Information Package / Course Catalogue
Safe Medication Use
Course Code: TL303
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To provide the basic information on the safety drug usage in risky periods.

Course Content

Basic principles of safety drug usage, basic principles of safety drug usage in special physiological and risky periods, evaluation, prevention and treatment of drug toxicity in risky periods, safety drug usage in infants and childhood, safety drug usage in pregnancy and lactation, safety drug usage in geriatrics, safety drug usage in some chronic diseases.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. Students are well informed about the safety drug usage in risky periods
2.2. The safety drug usage in chronic diseases
3.3. The drug-food, drug-alcohol, drug-drug interactions
4.4. The safety drug usage in special physiological periods
5.5.gain information about rational antibiotic use.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.T.C. Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu Başkanlığı, Editör: Prof. Dr. Ahmet AKICI 2013 SGK Yayın No: 93, ISBN: 978-605-63932-4-2 Ankara, Haziran 2013
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of safety drug usage.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The toxicological outcomes of drug-food interactions
Week 3 - Theoretical
The toxicological outcomes of drug-alcohol interactions.
Week 4 - Theoretical
The toxicological outcomes of drug-drug.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the epilepsy patients. and in the patients with hypertension
Week 6 - Theoretical
The nutritional deficiency caused by drugs, its classification, and the related examples.
Week 7 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the geriatrics.
Week 8 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the pregnancy.
Week 9 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the lactation.
Week 10 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the patients with infections.
Week 11 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the new born and children
Week 12 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the new born and children
Week 13 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the patients with diabetes.
Week 14 - Theoretical
The safety drug usage in the patients with diabetes.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment140228
Midterm Examination1123
Final Examination1022
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes