Immune System (MED201) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Immune System MED201 5 2 2 6 0
Pre-requisite Course(s)
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Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To overview the definition and elements of the immune system, the development, structure and functions of the immune system elements, disorders related to this system, and immunotherapeutic. Also, to gain basic medical skills for evaluation of immune system. To give information about human flora, fever mechanism, basic principles of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance mechanisms.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Knows the anatomy of structures related to central nervous system and recognizes them on models.
  • Knows the anatomy of structures related to sensory organs and recognizes them on models.
  • Explains the physiology and interactions between central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and related sensory organs. Students will be able to perform EEG, stretch reflexes, hearing, vision and reflex tests in order to gain the ability to make attempts for patients.
  • Knows the biochemistry of hormonal systems stimulated by brain regions.
  • Recognizes the symptoms and pathological findings of neurological diseases.
  • Knows the analgesic and antipyretic drugs acting on nervous system, related agonists and antagonists, sedative and hypnotic drugs and neuroleptics in detail.
  • Evaluates MS, stroke and Alzheimer’s diseases with a neurological approach.
  • Knows the fine structure of central nervous system organs and structural components of it and the fine structure of eye and ear. Knows the embryological development of these organs.
  • Describes the microscopic characteristics of hypophysis and epiphysis. Knows the embryological development of these organs.
  • Describes the microorganisms in details which effect the central nervous system and knows their pathological findings.
Course Content Introduction to immunology;cellular immune response; humoral immune response; immune defence against microorganisms; immune tolerans and autoimmunity; tumour immunology; transplantation immunology; pharmacology of autocoids; general principles of antibiotics therapy; antineoplastic drugs.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Central nervous system; Spinal cord: General topography and internal structure,;The central nervous system: Afferent pathways, The central nervous system: Efferent pathways; Medulla oblongata; Pons; Mesencephalon; Cerebellum -
2 Cranial nerves; The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system; Thalamus; Hypothalamus; Fine structure and development of central nervous system organs -
3 Anatomy, histology and development of hypophysis; Epithalamus, subthalamus and basal ganglia; Motor functions of cerebellum and basal ganglia; Vestibular sensations and equilibrium; Reticular formation -
4 Histology and development of epiphyisis; Cerebral hemispheres; Limbic system; Vessels of the central nervous system; Anatomy, histology and development of the eyeball and the ear; The visual pathways; Auditory pathways; Sensory physiology -
5 Sensory receptors; Somatic sensation; Motor functions of the spinal cord; Motor cortex; Learning and memory; Hemispheric lateralization; Sleep and epilepsy; Hearing physiology and central pathways; Blood-brain barrier and CSF circulation; Brain blood flow -
6 Neuroendocrinology; Physiology of adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis; Physiology of hypothalamic and hypophysial hormones; Biochemistry of cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebral edema; Hydrocephalus -
7 Pathological findings in the central nervous system after trauma; Cerebrovascular Diseases; Enfections of the central nervous system -
8 Neurodegenerative diseases; Genetic metabolic diseases of the central nervous system; Tumours of the central nervous system; Pathologies of the eyeball, ear; Pathologies of hypophysis and pineal gland -
9 Central nervous system pharmacology; Anaesthetics; Analgesic and antipyretic drugs; Substance abuse and addiction; Depression therapy -
10 Sedative and hypnotic drugs; Demyelinization diseases; MS; Stroke; Prions; Slow viruses, Rabies virus; Depression; Anxiety; Emotional changes; Consciousness / perceptional changes -
11 Attention deficit; Introduction to sampling; Sampling methods EXAM -

Sources

Course Book 1. Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology (13th Edition); Patricia M. Tille; Elsevier Mosby, St. Louis, 2014.
2. Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics (15th Edition); Peter D. Turnpenny, Sian Ellard; Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2017.
3. Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry (30th Edition); Victor W. Rodwell, David Bender, Kathleen M. Botham, Peter J. Kennelly, P. Anthony Weil; McGraw-Hill, 2015.
4. Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology (27th Edition);‎ Karen C. Carroll,‎ Stephen A. Morse, Timothy Mietzner, Steve Miller; McGraw-Hill, China, 2016.
5. Rosai and Ackerman's surgical pathology / [edited by] John R. Goldblum, MD, Laura W. Lamps, MD, Jesse K. McKenney, MD, Jeffrey L. Myers, MD.
6. Gray's Atlas of Anatomy / Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell, Richard M. Tibbitts, Paul E. Richardson.
7. Sobotta Atlas of Human Anatomy / |c edited by F. Paulsen, J. Waschke ; translated by T. Klonisch, S. Hombach-Klonisch.
8. Goodman & Gilman's the Pharmacological basis of Therapeutics / editor, Laurence L. Brunton ; associate editors, Randa Hilal-Dandan, Björn C. Knollmann.
9. Histology and Cell Biology : An Introduction to Pathology / Abraham L. Kierszenbaum, Laura L. Tres
10. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 10th Edition. Keith Moore
11. Cells, Tissues, and Disease : Principles of General Pathology / Guido Majno, Isabelle Joris.
12. Medical Physiology. 3rd Edition . Elsevier. Walter F Boron and Emile L Boulpaep
13. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology 13th ed. Saunders
14. Basic Medical Microbiology / Patrick R. Murray
15. Neuroscience : exploring the brain / Mark F. Bear, PhD, Barry W. Connors, PhD, Michael A. Paradiso, PhD.

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
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
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
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) 11 12 132
Laboratory 11 5 55
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 11 10 110
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 10 10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 2 2
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 11 6 66
Total Workload 375