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  Course Description
Course Name : Extracellular potentials-1

Course Code : BFZ-543

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 5

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. İSMAİL GÜNAY
Prof.Dr. İSMAİL GÜNAY

Learning Outcomes of the Course : knows the electrode types and significance of electrode in recording potentials
can explain the differences between single fiber potential and compound potential
can explain the relation between intracellular and extracellular potantials
can interpret and record EKG signals
Knows EMG recording methods
can explain the physical basis of EEG

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The correlation between intracellular and extracellular potentials, interpretation of surface potentials and their importance in clinical application

Course Contents : Excitable cells, intracellular potentials, single fiber potentials and compound potentials, surface potentials, volume-conductor potentials, the relation between intracellular and extracellular potentials, homework1,2,3,4,5, sucrose-gap, EKG-MKG, EMG-MMG, EEG-MEG.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom, laboratory


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 excitable cells reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
2 intracellular potentials reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
3 single fiber potentials and compound potentials reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
4 surface potentials reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
5 volume-conductor potentials reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
6 the relation between intracellular and extracellular potentials reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
7 homework1 reviews books and literature presentation, practice, discussion
8 sucrose-gap reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
9 Homework2 reviews books and literature presentation, practice, discussion
10 EKG-MKG reads the related chapter beforehand Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
11 homework3 reviews books and literature presentation, practice, discussion
12 EMG-MMG student reads the related chapter previously Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
13 Homework4 reviews books and literature presentation, practice, discussion
14 EEG-MEG reads the related chapter Lecture,classroom discussion,problem solving, open textbook tests, take home tests
15 Homework5 reviews books and literature presentation, practice, discussion
16/17 Final exam oral and written exam, practice


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Cellular biophysics-Thomas Fisher Weiss, 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Biophysics lecture notes- Problems and practices- Prof Dr Ferit Pehlivan´s Biophysics book
 Textbook of Physiology Vol 1 Excitable Cells and Neurophysiology-H.D Patton, Albert F. Fuchs, Bertil Hille, Allen M. Scher, Robert Steiner 1989 WB Saunders Philadelphia
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 5 50
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Students do an experiment on their own 3
2 Students have analytic notion mechanism related to the field, they are able to have access to reliable knowledge, they are able to design and write a research project , they study depending on ethical values 4
3 Students are able to systematically impart the theoretical knowledge that is being investigated to the audience effectively and transfer it to public 2
4 Students are able to report the results of a research 4
5 Students are able to interpret the findings of a research 4
6 Students have scientific consideration related to the profession 3
7 Students do an experimental setup in the laboratory and study on it 5
8 Students plan an experimental research 5
9 Students get basic knowledge of the specialiity 5
10 Students prepare a project proposal by themselves 3
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 28 2 56
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 5 5 25
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 113
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.52
ECTS Credit: 5