COURSE SYLLABUS

LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS IN IMMUNOLOGY

1	Course Title:	LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS IN IMMUNOLOGY
2	Course Code:	TİM6003
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	8
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. FERAH BUDAK
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, İmmünoloji Anabilim Dalı, 16059, Nilüfer, BURSA E-posta: fbudak@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 2954134
18	Website:
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	It is aimed to educate researchers who have knowledge about the functioning of the immunology laboratory, laboratory diagnostic tests and diseases.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To gain information and skills needed for application of basic immunological laboratory tests;
2	To provide immunological knowledge for evaluating basic immunological laboratory tests;

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	Neutralisation tests	Complement fixation tests (Mycoplasma CF)
9	Immunoblotting	Evaluation and reporting of serological tests
10	Complement fixation	Nephelometric tests (ASO, CRP)
11	Nephelometric 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. Kılıçturgay K., “İmmünoloji”, Nobel & Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, 3. Baskı (2003). 2. Camcıoğlu Y., Deniz G. (Çeviri editörleri), “Temel İmmünoloji”, İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi (2008). 3. Bilgehan H., “Temel Mikrobiyoloji ve Bağışıklık Bilimi”, Barış Yayınları Fakülteler Kitabevi, 11. Baskı (2005).
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
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	There is a midterm and a final exam in the form as multiple choice, practical and in the form of the classic question.
Information	There will be a midterm and a final exam.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High