Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
9MED 503Psychiatry33+45+05527.03.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program School of Medicine (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Category of Course Unit Clerkships
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The purpose of Psychiatry Clerkship, is to provide necessary knowledge about etiology, clinical symptoms and signs, management and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Skills about psychiatric examination (mental status examination) and history taking, approaching to emergent psychiatric patient, knowledge about the relationship of psychiatric disorders with other medical conditions and differential diagnosis are aimed to be taught.
Course Content Assessment Methods ?20% absence requires repeating the course
Attendance to the inpatient clinic of Bakirkoy Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Education and Research Hospital is compulsory
Clinical assessment (By history taking and discussion of relevant cases. Contributes to 20% of final points)
Written final exam (Multiple choice 40 questions, contributes to 40% of final points)
Structured oral exam (4 questions, contributes to 40% of final points)
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Associate Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz Göksan
Lecturer
Phd. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş
Name of Lecturers Instructor Dr. Barış Sancak
Instructor Dr. Gökşen Yüksel Yalçın
Associate Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz Göksan
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Adli nöropsikiyatri; ed: Dursun Kırbaş, ed: Nur Birgen, ed: Gökhan Oral.
Nöropsikiyatri seminerleri 1; yayına haz.; Yankı Yazgan, Aynur Özge
Ağrı ve psikiyatri; Doksat, Kerem
Course Notes Educational Methods; Theoretical lectures
Clinical Skills Training at Bakirkoy Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Case presentations

Course Category
Health %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Exam I 1 % 40
Internship exam 1 % 40
Presentation 1 % 20
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 1 12 12
Presentation 1 12 12
Practice 1 48 48
Final examination 3 25 75
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 147

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Obtain a psychiatric history and perform psychiatric examination (mental status examination)
2 Define psychiatric symptoms and signs
3 Use psychiatric terminology
4 Identify and classify psychopharmacologic drugs
5 Define psychosis as a concept and diagnose schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
6 Treat a psychotic patient (in acute and follow-up periods)
7 Diagnose bipolar disorder, make differential diagnosis and treat a patient in an acute manic episode
8 Diagnose major depressive disorder, treat a patient in depressive episode
9 Diagnose anxiety disorders, make differential diagnosis and treat a patient with anxiety disorder
10 Diagnose obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders
11 Diagnose substance use disorders and define intoxication and withdrawal
12 Define somatoform and dissociative disorders and make differential diagnosis with other medical conditions
13 Define psychosocial trauma and diagnose trauma related psychiatric disorders
14 Describe eating disorders
15 Define psychiatric emergencies and choose appropriate intervention
16 Describe personality disorders
17 Define and manage psychiatric disorders seen in perinatal period
18 Define consultation liaison psychiatry and related disorders
19 Define psychiatric disorders seen in childhood and adolescence and choose appropriate intervention
20 Have an opinion about psychotherapies and psychologic tests
21 Have ability to read and analyse medical literature in psychiatry

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Psychiatric Signs and Symptoms Mental Status Examination Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders Eating Disorders Personality Disorders Substance Related Disorders Mood Disorders Psychiatric Emergencies
2 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine Schizophrenia Other Psychotic Disorders Psychopharmacology Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Anxiety Disorders Perinatal Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Autism Spectrum Disorders Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Learning Disorders Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Speech and Communication Disorders Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Tic Disorders Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ADHD Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ODD Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Enuresis Encopresis Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conduct Disorders
3 Psychotherapies Psychotherapy Lab Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychiatric Evaluation of Children and Adolescents Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Approaching Children and Adolescents with a Chronic or Mortal Disease and Their Families BAKIRKOY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITALBAKIRKOY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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  Additive Level: 1: Very Low 2: Low 3: Medium 4: High 5: Very High