Information Package & Course Catalogue
| 1 | Course Title: | SEROLOGICAL TESTS |
| 2 | Course Code: | TİM5007 |
| 3 | Type of Course: | Optional |
| 4 | Level of Course: | Second Cycle |
| 5 | Year of Study: | 1 |
| 6 | Semester: | 1 |
| 7 | ECTS Credits Allocated: | 6 |
| 8 | Theoretical (hour/week): | 1 |
| 9 | Practice (hour/week) : | 4 |
| 10 | Laboratory (hour/week) : | 0 |
| 11 | Prerequisites: | None |
| 12 | Recommended optional programme components: | None |
| 13 | Language: | Turkish |
| 14 | Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| 15 | Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. BARBAROS ORAL |
| 16 | Course Lecturers: | Doç. Dr. Ferah BUDAK |
| 17 | Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
Uludağ Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, İmmünoloji Anabilim Dalı, 16059, Nilüfer, BURSA E-posta: oralb@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 2954114 |
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| 19 | Objective of the Course: | The aim of this course is to provide the student with an understanding the most commonly used immunological methods and the aim and theory behind those techniques. |
| 20 | Contribution of the Course to Professional Development |
| 21 | Learning Outcomes: |
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| 22 | Course Content: |
| Week | Theoretical | Practical |
| 1 | Features of antigen-antibody reactions | Laboratory regulations: Laboratory requisites and equipments |
| 2 | Incomplete antibodies, prezone phenomenon, non-specific anamnestic reaction | Admisson, preparation and storage of laboratory samples |
| 3 | Direct agglutination tests | Slide agglutination tests |
| 4 | Indirect agglutination tests | Direct aglutination tests (Grup agglutination) |
| 5 | Tests used for blood group typing | Direct microagglutination tests (Tularemi agglutination) |
| 6 | Hemagglutination, hemagglutination inhibition, hemadsorption and hemadsorption inhibition tests | IHA tests (Syphilis IHA) |
| 7 | Precipitation tests | VDRL |
| 8 | Complement fixation tests | Complement fixation tests (Mycoplasma CF) |
| 9 | Evaluation and reporting of Serological tests | Evaluation and reporting of serological tests |
| 10 | Nephelometric tests | Nephelometric tests (ASO, CRP) |
| 11 | Immunoblotting tests | EBV panel |
| 12 | ELISA and micro ELISA | Micro ELISA tests (H pylori IgG and IgA ELISA) |
| 13 | Chemiluminoscence, microparticul immunoassay, enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA) | ELFA tests (CMV IgG, IgA and avidity tests) |
| 14 | Fluorescant-antibody tests | Autoantibody tests (ANA test) |
| 23 | Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
1. Abbas A.K., Lichtman A.H., Pillai S.”Cellular and Molecular Immunology”, Elsevier Saunders Elsevier, 8th edition (2012). 2. Rich R.R., Fleisher T.A., Shearer W.T., Kotzin B.L., Schroeder Jr H.W., “Clinical Immunology: Principles and Practice”, Mosby International Ltd., 3rd edition (2008). 3. Stevens C.D., "Clinical Immunology & Serology: Laboratory Perspective", E.A. Davis Company, 3rd edition (2010). |
| 24 | Assesment |
| TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES | NUMBER | PERCENT |
| Midterm Exam | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 5 | 50 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 6 | 100 |
| Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade | 50 | |
| Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
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| 25 | ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE |
| Activites | NUMBER | TIME [Hour] | Total WorkLoad [Hour] |
| Theoretical | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Practicals/Labs | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Self Study and Preparation | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midtermexams | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exams | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total WorkLoad | 176 | ||
| Total workload/ 30 hr | 5,87 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
| 26 | CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LO: Learning Objectives | PQ: Program Qualifications |
| Contribution Level: | 1 Very Low | 2 Low | 3 Medium | 4 High | 5 Very High |