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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PAR 6041	MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY	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

Structure of human parasitic insect and acarina, and their vectorial disease, physiopathology of them will be learned teoric, practice and seminar presentation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Define and discuss artropods
2	Identify insects and relate with clinical cases
3	Discuss the infections that artropods can transmit and recommend solutions about fight against vectors
4	Prepare slides from patient s sample
5	Identify mites and relate with clinical cases
6	Debate application areas of insecticides
7	Use knowledge and experience about insects and mites in research projects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	General properities of arthropoda and their classification
2	Vector of arthropoda and diesase of clinic which transmission of them
3	Methods of attacking and collecting of arthropoda
4	Basic principles and structure of insecta, phlebotomus and its parasitism
5	Mosquitos and importance of human health
6	Flies related to myiasis, myiasis, maggotherapy and importance of human health
7	Simulium, tabanus, other flies (stomoxys, culicidia, glossina) and importance of human health
8	Pediculus and importance of human health
9	Pulex and importance of human health
10	Cimex, reduvid bugs and importance of human health
11	General properties and structure of acarina, S. scabiei ve D. folliculorum and their importance of human health
12	Ticks and importance of human health
13	Other acarina (dermaniside, pyemotes, trombiculit) and their importance of human health
14	Ectoparasiter drugs and their mechanism of effect
15	Classification of insecta, their mechanism of effect and other vector filghts

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Ozcel s Medical Parasite Disease Ed. M. Ali Özcel, 2007

Supplementary Book(s):
1. Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Ed. Lynne Shore Garcia, 2007
2. Markell And Voge's Medical Parasitology, Ed. William A. Petri, David T. John, 2006
3. Atlas of Human Parasitology, Ed. Lawrence R., 2007
4. Basic and clinical immunology, Daniel P Stites, Appleton, Lange, 1999

Materials: Microscopic and macroscopic arthropodas are used in practice

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoric lessons and tasks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 +FIN* 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 +RST* 0.60

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)

0 232 412 45 44

Office Hours

Thursday , 13.30-14.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	10	1	10
Tutorials	10	2	20
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Preparing assignments	2	20	40
Preparing presentations	2	17	34
Preparation for tutorial exam	1	10	10
Preparing the laboratory notebook	1	7	7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	4	60
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3
LO.2	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
LO.3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	5	5	5	5
LO.4	2	2	2	3	2	5	4	5	3	2	2	4	4	3	2
LO.5	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
LO.6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3
LO.7	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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