Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PARASITOLOGY ALVS108 2. Semester 0 + 0 0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals The course aims to teach basic concepts of parasitology, parasites, evolution, types, hosts, understanding of diseases, and treatment methods, which is the effect of the parasitic protozoan, helminth, and Arthropod species diagnosis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods to learn.
Course Content General characteristics, epidemiology, diagnostic and protection methods of Protozoa, Helminth, Arthropoda species subject to parasite diseases
Learning Outcomes 1) Knows the basic concepts of parasitology
2) Reviews parasite and host relationships.
3) Knows the harms that parasites made to their hosts.
4) Knows the ways of transmission of parasites and evolutionary processes.
5) Knows the ways parasitic infections and diagnosis, reviews prevention and treatment methods
6) Separates helminth, protozoan and arthropod types morphologically
7) Reviews distribution of parasitic diseases
8) Know the epidemiology of parasitic diseases. Compares the distribution of Turkey and the world

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week General Information on parasitology, Parasitology Definition of Terms Related to Parasitology Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
2. Week Evolution of parasites and host relations, kinds of parasitism Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
3. Week Infection of parasites, human parasitism, Nomenclature of Parasitic Diseases, parasites resources Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
4. Week Infection Tools of Parasitic Infections, Pathogenic Effects of parasites, Resistance to Parasitic Disease Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
5. Week General and Clinical Symptoms of Parasitic Infections, Parasitic Diseases’ Diagnostic Methods, Distribution and Influencing Factors of parasites in Turkey Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week General Parasitic Diseases Prevention and Control Methods, Protozoa, General Properties of Protozoa, human protozoan infections Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Diagnostic Methods of protozoan diseases, protozoa and parasitism, the digestive system flagellates Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Urogenital system flagellates, blood and tissue flagellates Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week Helminths, helminths’ General Properties, Transmission ways of helminths to human, helminth Pathogenesis and Clinical Symptoms Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Laboratory diagnosis of helminth, General Protection Ways from Helmint diseases Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week Helminths and parasitism, liver Trematods, intestine Trematods, Lung Trematods Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Bowel Nemotods, Arthropoda, mites and parasitism Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Flies and parasitism, Fleas and parasitism Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week Lice and parasitism, Bedbugs and parasitism Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
1. Altıntaş, K. ,Tıbbi Genel Parazitoloji ve Protozooloji ,Medical Network & Nobel 282 p. 2. Najarian , H.H. 1967 Textbook of Medical Parasitology . The Williams and Wilking Co. Baltimore 3. William G. , Sawitz, M.D. ,1956 Medical Parasitology Second Edition The Blakiston Division McGraw –Hill Book Company , Inc. New York Toronto London . 4. Sawitz , W.G. 1956 Medical Parasitology .McGraw-Hill Book Company , Inc. Copyright.U.S.A. 342p. 5. Beck , J.M. and Davies J.E. 1976 . Medical Parasitology . 2nd Ed. The C.V.Mosby Co., Saint Louis. 6. Çetin E.T.,Anğ ,Ö. ve Töreci K. 1985 Tııbbi Parazitoloji .4. Baskı , Fatih Gençlik Vakfı Matbaa İşletmesi . İstanbul . 528 s. 7. Westphal , A. , and Mühlpfordt, H. 1976 Protozoa . Thomson Litho. Ltd. East Kilbride , Scotland. 325p 8. Omurtag, C. 1975 , Medikal Protozooloji A.Ü. Ecz. Fak. Yayınları. Ankara No:34, 157s. 9. Unat E.K. ,Yücel A., Atlaş K., Samastı M., 1991, Unat’ın Tıp Parazitolojisi ,Dördüncü Baskı İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Yayınları İstanbul.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 18
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 18
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