Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY	Second cycle	ECF 611		1	6.00	6.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Betul Aycan
Lecturer(s)	Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Betul Aycan
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	Topics are presented theoritically and at the end of the lesson question-answer method is used to repeat what is learned during the day.
Course objective	Teaching the principles of Neuropsychopharmacology
Course description	In this lesson students learn the principles of Neuropsychopharmacology

Course contents

1	General information about neurodegenerative diseases
2	Substance abuse
3	Schizophrenia,
4	Bipolar disorders
5	Alcohol
6	Huntington
7	Multipyl sclerosis
8	Parkinson
9	Epilepsy
10	Anxiety
11	Depression
12	Alzheimer
13	Dementia
14	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Learning the principles of Neuropsychopharmacology
2	Learning the definitions of neurodegenerative disease
3	Learning the physiopathological process of neurodegenerative disease
4	Learning how to treat patients with neurodegenerative diseases
5	Learning how to take care of patients who have neurodegenerative disease
6	Learnin how to supervise patients who have neurodegenerative disease
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	6	84
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	20	20
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			156
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Goodman and Gillman’s Manual Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Color Atlas of Pharmacology, Textbook of Receptor Pharmacology, Current Protocols in Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiologic Approach, Bioassay Techniques for Drug Development
Additional references	Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiologic Approach, Bioassay Techniques for Drug Development

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