ECTS - Endocrine System
Endocrine System (MED305) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Endocrine System | MED305 | 5. Semester | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| MED292 |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | To give information about the development, structure and functions of endocrine system, the etiopathogenesis, pathology, symptoms and findings of disorders related to this system and its prevention, diagnosis and the treatment principles; to provide basic medical skills for endocrine system |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Anatomy, histology and development of the thyroid, parathyroid and suprarenal glands; clinical anatomy; thyroid hormones and their effect mechanisms, biochemistry of thyroid gland diseases; pathologies of thyroid gland and thyroiditis; neoplasms of thyroid gland; classification of hormones and their effecting mechanisms; parathormone, vitamine D, calcitonin, calcium-phosphate homeostasis. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Anatomy, histology and development of the thyroid, parathyroid and suprarenal glands, Clinical anatomy, Thyroid hormones and their effect mechanisms, biochemistry of thyroid gland diseases, Pathologies of thyroid gland and thyroiditis, Neoplasms of thyroid gland | - |
| 2 | Classification of hormones and their effecting mechanisms, Parathormone, Vitamine D, Calcitonin, Calcium-phosphate homeostasis, Hormones of adrenal cortex and their effects, Hormones of adrenal medulla and their effects | - |
| 3 | Adrenal bez bozukluklarının biyokimyası, Adrenal bez işlevsel bozuklukları, Adrenal bez neoplazileri, Mutliple endokrin neoplazileri, Gonad hormonları bozukluklarının biyokimyası, Oral kontraseptifler | - |
| 4 | Endocrine functions of the pancreas, Regulation of blood glucose level, control of food intake, Metabolism, Fat cells, Effect mechanism of hormones, Biochemistry of diabetes and obesity, Pharmacology of hormones; Drugs used in hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia, Insulin and oral anti diabetics | - |
| 5 | Glucocorticoids, ACTH and mineralocorticoids, Pathologies of hypophysis, Growth physiology, Development disorders, Fine structure, tumors and pathologies of mammary glands, Biostatistical sampling and regression studies, Final exam | - |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (13th Edition); Bertram G. Katzung, Anthony J. Trevor; McGraw-Hill, 2015. |
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| 2. Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach (1st Edition); Aaron Berkowitz; McGraw-Hill, 2017. | |
| 3. Gray’s Anatomy for Students (3rd Edition); Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell; Churchill Livingston Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2015. | |
| 4. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (13th Edition); John E. Hall; Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2016. | |
| 5. Histology: A Text and Atlas With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology (7th Edition); Micheal H. Ross, Wojciech Pawlina; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015. | |
| 6. Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (10th Edition); Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia Alcott Sadock, Pedro Ruiz; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2017. | |
| 7. Medical Microbiology (7th Edition); Patrick Murray, Ken Rosenthal, Michael Pfaller; Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, 2013. | |
| 8. Molecular and Cellular Biophysics; Meyer B. Jackson; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006. | |
| 9. Robbins Basic Pathology (9th Edition); Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster; Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, 2013. | |
| 10. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (10th Edition); Keith L. Moore, T. V. N. Persaud, Mark G. Torchia; Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2015. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | 15 | 20 |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 80 |
| Toplam | 16 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Integrates and utilizes the information, skills, and approaches obtained from basic, clinical, and medical sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences when offering healthcare services. | X | ||||
| 2 | Offers healthcare services to patients with a biopsychosocial approach where the sociodemographic and sociocultural backgrounds of these individuals are taken into consideration, focusing on the universal human values, ethical principles, and professional duties; without exercising discrimination on the basis of language, religion, race, or sex. | X | ||||
| 3 | Aims to protect, improve, and develop individual and public health when offering healthcare services. | X | ||||
| 4 | Performs the necessary studies in sustaining and improving health, taking into the individual, public, social, and environmental factors to affect it. | X | ||||
| 5 | Trains healthy individuals/ patients, their relatives, and other healthcare workers in healthcare upon determining the features, requirements, and expectations of their target audience. | X | ||||
| 6 | Exercises a safe, rational, and effective approach in the procedures of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation; while offering healthcare services. | X | ||||
| 7 | Implements interventional and/or non-interventional practices in a way that is safe and effective for patients during the procedures of diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation. | X | ||||
| 8 | Offers healthcare services taking into account the health and safety of patients and employees. | X | ||||
| 9 | Takes the regional and global changes in physical and socioeconomic settings to affect health, as well as the changes in the individual features and behaviors of patients referring to them into account, while offering healthcare. | X | ||||
| 10 | Takes the good medical practices into account while performing their duties. | X | ||||
| 11 | Undertakes the tasks and duties within the framework of their professional ethical rules, as well as their legal rights and duties. | X | ||||
| 12 | Stands for the improvements in the manner in which healthcare services are offered, taking into account the concepts of social reliability and social duty, in an effort to protect and improve individual and public health. | X | ||||
| 13 | Evaluates the effects of health policies and healthcare practices on public health indicators, and, where required, amends their evaluation on the grounds of scientific and social needs; in an effort to help improve the quality of healthcare services. | X | ||||
| 14 | Leads their healthcare team while offering healthcare services, in a participative, and collaborative manner. | X | ||||
| 15 | Establishes positive relationships within their healthcare team; and where needed, easily adapts to various positions among their team. | X | ||||
| 16 | Exercises effective communication with patients, the relatives of patients, healthcare professionals, and groups from other professions, as well as institutions and organizations. | X | ||||
| 17 | Plans and conducts scientific studies on the society to which they serve, and use the results of these, or those from other studies, to benefit the society. | X | ||||
| 18 | Accesses the current literature on their profession, and evaluates them with a critical approach. | X | ||||
| 19 | Chooses the correct sources of learning to improve the healthcare services that they offer, and regulates their own learning process. | X | ||||
| 20 | Demonstrates the skills of obtaining and evaluating new information, integrating newer pieces of information with their current ones, as well as adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 5 | 25 | 125 |
| Laboratory | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 5 | 10 | 50 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 5 | 12 | 60 |
| Total Workload | 277 | ||