmental and occupational cancer makers-2
5 Literature Review
6 Cancer-making factors and frequency-1
7 Cancer-making factors and frequency-2
8 Research Methods -1
9 Research Methods -2
10 Discussion
11 Term presentations-1
12 Presentations-2
13 An overview
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Cancer Epidemiyology Principles and Methods.(Internationel Agency for Research on Cancer) WHO
2. Literature review

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Making theoretical lessons, Preparing for exam, homework preparation, laboratory practice

Assessment Methods

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


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)

hulya.ellidokuz@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4125889/5801

Office Hours

Tuesday 12.30-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 5 10 50
Preparing presentations 5 10 50
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555

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