COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHIATRY (SCALES) II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBK 5030 MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHIATRY (SCALES) II ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Clinical Neuroscience

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CEREN HIDIROĞLU ONGUN

Offered to

Clinical Neuroscience
Basic Neuroscience

Course Objective

To explain the basic concepts of measurement and assessment in psychiatry and introduce students to the scales used in psychiatry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the definition and measurement of psychopathology
2   Learning the types and features of the assessment tools used in psychiatry. Having knowledge about their uses.
3   Learning the scales used for assessing extrapyramidal symptoms of schizophrenia and having knowledge about the uses of Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and Life Quality Scale.
4   Learning the ways of validiting the reliability of the scales
5   Being able to develop a new scale to use in psychiatry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course (Theorical/Application)
2 Types, Features and Usage of the Assessment Tools I (Theorical/Application)
3 Types, Features and Usage of the Assessment Tools II
4 Training For The Scales to Assessing Extrapyramidal Symptoms Of Schizophrenia I
5 Training For The Scales to Assessing Extrapyramidal Symptoms Of Schizophrenia II
6 Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale I
7 Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale II Mid-term exam
8 Life Quality Scales
9 WHOQOL Bref Training
10 Reliability and Validity of Psychiatric Scales I
11 Reliability and Validity of Psychiatric Scales II
12 Reliability and Validity of Psychiatric Scales III
13 Developing a new scale I
14 Developing a new scale II

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (Kaplan and Saddock)
Supplementary Book(s): Psikiyatride kullanılan Klinik Ölçekler (Prof. Dr. Ömer Aydemir, Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Köroğlu)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and application

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The knowlage of definition and measurement of psychopathology, types and features of the assessment tools used in psychiatry and the ways of validiting the reliability of the scales will be evaluated by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Telephone: 412 4158

Office Hours

Friday 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Tutorials 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 5 75
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 15 2 30
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 226

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.235
LO.35
LO.45
LO.5445