Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nutrition on Metabolik Disorders
Course Code: BDY537
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Teach current nutritional therapy, screening methods and formation mechanisms of congenital metabolic diseases, transfer of researches related to subject and discuss the clinic applications of regarding the nutrition treatment of diseases and comment them.

Course Content

Interpretation of the classification, diagnosis, incidence, complications, and clinical and laboratory findings of congenital metabolic diseases, Medical treatment methods, nutritional therapy methods and discussion of different applications and approaches in nutritional therapy methods of congenital metabolic diseases, includes case reports for congenital metabolic disease.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Gains knowledge and skills about the congenital metabolic diseases dietitian.
2.Learns practices of congenital metabolic diseases by observing.
3.Learns the methods to be applied in patient care at polyclinic and clinic.
4.Learns reading of patient file, analyzing the information in the files and planning nutritional therapy based on clinical and laboratory findings.
5.Learns problems and solutions encountered in the nutritional treatment of congenital metabolic diseases.
6.Gains a skill to making teamwork with all stakeholders in congenital metabolic diseases.
7.Join in clinical researches about congenital metabolic diseases.
8.Gain the skills accessing to information, analyzing and presenting this information related to the congenital metabolic diseases.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Prof. Dr. Gülden Köksal, Uz. Dyt. Hülya Gökmen. Çocuk Hastalıklarında Beslenme Tedavisi, Hatiboğlu Yayınevi, 2000, Ankara
2.Acosta PB, Yannicelli S. The Ross Metabolic Formula System Nutrition Support Protocols, 3rd Ed, Ohio, 1997.
3.Beslenme ve diyet dergileri,
4.Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
5.Molecular Genetics of Metabolism
6.American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
7.European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
8.John Fernandes, Jean-Marie Saudubray, Georges van den Berghe, John H Walter. Inborn Metabolic Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment, 4th Edition, Spirnger, Heidelberg, 2006.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of congenital metabolic diseases
Week 2 - Theoretical
Phenylketonuria, maternal phenylketonuria and new approaches in nutritional therapy
Week 3 - Theoretical
Phenylketonuria and BH4
Week 4 - Theoretical
Phenylketonuria and large neutral amino acids
Week 5 - Theoretical
Phenylketonuria and glucomacropeptids
Week 6 - Theoretical
Amino acid metabolism disorders (MSUD, tyrosinemia, homocystinuria) and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Week 7 - Theoretical
Organic acidemias and new approaches in nutritional treatment I
Week 8 - Theoretical
Organic acidemias and new approaches in nutritional treatment II (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Urea cycle defects and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Week 10 - Theoretical
Carbohydrate metabolism disorders (galactosemia) and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Week 11 - Theoretical
Carbohydrate metabolism disorders (fructosemia) and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Week 12 - Theoretical
Carbohydrate metabolism disorders (glycogen storage diseases) and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Fat metabolism disorders (hyperlipoproteinemia) and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Week 14 - Theoretical
Fat metabolism disorders (MCADD, LCADD, VLCADD) and new approaches in nutritional treatment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%10
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment110212
Presentation 110212
Individual Work1549
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination140242
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)129
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
3
4
4
4
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
4
3
4
4
3
OÇ-4
3
4
4
3
4
OÇ-5
4
4
3
4
3
OÇ-6
4
3
3
3
3
OÇ-7
3
3
4
4
4
OÇ-8
3
4
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026