Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
TISSUE PROCESSING FOR LIGHT MICROSCOPY	23403023		1 + 0	1.0	2.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Graduate Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals	To teach the techniques of tissue preparation for the light microscopy and to be able to carry out investigations in accordance with developing technology.
Course Content	Applications of light microscopy techniques (tissue reparation steps and sectioning methods) on various tissues in the laboratory and visualization of the tissues with these techniques
Learning Outcomes	1) To gain the knowledge of Tissue Preparation Techniques for The Light Microscopy 2) To be able to apply light microscopy tissue preparation techniques on various tissues in the laboratory 3) Visualization of the tissues with the developing technology

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Past day light microscopy and current developments	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Microscopy concepts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Microscope types and microscope anatomy	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Tissue monitoring procedures: Detection, washing, dehydration, embedding	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Sectioning methods	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	General principles of decalcification	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Decalification methods	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Routine dyes used in histology	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Special dyes used in histology	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Dyes showing methachromasia	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Histologic Slide Preparation closure methods	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Rules to pay attention in microscope observation	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Principles of image acquisition - I	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week	Principles of image acquisition - II	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week	Final exam	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Recommended Sources

Prophet Edna B. AFIP Laboratory Methods in Histotechnology. American Registry of Pathology. Washington D.C. 1992

Kiernan JA. Histological and Histochemical Methods. 2nd edition, Pergamon pres Oxford,England. 1990.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

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Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	2	28
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	10	1	10
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)	2	4	8
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
Final Exam	1	2	2
	1	2	2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30