COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 4029 CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZAFER BULUT

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

It is aimed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to determine and interpret biochemical parameters that will support clinical diagnosis, to apply and interpret diagnostic methods that assist clinical diagnosis in veterinary clinical medicine.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examines the mechanisms of diseases and metabolic disorders shaped by the deterioration of the normal body physiology of animals and interprets the necessary parameters of the body systems.
2   Gains general laboratory knowledge and ability.
3   Evaluates the ongoing metabolic events in the organism through biochemical parameters.
4   Explain the biochemical mechanisms of common diseases.
5   Knows clinical material selection, storage and biopsy techniques in the diagnosis of diseases.
6   Knows clinical biochemical diagnostic methods in written and verbal form.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and topics in clinical biochemistry
2 Biological material collection, analytical process and reporting
3 Electrolyte, acid-base balance, disorders and evaluation
4 Hematology procedures, evaluation of hemostasis
5 Immunohematology
6 Evaluation of plasma proteins
7 Veterinary clinical enzymology
8 Hepatobiliary and skeletal muscle enzymes and liver function tests
9 Evaluation of lipid metabolism
10 Evaluation of exocrine pancreatic and intestinal disorders
11 Evaluation of endocrine functions
12 Evaluation of bone and mineral metabolism
13 Evaluation of kidney functions and urine analysis
14 Metabolic Diseases

Recomended or Required Reading

Klinik Laboratuvar Tanı, Turgut K. II. Baskı, Istanbul, 2002
Clinical chemistry, Lippincott, Gower, London Mert N.
Veteriner Laboratuvar Hekimliği; Mayer D. J., Harvey J. W. (Ed. Yeşildere T, Deprem O.), Nobel, 2010
Karagül, H., Altıntaş, A., Fidancı, U.R., Sel, T.(2000) Klinik Biyokimya, Medisan, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, discussion, presentation, home-work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses and 80% of practical courses during the semester belongs to the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Temel Bilimler Bölümü, Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı, Kiraz/IZMIR

e-mail: zeynep.semen@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 0 (232) 572 35 30 14515

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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