MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

2020002004

Ders İsmi:

Infertility Clinic

Ders Yarıyılı:

Spring

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
2	0	2	3

Language of instruction:

Ders Koşulu:

Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?:

Type of course:

Bölüm Seçmeli

Course Level:

Associate

TR-NQF-HE:5. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Short Cycle

EQF-LLL:5. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Hatice Nur HALİPÇİ TOPSAKAL

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to provide students with basic information about infertility and to gain experience and skills in infertility clinics.
Course Content:	It covers reproductive functions, definition of infertility, epidemiology, causes, physical, psycho-social and economic reasons, diagnostic methods, treatment processes and the attempts of laboratory staff at all these stages.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Knows and defines female and male reproductive system functions in terms of infertility.
2) Defines infertility, explains its causes
3) Knows the interrogation tests used in the evaluation of sexual function in infertility.
4) Knows infertility diagnostic methods and the duties of medical laboratory technicians.
5) Gives examples of clinical guidelines for infertility
6) Knows the duties of medical laboratory technicians in infertility treatment methods.
7) Learns basic information about ethical issues and legal situations in infertility.
8) Knows the factors affecting reproduction, mechanism of action and their importance in terms of infertility.
9) Have general information about assisted reproductive techniques
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Definition of infertility, female and male reproductive system characteristics and its importance in terms of infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -Infertility and reproductive health publication, Acar Publishing Women's health and diseases 2015
2)	Epidemiology and causes of infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
3)	Interrogation tests used in the evaluation of sexual function in infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
4)	Diagnostic methods in infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
5)	Infertility diagnostic methods and duties of laboratory technicians	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
6)	Infertility treatment methods	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
7)	Basic information about ethical issues and legal situations in infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
8)	Midterm exam
9)	Factors affecting reproduction and their importance in terms of infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
10)	General information about assisted reproductive techniques-I	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
11)	General information about assisted reproductive techniques-II	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
12)	Complications that occur during the treatment process	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
13)	Psycho-social, economic aspects of infertility	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
14)	The effect of infertility on spousal relationship and sexuality	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
15)	Conditions affecting success in infertility treatment and what to do	-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005, -Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006 -İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

-A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005,
-Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006
-İnfertilite ve üreme sağlığı yayını, Acar basım Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları 2015

References:

A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction: The Bourn Hall Guide To Clinical and Laboratory Practice: Includes Bourn Hall Protocols on CD-ROM,Peter R. Brinsden (Editor), Informa Healthcare; 3 edition, 2005,
-Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington, 2006
-Infertility and reproductive health publication, Acar Publishing Women's health and diseases 2015

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10
Program Outcomes
1) Have basic knowledge about normal structure-functions of human systems.
2) Gains knowledge about the workflow and organization in medical laboratories.
3) Have basic theoretical and applied knowledge about the field.
4) Knows manual and automatic analysis methods in the Medical Laboratory and produces solutions in case of malfunctions.
5) Takes the samples that the specialist physician deems necessary from the patient in an appropriate way, and performs the sample transfer under appropriate conditions.
6) Performs routine examinations in the medical laboratory, follows the sample, concludes the analysis and establishes the relationship with the diseases.
7) Accurately obtains the findings, organizes them, presents them for sharing and use in accordance with the purpose.
8) Takes safety precautions in the medical laboratory, applies personal safety rules and creates a safe laboratory environment.
9) In the working environment; applies first aid and emergency care in accordance with the guide/directive in emergency situations.
10) Takes responsibility in a given task and carries it out individually and takes responsibility in working groups when necessary.
11) Gains proficiency in recognizing devices related to the field and fixing simple problems.
12) It carries out the necessary activities for the professional development of the employees under its responsibility.
13) Participates in the necessary programs, vocational in-service training activities and other studies in order to improve herself personally and professionally by updating the knowledge, skills and competencies related to her field with the awareness of lifelong learning.
14) It follows the developments in technology and science and has the consciousness of constantly renewing itself.
15) Gains the ability to communicate effectively with physicians ,colleagues, other healthcare professionals and patients in an ethical framework., other healthcare professionals and patients in an ethical framework.
16) Uses his/her mother tongue at a good level in oral and written communication for his/her profession.
17) He/she makes preliminary preparations for manual and automatic studies before analysis.
18) Applies basic tests related to different areas of the medical laboratory.
19) Uses medical laboratory equipment in accordance with its rules and techniques, ensures that they work in the most efficient way by controlling and maintaining them.
20) Have sufficient awareness of environmental protection and occupational safety.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Have basic knowledge about normal structure-functions of human systems.
2)	Gains knowledge about the workflow and organization in medical laboratories.
3)	Have basic theoretical and applied knowledge about the field.
4)	Knows manual and automatic analysis methods in the Medical Laboratory and produces solutions in case of malfunctions.
5)	Takes the samples that the specialist physician deems necessary from the patient in an appropriate way, and performs the sample transfer under appropriate conditions.
6)	Performs routine examinations in the medical laboratory, follows the sample, concludes the analysis and establishes the relationship with the diseases.
7)	Accurately obtains the findings, organizes them, presents them for sharing and use in accordance with the purpose.
8)	Takes safety precautions in the medical laboratory, applies personal safety rules and creates a safe laboratory environment.
9)	In the working environment; applies first aid and emergency care in accordance with the guide/directive in emergency situations.
10)	Takes responsibility in a given task and carries it out individually and takes responsibility in working groups when necessary.
11)	Gains proficiency in recognizing devices related to the field and fixing simple problems.
12)	It carries out the necessary activities for the professional development of the employees under its responsibility.
13)	Participates in the necessary programs, vocational in-service training activities and other studies in order to improve herself personally and professionally by updating the knowledge, skills and competencies related to her field with the awareness of lifelong learning.
14)	It follows the developments in technology and science and has the consciousness of constantly renewing itself.
15)	Gains the ability to communicate effectively with physicians ,colleagues, other healthcare professionals and patients in an ethical framework., other healthcare professionals and patients in an ethical framework.
16)	Uses his/her mother tongue at a good level in oral and written communication for his/her profession.
17)	He/she makes preliminary preparations for manual and automatic studies before analysis.
18)	Applies basic tests related to different areas of the medical laboratory.
19)	Uses medical laboratory equipment in accordance with its rules and techniques, ensures that they work in the most efficient way by controlling and maintaining them.
20)	Have sufficient awareness of environmental protection and occupational safety.

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Anlatım
Course
Homework
Soru cevap/ Tartışma

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Yazılı Sınav (Açık uçlu sorular, çoktan seçmeli, doğru yanlış, eşleştirme, boşluk doldurma, sıralama)

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Semester Final Exam	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Midterms	1	15	15
Final	1	20	20
Total Workload			91