ECTS - Digestive System
Digestive System (MED301) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Digestive System | MED301 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| - |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Distance, Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Problem Solving, Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | To gain the knowledge about the development, structure and functions of the digestive system. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Anatomy and histology of digestive tracts; development of gastrointestinal organs; secretion of liver and pancreas, and regulaton of secretion; microorganisms causing infection in the digestive system; approach to patient with digestive system problem; diagnostic methods in digestive system diseases; gastrointestinal system bleedings. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to Gastrointestinal System committee Temporal region and the muscles of mastication Oral cavity PBL Development of Digestive System and congenital malformations The anterior abdominal wall and inguinal canal The peritoneum, the lesser and greater omenta and the omental bursa Mouth digestion, chewing and swallowing; Digestion and absorption in the stomach Gastrointestinal System Physical Examination and Symptoms in Gastrointestinal Diseases Disorders of oral cavity & salivary glands Overview of glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation and ATP synthesis Esophagus: Obstructive and vascular diseases Pathology Abdominal part of oesophagus and stomach | - |
| 2 | Enterobacteriaceae Pseudomonads, Acinetobacters and other Gram negative bacteria Emetic and antiemetic drugs Drugs That Aid Digestion PBL The small and large intestines Histology intestine and colon Vascular and obstructive disorders of the bowel Overview of glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation and ATP synthesis Inflammatory intestinal disease Gastrointestinal System Physical Examination and Symptoms in Gastrointestinal Diseases | - |
| 3 | Polyps & tumors of small & large intestine The posterior abdominal wall and the great vessels Disorders & neoplasms of appendix & anal canal Esophagus, stomach, intestines The liver, biliary ducts, pancrea Digestive system histology: liver gallbladder pancreas Case Discusssion: Echinococcus Intestinal helmints Drug used in gastrointestinal disorders Control of food intake, basal metabolic rate and regulation of temperature Intestinal protozoa Intestinal Parasites The vessels, nerves of the digestive tract and portal system The posterior abdominal wall and the great vessels Bilirubin metabolism | - |
| 4 | Approach to the Patient with Jaundice Introduction to liver function & diseases, liver failure Drug & toxin induced liver damage ( incl. Alcoholic liver disease), autoimmune hepatitis, metabolic liver diseases Cholestatic disorders(incl. Cholangiopathies, Billiary atresia) TBL: Acute Diarrhhea Hepatitis Viruses Acute hepatitis Antiprotozoal drugs Digestion and absorption of dietary fats Circulatory disorders of the liver Infectious diseases of the liver Hepatitis A and B vaccines Sectional and clinic anatomy Transport and storage of fats Synthesis, transport and excretion of cholesterol Liver nodules & neoplasms Disorders & neoplasms of the gallbladder Pathology of the exocrine pancreas Biosynthesis of fatty acids Synthesis, transport and excretion of cholesterol Drug used in gastrointestinal disorders Digestion of proteins, enzymes in stomach and intestines, effects of hormones | - |
| 5 | Liver, pancreas Biosynthesis of fatty acids Transamination, oxidative deamination Utilization of carbon skeletons of amino acids in citric acid cycle Metabolism of histidine, lysine, hydroxylysine and aromatic amino acids Metabolism of serine, alanine, cysteine, methionine, threonine and glycine Acute and Chronic Liver Diseases Ascites Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis (Portal Venous System and Portal Hypertension/non-portal ascites) Pancreatitis (Acute / Chronic) Antihelmintic drugs Determination of HDL-cholesterol Metabolism of branched chain amino acids, aspartate, asparagine, glutamate, glutamine, proline, hydroxyproline, arginine Transaminases Abdominal pain Inherited gastrointestinal tract diseases Urea cycle, its integration with citric acid cycle Regulation of urea cycle and metabolic disorders | - |
| 6 | Hepatoxic effects of drugs Urea determination Determination of bilirubin and urobilinogen Determination of uric acid Emergency surgery in gastrointestinal system, Study for Final exam and Final exam | - |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach (1st Edition); Aaron Berkowitz; McGraw-Hill, 2017. |
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| 2. Gray’s Anatomy for Students (3rd Edition); Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell; Churchill Livingston Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2015. | |
| 3. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (13th Edition); John E. Hall; Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2016. | |
| 4. Histology: A Text and Atlas With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology (7th Edition); Micheal H. Ross, Wojciech Pawlina; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015. | |
| 5. Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (10th Edition); Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia Alcott Sadock, Pedro Ruiz; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2017. | |
| 6. Medical Microbiology (7th Edition); Patrick Murray, Ken Rosenthal, Michael Pfaller; Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, 2013. | |
| 7. Molecular and Cellular Biophysics; Meyer B. Jackson; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006. | |
| 8. Robbins Basic Pathology (10th Edition); Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster; Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, 2018. | |
| 9. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (10th Edition); Keith L. Moore, T. V. N. Persaud, Mark G. Torchia; Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2015. | |
| 10. Medical Microbiology (9th Edition); Patrick Murray, Ken Rosenthal, Michael Pfaller; Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, 2020. | |
| 11. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. John Bennett Raphael Dolin Martin J. Blaser. 9 th edition., 2019 | |
| 12. Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 28e, McGraw-Hill Education, 2019 |
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 |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 6 | 15 | 90 |
| Laboratory | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| Application | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 6 | 15 | 90 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 6 | 14 | 84 |
| Total Workload | 296 | ||