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Course Description

CourseCodeSemesterT+P (Hour)CreditECTS
MEDICAL ENGLISH II-Yearly64+024
Course Program
Prerequisites Courses
Recommended Elective Courses
Language of CourseEnglish
Course LevelFirst Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Course TypeRequired
Course CoordinatorLect. Semih PALA
Name of Lecturer(s)Lect. Semih PALA
Assistant(s)
AimThis course aims the teaching of the fundamental structures, vocabulary and jargon of Medical English in order to facilitate the students’ professional and academic researches.
Course ContentThis course contains; VIRUSES - COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTER ACROSS A GAP ,TOXOPLASMOSIS - BACKACHE - EUGENICS,MEASLES - SMALL INTESTINE ,MENINGITIS - SICKLE CELL ANEMIA,LIVER TRANSPLANT - COLON CANCER ,GLIOBLASTOMA - INNATE IMMUNITY,CANCER - THROMBOPHLEBITIS,AMNIOTIC FLUID - ACQUIRED IMMUNITY,SURGERY - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD),PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME - ABDOMINAL(BOWEL) SOUNDS - IMPORTANCE of LYMPHATIC SYSTEM,PULMONARY EMBOLISM - ENLARGED BREAST in MEN - ANAESTHESIA,HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN - 4 TYPES of TISSUE - FROM FERTILIZATION to OLD AGE,SMALLPOX - ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS and HUMAN HEALTH - 10 HORMONAL DISEASES IN HUMANS,GERIATRICS - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTERIES and VEINS,DISARMING FLU VIRUSES - NONSPECIFIC DEFENSES – TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME,BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY - NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE - THE HUMAN LYNPHATIC SYSTEM,ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM - ARTIFICIAL HEART – DIAPHRAGM - HYPOTHALAMUS,HEALTHY SHOCKS TO THE HEAD - THE BIOLOGY OF BITTERNESS - URINARY BLADDER FUNCTION- LYMPH NODES,MACULAR DEGENERATION - EYE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - SPINAL CORD,EPIDEMIOLOGY – YAWNING - SALIVA IN MOUTH - THYROID GLAND FUNCTION - ESOPHAGUS DEFINITION,BROCCOLI KICKS CANCER - MORNING SICKNESS - SHINING A LIGHT ON PAIN – SALIVA HELPS DIGESTION - PHARYNX,BLOOD TRANSFUSION - STROKE – HEART FUNCTIONS - BRAIN,BIRD FLU - GROWING NEW ORGANS – HUMAN NOSE FACTS – LARGE INTESTINE,BIRTH DEFECTS - ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS - DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA – SMALL INTESTINE FUNCTION,AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - CIRRHOSIS - 15 TYPES OF GLANDS IN HUMAN BODY – SALIVARY GLANDS DEFINITION,A MODERN EPIDEMIC / STOMACH CANCER - TYPES OF LIVER DISEASES – PANCREAS ,HELICOBACTER PYLORI / HERNIA – MAMMARY GLANDS,AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS -ACUTE LIVER FAILURE- OVARIES – NASAL CAVITY,ANOREXIA - ECTOPIC PREGNANCY – LARYNX – HUMAN TONGUE,BREEDING SUPERBRAINS - NARCOLEPSY - MOUTH DISEASES – ADRENAL/PINEAL GLANDS,DRUGS - NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - PITUITARY GLAND DISEASE ,KAWASAKI DISEASE - KIDNEY STONES - LIST OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
Dersin Öğrenme KazanımlarıTeaching MethodsAssessment Methods
1. Have perceived advanced grammatical and lingual structures of English and will be able to use them with ease.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
1.1 Be able to express him/herself easily verbally and in written form.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
1.2 Be able to give the wished nuance to his/her words and sentences in both colloquial and academic spheres, regardless the fact s/he is delivering her/his ideas in spoken or written form.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
1.3 Be able to easily understand Medical academic texts and speeches without encountering any problem, regardless their length and complexity.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
2. Be able to make academic research in his/her field of study.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
2.1 Be able to scan the academic works in his/her field of study.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
2.2 Be able to follow recent academic articles and journals in relation to his/her field of study.10, 16, 9A, D, E
2.3 Be able to evaluate articles in relation to hid field of study.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3. Be able to employ the entity of rules and regulations of English academic writing.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3.1 Be able to write his/her own research paper, synthesizing in it the conclusions of his/her own or group research.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3.2 Be able to use advanced English to present papers, ask and answer questions, as well as defend or attack ideas in the conferences and seminars s/he will participate.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3.3 Be able to use English as both a recipient and source language for translations in his/her field of studies.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
Teaching Methods:10: Discussion Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method
Assessment Methods:A: Traditional Written Exam, D: Oral Exam, E: Homework

Course Outline

OrderSubjectsPreliminary Work
1VIRUSES - COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTER ACROSS A GAP
2TOXOPLASMOSIS - BACKACHE - EUGENICS
3MEASLES - SMALL INTESTINE
4MENINGITIS - SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
5LIVER TRANSPLANT - COLON CANCER
6GLIOBLASTOMA - INNATE IMMUNITY
7CANCER - THROMBOPHLEBITIS
8AMNIOTIC FLUID - ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
9SURGERY - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
10PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME - ABDOMINAL(BOWEL) SOUNDS - IMPORTANCE of LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
11PULMONARY EMBOLISM - ENLARGED BREAST in MEN - ANAESTHESIA
12HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN - 4 TYPES of TISSUE - FROM FERTILIZATION to OLD AGE
13SMALLPOX - ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS and HUMAN HEALTH - 10 HORMONAL DISEASES IN HUMANS
14GERIATRICS - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTERIES and VEINS
15DISARMING FLU VIRUSES - NONSPECIFIC DEFENSES – TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
16BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY - NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE - THE HUMAN LYNPHATIC SYSTEM
17ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM - ARTIFICIAL HEART – DIAPHRAGM - HYPOTHALAMUS
18HEALTHY SHOCKS TO THE HEAD - THE BIOLOGY OF BITTERNESS - URINARY BLADDER FUNCTION- LYMPH NODES
19MACULAR DEGENERATION - EYE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - SPINAL CORD
20EPIDEMIOLOGY – YAWNING - SALIVA IN MOUTH - THYROID GLAND FUNCTION - ESOPHAGUS DEFINITION
21BROCCOLI KICKS CANCER - MORNING SICKNESS - SHINING A LIGHT ON PAIN – SALIVA HELPS DIGESTION - PHARYNX
22BLOOD TRANSFUSION - STROKE – HEART FUNCTIONS - BRAIN
23BIRD FLU - GROWING NEW ORGANS – HUMAN NOSE FACTS – LARGE INTESTINE
24BIRTH DEFECTS - ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS - DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA – SMALL INTESTINE FUNCTION
25AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - CIRRHOSIS - 15 TYPES OF GLANDS IN HUMAN BODY – SALIVARY GLANDS DEFINITION
26A MODERN EPIDEMIC / STOMACH CANCER - TYPES OF LIVER DISEASES – PANCREAS
27HELICOBACTER PYLORI / HERNIA – MAMMARY GLANDS
28AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS -ACUTE LIVER FAILURE- OVARIES – NASAL CAVITY
29ANOREXIA - ECTOPIC PREGNANCY – LARYNX – HUMAN TONGUE
30BREEDING SUPERBRAINS - NARCOLEPSY - MOUTH DISEASES – ADRENAL/PINEAL GLANDS
31DRUGS - NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - PITUITARY GLAND DISEASE
32KAWASAKI DISEASE - KIDNEY STONES - LIST OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Resources
Materials designed by the lecturer and Internet resources
Webmd, Healthline, Mayo Clinic,and some other Internet sources

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
NoProgram QualificationContribution Level
12345
1
PQ1: Knows the morphological and functional normal and abnormal structure of human body.
2
PQ2: Knows the essential ways of determining the underlying causes of the pathologies with basic scientific approaches and the diagnoses of illnesses and disorders.
3
PQ3: Knows the reasons for illnesses, the ways of protection, and the methods of promotion and improvement of public health.
4
PQ4: Knows the methods of advancing his/her knowledge about health and its practice.
5
PQ5: Accesses, interprets and applies the advanced interdisciplinary information related to health.
6
PQ6: Performs a complete clinical examination of the human body, both morphologically and functionally and defines the problems.
7
PQ7: Interprets examination data for diagnoses, compares with clinical data, and provides solutions.
8
PQ8: Selects and applies appropriate tools for promotion and improvement of individual and public health.
9
PQ9: Plans and conducts an advanced study of health independently.
10
PQ10: Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve the problems encountered in the promotion and improvement of individual and public health.
11
PQ11: Takes responsibility for any intervention on the human body for the diagnosis and treatment.
12
PQ12: Determines personal learning requirements and decides and develops a positive lifelong learning attitude.
13
PQ13: Evaluates the information gained in the field of health with a critical approach.
14
PQ14: Informs the patient, the relevant people and institutions, and the public about the health problem and conveys recommendations of solutions in writing and/or verbally.
15
PQ15: Shares their recommendations on promotion and improvement of health with interdisciplinary experts by supporting with data.
16
PQ16: Uses English at least at the General Level of European Language Portfolio B1, follows resources in his/her field and communicates.
17
PQ17: Uses computer software, information, and communication technologies at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Operating License.
18
PQ18: Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of obtaining, interpreting, applying and announcing the data related to the field of health.
19
PQ19: Develops strategy, policy and implementation plans on health issues and evaluate the results obtained the framework of quality processes.
20
PQ20: Systematically shares his/her works on promoting and improving health with quantitative and qualitative data and interdisciplinary experts.
21
PQ21: Has sufficient awareness on occupational health and safety issues.

Assessment Methods

Contribution LevelAbsolute Evaluation
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success 40
Rate of Final Exam to Success 60
Total 100
ECTS / Workload Table
ActivitiesNumber ofDuration(Hour)Total Workload(Hour)
Course Hours28256
Guided Problem Solving28128
Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report000
Term Project000
Presentation of Project / Seminar000
Quiz000
Midterm Exam5735
General Exam11212
Performance Task, Maintenance Plan000
Total Workload(Hour)131
Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(131/30)4
ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit.

Detail Informations of the Course

Course Description

CourseCodeSemesterT+P (Hour)CreditECTS
MEDICAL ENGLISH II-Yearly64+024
Course Program
Prerequisites Courses
Recommended Elective Courses
Language of CourseEnglish
Course LevelFirst Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Course TypeRequired
Course CoordinatorLect. Semih PALA
Name of Lecturer(s)Lect. Semih PALA
Assistant(s)
AimThis course aims the teaching of the fundamental structures, vocabulary and jargon of Medical English in order to facilitate the students’ professional and academic researches.
Course ContentThis course contains; VIRUSES - COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTER ACROSS A GAP ,TOXOPLASMOSIS - BACKACHE - EUGENICS,MEASLES - SMALL INTESTINE ,MENINGITIS - SICKLE CELL ANEMIA,LIVER TRANSPLANT - COLON CANCER ,GLIOBLASTOMA - INNATE IMMUNITY,CANCER - THROMBOPHLEBITIS,AMNIOTIC FLUID - ACQUIRED IMMUNITY,SURGERY - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD),PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME - ABDOMINAL(BOWEL) SOUNDS - IMPORTANCE of LYMPHATIC SYSTEM,PULMONARY EMBOLISM - ENLARGED BREAST in MEN - ANAESTHESIA,HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN - 4 TYPES of TISSUE - FROM FERTILIZATION to OLD AGE,SMALLPOX - ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS and HUMAN HEALTH - 10 HORMONAL DISEASES IN HUMANS,GERIATRICS - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTERIES and VEINS,DISARMING FLU VIRUSES - NONSPECIFIC DEFENSES – TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME,BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY - NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE - THE HUMAN LYNPHATIC SYSTEM,ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM - ARTIFICIAL HEART – DIAPHRAGM - HYPOTHALAMUS,HEALTHY SHOCKS TO THE HEAD - THE BIOLOGY OF BITTERNESS - URINARY BLADDER FUNCTION- LYMPH NODES,MACULAR DEGENERATION - EYE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - SPINAL CORD,EPIDEMIOLOGY – YAWNING - SALIVA IN MOUTH - THYROID GLAND FUNCTION - ESOPHAGUS DEFINITION,BROCCOLI KICKS CANCER - MORNING SICKNESS - SHINING A LIGHT ON PAIN – SALIVA HELPS DIGESTION - PHARYNX,BLOOD TRANSFUSION - STROKE – HEART FUNCTIONS - BRAIN,BIRD FLU - GROWING NEW ORGANS – HUMAN NOSE FACTS – LARGE INTESTINE,BIRTH DEFECTS - ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS - DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA – SMALL INTESTINE FUNCTION,AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - CIRRHOSIS - 15 TYPES OF GLANDS IN HUMAN BODY – SALIVARY GLANDS DEFINITION,A MODERN EPIDEMIC / STOMACH CANCER - TYPES OF LIVER DISEASES – PANCREAS ,HELICOBACTER PYLORI / HERNIA – MAMMARY GLANDS,AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS -ACUTE LIVER FAILURE- OVARIES – NASAL CAVITY,ANOREXIA - ECTOPIC PREGNANCY – LARYNX – HUMAN TONGUE,BREEDING SUPERBRAINS - NARCOLEPSY - MOUTH DISEASES – ADRENAL/PINEAL GLANDS,DRUGS - NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - PITUITARY GLAND DISEASE ,KAWASAKI DISEASE - KIDNEY STONES - LIST OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
Dersin Öğrenme KazanımlarıTeaching MethodsAssessment Methods
1. Have perceived advanced grammatical and lingual structures of English and will be able to use them with ease.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
1.1 Be able to express him/herself easily verbally and in written form.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
1.2 Be able to give the wished nuance to his/her words and sentences in both colloquial and academic spheres, regardless the fact s/he is delivering her/his ideas in spoken or written form.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
1.3 Be able to easily understand Medical academic texts and speeches without encountering any problem, regardless their length and complexity.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
2. Be able to make academic research in his/her field of study.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
2.1 Be able to scan the academic works in his/her field of study.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
2.2 Be able to follow recent academic articles and journals in relation to his/her field of study.10, 16, 9A, D, E
2.3 Be able to evaluate articles in relation to hid field of study.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3. Be able to employ the entity of rules and regulations of English academic writing.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3.1 Be able to write his/her own research paper, synthesizing in it the conclusions of his/her own or group research.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3.2 Be able to use advanced English to present papers, ask and answer questions, as well as defend or attack ideas in the conferences and seminars s/he will participate.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
3.3 Be able to use English as both a recipient and source language for translations in his/her field of studies.10, 16, 6, 9A, D, E
Teaching Methods:10: Discussion Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method
Assessment Methods:A: Traditional Written Exam, D: Oral Exam, E: Homework

Course Outline

OrderSubjectsPreliminary Work
1VIRUSES - COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTER ACROSS A GAP
2TOXOPLASMOSIS - BACKACHE - EUGENICS
3MEASLES - SMALL INTESTINE
4MENINGITIS - SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
5LIVER TRANSPLANT - COLON CANCER
6GLIOBLASTOMA - INNATE IMMUNITY
7CANCER - THROMBOPHLEBITIS
8AMNIOTIC FLUID - ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
9SURGERY - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
10PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME - ABDOMINAL(BOWEL) SOUNDS - IMPORTANCE of LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
11PULMONARY EMBOLISM - ENLARGED BREAST in MEN - ANAESTHESIA
12HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN - 4 TYPES of TISSUE - FROM FERTILIZATION to OLD AGE
13SMALLPOX - ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS and HUMAN HEALTH - 10 HORMONAL DISEASES IN HUMANS
14GERIATRICS - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTERIES and VEINS
15DISARMING FLU VIRUSES - NONSPECIFIC DEFENSES – TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
16BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY - NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE - THE HUMAN LYNPHATIC SYSTEM
17ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM - ARTIFICIAL HEART – DIAPHRAGM - HYPOTHALAMUS
18HEALTHY SHOCKS TO THE HEAD - THE BIOLOGY OF BITTERNESS - URINARY BLADDER FUNCTION- LYMPH NODES
19MACULAR DEGENERATION - EYE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY - SPINAL CORD
20EPIDEMIOLOGY – YAWNING - SALIVA IN MOUTH - THYROID GLAND FUNCTION - ESOPHAGUS DEFINITION
21BROCCOLI KICKS CANCER - MORNING SICKNESS - SHINING A LIGHT ON PAIN – SALIVA HELPS DIGESTION - PHARYNX
22BLOOD TRANSFUSION - STROKE – HEART FUNCTIONS - BRAIN
23BIRD FLU - GROWING NEW ORGANS – HUMAN NOSE FACTS – LARGE INTESTINE
24BIRTH DEFECTS - ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS - DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA – SMALL INTESTINE FUNCTION
25AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - CIRRHOSIS - 15 TYPES OF GLANDS IN HUMAN BODY – SALIVARY GLANDS DEFINITION
26A MODERN EPIDEMIC / STOMACH CANCER - TYPES OF LIVER DISEASES – PANCREAS
27HELICOBACTER PYLORI / HERNIA – MAMMARY GLANDS
28AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS -ACUTE LIVER FAILURE- OVARIES – NASAL CAVITY
29ANOREXIA - ECTOPIC PREGNANCY – LARYNX – HUMAN TONGUE
30BREEDING SUPERBRAINS - NARCOLEPSY - MOUTH DISEASES – ADRENAL/PINEAL GLANDS
31DRUGS - NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - PITUITARY GLAND DISEASE
32KAWASAKI DISEASE - KIDNEY STONES - LIST OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Resources
Materials designed by the lecturer and Internet resources
Webmd, Healthline, Mayo Clinic,and some other Internet sources

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
NoProgram QualificationContribution Level
12345
1
PQ1: Knows the morphological and functional normal and abnormal structure of human body.
2
PQ2: Knows the essential ways of determining the underlying causes of the pathologies with basic scientific approaches and the diagnoses of illnesses and disorders.
3
PQ3: Knows the reasons for illnesses, the ways of protection, and the methods of promotion and improvement of public health.
4
PQ4: Knows the methods of advancing his/her knowledge about health and its practice.
5
PQ5: Accesses, interprets and applies the advanced interdisciplinary information related to health.
6
PQ6: Performs a complete clinical examination of the human body, both morphologically and functionally and defines the problems.
7
PQ7: Interprets examination data for diagnoses, compares with clinical data, and provides solutions.
8
PQ8: Selects and applies appropriate tools for promotion and improvement of individual and public health.
9
PQ9: Plans and conducts an advanced study of health independently.
10
PQ10: Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve the problems encountered in the promotion and improvement of individual and public health.
11
PQ11: Takes responsibility for any intervention on the human body for the diagnosis and treatment.
12
PQ12: Determines personal learning requirements and decides and develops a positive lifelong learning attitude.
13
PQ13: Evaluates the information gained in the field of health with a critical approach.
14
PQ14: Informs the patient, the relevant people and institutions, and the public about the health problem and conveys recommendations of solutions in writing and/or verbally.
15
PQ15: Shares their recommendations on promotion and improvement of health with interdisciplinary experts by supporting with data.
16
PQ16: Uses English at least at the General Level of European Language Portfolio B1, follows resources in his/her field and communicates.
17
PQ17: Uses computer software, information, and communication technologies at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Operating License.
18
PQ18: Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of obtaining, interpreting, applying and announcing the data related to the field of health.
19
PQ19: Develops strategy, policy and implementation plans on health issues and evaluate the results obtained the framework of quality processes.
20
PQ20: Systematically shares his/her works on promoting and improving health with quantitative and qualitative data and interdisciplinary experts.
21
PQ21: Has sufficient awareness on occupational health and safety issues.

Assessment Methods

Contribution LevelAbsolute Evaluation
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success 40
Rate of Final Exam to Success 60
Total 100

Numerical Data

Student Success

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