Information Package / Course Catalogue
Antibiotics
Course Code: TG301
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: 2
Objectives of the Course

To have knowledge about the general characteristics of antibiotics and understand the most important points of its using

Course Content

Course Content Discovery and the general features of antibiotics, antibacterial spectrum, effect mechanisms of antibiotic, development and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, dependans, ideal antibiotic, bacteriocins, side effects, the mistakes of using of antibiotics and the future of antibiotics.

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Learning Outcomes
1.To learn the general properties of antibiotics.
2.To learn the mechanism of action of antibiotics
3.To gain knowledge about spectrum
4.To have knowledge about the development of resistance to antibiotics
5.To learn the issues to be considered in the use of antibiotics.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Leblebicioğlu, H., Usluer, G., Ulusoy, S. 2003. Güncel Bilgiler Işığında Antibiyotikler, Bilimsel tıp yayınevi, Ankara, 574 s.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts and the discovery of antibiotics
Week 2 - Theoretical
General characteristics of antibiotics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Antibacterial spectrum
Week 4 - Theoretical
The mechanism of antibiotics: Metabolic antagonism, cell wall building block.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The mechanism of antibiotics: Effects on cell membrane, the effects of protein synthesis
Week 6 - Theoretical
The mechanism of antibiotics: Effect on the metabolism of nucleic acid, mixed effects
Week 7 - Theoretical
The development of resistance to antibiotics
Week 8 - Theoretical
Antibiyotik dependans
Week 9 - Theoretical
The properties of ideal antibiotic
Week 10 - Theoretical
Bacteriocins
Week 11 - Theoretical
Side effects of antibiotics
Week 12 - Theoretical
The mistakes of using of antibiotics and its results
Week 13 - Theoretical
The mistakes of using of antibiotics and its results
Week 14 - Theoretical
The future of antibiotics
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Individual Work110111
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination1718
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)55
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