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| AFT6002 | Epidemics in disasters | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | Department of Disaster Medicine (Interdisciplinary) | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Gürdal YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr. Gürdal Yılmaz, Prof. Dr. Funda Öztuna, Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sevil Turhan | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to teach essential information about infectious diseases that may develop after disasters, risk factors that predispose to the development of these diseases, control and prevention of these infectious diseases. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | design and execute projects to protect and improve human health in disasters | 1,2,3 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | provide organization and coordination in the execution of emergency health services and public health services in disasters that occur within the borders of the country and worldwide | 1,2,3 | 1,5, | | PO - 3 : | take an active role in the medical management of disasters within a multidisciplinary team approach by using the advanced knowledge gained in the field of disaster medicine. | 1,2,3 | 1,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction and general concepts, Risk Factors for Post-Disaster Communicable Diseases, Control of communicable diseases and prevention of epidemics during disasters, Identification and detection of epidemic cases in disasters, Laboratory, waste management and environmental studies, protection and control measures, Infection diseases in case of disaster Announcement of findings and results, Measures to be taken for the control of Epidemics, Source-oriented measures, Measures for the transmission route and control of vectors, Precautions for healthy people, Ingestion and dermal diseases and their characteristics, Respiratory transmitted diseases and their characteristics, Infectious disease reporting and isolation, immunization and immunization, disinfection, sterilization, sanitation |
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| 1 | Bisen, P. S.,& Raghuvanshi, R. (2013). Emerging epidemics: Management and control. John Wiley & Sons | | | 2 | Western, K. A. (1982). Epidemiologie surveillance after a natural disaster. Epidemiologie surveillance after a natural disaster. | | | |
| 1 | Noji, E. K. (Ed.). (1996). The public health consequences of disasters. Oxford University Press.
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | Kasım 2021 | 2 | 30 | | Presentation | 5 | Ekim 2021 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | Ocak 2022 | 2 | 50 | | |
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