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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / KİM 488 - CHEMISTRY

Code: KİM 488 Course Title: MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department CHEMISTRY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BAHAR TUBA FINDIK (btfindik@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To teach the importance of blood proteins, enzymes, lipoproteins in clinical biochemistry and their role in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. To teach the role of lipoproteins in the diagnosis and monitoring of atherosclerosis, other factors in atherosclerosis, blood sugar elevation, regulation, liver function tests, oral glucose tolerance test, bilirubin measurement, and the meaning and importance of blood gases in clinical biochemistry.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can understand what the enzymes used in the clinic mean at the cellular level. PO-5 Gains the ability to establish interdisciplinary connections by combining different disciplines.
PO-15 Health, environment, medicine, textile, food etc. solves unforeseen problems encountered in practice in industrial areas.
 		Examination
LO-2 understands what the tests reflected in the clinic are and how these tests are interpreted. PO-3 Have the ability to use laboratory tools and materials effectively.
PO-4 Have the ability to interpret the data obtained by qualitative and quantitative analysis.
 		Examination
LO-3 understands the protocols to be followed in the laboratory to obtain healthy results. PO-3 Have the ability to use laboratory tools and materials effectively.
PO-6 Have a sense of professional and ethical responsibility.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes; Plasma proteins and immunoglobulins, Clinical enzymology, Tumour biochemistry, Clinical biochemistry, Determination of bilirubin (Lab), Taking the laboratory sample under appropriate conditions and transport to the laboratory, Lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis, Blood gases and respiratory biochemistry, Diabetes biochemistry and OGTT, Oral glucose tolerance test (LAB), Regulation of blood sugar, Liver function tests.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Clinical Biochemistry Question and answer, discussion
2 Laboratory in the diagnosis of diseases Question and answer, discussion
3 The role of the laboratory in the follow-up of diseases Question and answer, discussion
4 Screening tests Question and answer, discussion
5 Routine biochemistry Question and answer, discussion
6 Routine biochemistry Question and answer, discussion
7 Immunoassay methods and devices Question and answer, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Haematological analyses Question and answer, discussion
10 Haematological analyses Question and answer, discussion
11 Urine analyses Question and answer, discussion
12 Fetal screening tests Question and answer, discussion
13 Electrophoresis and chromatographic analyses Question and answer, discussion
14 Blood gas analyses Question and answer, discussion
15 Blood gas analyses Question and answer, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Emekli ve Yiğitbaşı. (2015). Klinik Biyokimya. Nobel Kitapları Tic.Ltd.Şti. Baskı Akademi Basım Yayın. İstanbul.
2 McPherson, Richard A. and Pincus, Matthew R., "Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 24th ed" (2021). Faculty Bookshelf. 268. https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/books/268
Required Course instruments and materials
Projector

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 14 56
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 8 8
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 4 16
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 4 16
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 126