Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
11	MED 605	Psychiatry	0+90+0	3	3	27.03.2026

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
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Psychiatric interns should aim to improve their skills of actively incorporating any mental health issues that they will come across in their clinical practice. They should be able to diagnose and treat simple psychiatric cases (such as depressive illness, anxiety disorders) at a primary care level and make referrals to secondary care accordingly. Furthermore they should be able to make a risk assessment for each patient (including psychiatric emergencies such as risk of suicide/homicide).
Course Content	Present a case which should include description of symptoms and mental state features, a etiological factors, medical/legal/family/substance misuse history, differential diagnoses, a plan of management, assessment of prognosis and risk assessment. Present a recently published research article in the field of Psychiatry improving your knowledge of statistics and methodology in medical research.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Dr. Gökşen Yüksel Yalçın Lecturer Phd. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş
Name of Lecturers	Dr. Gökşen Yüksel Yalçın Associate Prof. Dr. Burcu Yavuz Lecturer Phd. Ürün Özer Ağırbaş Lecturer Phd. Barış Sancak
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	İleri yaşlarda görülen psikiyatrik bozukluklar; ed. George S. Alexopoulos, çeviri ed. Engin Eker ; çev. Gökhan Kotiloğlu Yaşlılık ve psikiyatri; Süha Özaşkınlı...[et al] Alzheimer hastalığı ve ilişkili demansların nöropsikiyatrik özellikleri; ed. Jeffrey L. Cummings, Harry Vinters, Jenaro Felix ; çev. ed. Gökhan Erkol ; çev. Barış Metin
Course Notes	Case presentations and discussions Attendance at Outpatient clinics and observation Taking History and performing Mental State Examination of patients seen at the Emergence Department or on medical/surgical wards as part of the concept of Liaison Psychiatry

Course Category

Health

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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
Field Evaluation	1	% 100
Total	1	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Practice	1	90	90
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 3 90

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Describe the clinical presentation of common psychiatric disorders and summarize the major categories of psychiatric disorders, using ICD-10/ DSM V.
2	Describe the pharmacological, psychological and other (e.g. ECT)treatment options for psychiatric patients, including the in dications, method of acitons and side effects.
3	Describe what may constitute risk to self-suicide, self- harm, high risk behavior) and risk to and from others and can conduct a risk assessment.
4	Take a full psychiatric history and carry outa mental state examination.
5	Understand principles of immediate care in psychiatric emergencies which may occur in A & E and general medical settings.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Describe the clinical presentation of common psychiatric disorders and summarize the major categories of psychiatric disorders, using ICD-10/ DSM V
3	Describe the pharmacological, psychological and other (e.g. ECT)treatment options for psychiatric patients, including the in dications, method of acitons and side effects.
5	Describe what may constitute risk to self-suicide, self- harm, high risk behavior) and risk to and from others and can conduct a risk assessment.

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Additive Level: 1: Very Low 2: Low 3: Medium 4: High 5: Very High

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