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Course Goal / Objective
Pharmaceutical Botany or Pharmacobotany, pharmaceutical Botany, is an applied branch of botanical science. In this course, medicinal plants carrying pharmaceutical active substances and Drogs obtained from their various organs are given information about the active substances they cover, where they are used. Classification of medicinal plants, i.e. Systematics, scientific nomenclature and plant diagnosis; systematic sorting of medicinal plants in various plant groups, especially vascular plants, from an evolutionary point of view; introduction of poisonous and economic plants; Flora and plant biodiversity of Turkey; introduction of natural and medicinal plants of Turkey and innovations related to medicinal plants are among the aims of the course of pharmaceutical Botany.
Course Content
Flora of Turkey and Plant Systematics. Definition of pharmaceutical Botany and its importance in pharmacy, general concepts. Nomenclature and classification of plants and Drogs, biological active compounds of plants and Drogs. Cryptogam plants and classification used in the production of vaccines, serum and antibiotics. Bacteriophyta, Cyanophyta, Phycophyta, Mycophyta, lichens, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta; Gymnospermae and Angiospermae; characteristics of monocotyl and Dicotyl plants, comparison. Important families, plants, drugs, active substances, effects and uses in terms of Pharmacy. Distribution and use of Medicinal Plants of Turkey. Herbarium, creating herbarium material, the importance of herbarium in terms of Pharmacy
Course Precondition
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Understand the importance of herbarium for the students of the Faculty of Pharmacy. |
| LO02 | Learns to prepare a sample herbarium. |
| LO03 | Learns to collect plant samples from nature for herbarium. |
| LO04 | Herbarium samples learn pressing and drying. |
| LO05 | Learns methods of plant analysis in stereo microscope, plant diagnosis, herbarium label preparation. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have sufficient knowledge in pharmaceutical field and develop the knowledge. | 3 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Comprehends professional knowledge with ethical responsibility through current laws and legislation. | |
| PLO03 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Provides consultancy service to patients, community and health care personnel and evaluates advanced knowledge and skills with a critical approach. | 1 |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Possessing the knowledge of historical and current developments in the field of Pharmacy, monitoring, evaluation and application of scientific and evidence-based data, and adopting lifelong learning. | 2 |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Have the knowledge and skills to help provide patient-oriented pharmacy applications and individualized pharmaceutical care by learning the basics of Clinical Pharmacy, | |
| PLO06 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Takes a role in the evaluation and analysis of the events and cases related to the development of pharmacy profession and education. | 3 |
| PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Integrates and develops professional knowledge via different disciplines and uses the acquired knowledge to improve the health level and quality of life of the community. | 3 |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Use effectively the concepts and applications of basic sciences and basic medical sciences in the field of medicine and pharmacy and update the information. | 2 |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Communicates effectively in writing and speaking. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Practices the profession in accordance with Atatürk's principles and reforms, equipped with universal knowledge, uses Turkish correctly and knows at least one foreign language. | |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Be an example to society withexternal appearance, demeanor, attitude and behavior for the other professionals and society and with professional identity | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Have knowledge about health policies and health economics, pharmacy management and define the problems in pharmaceutical field. | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Interprets information about current health and treatment problems and attends meeting on related matters . Plays an active role in community health. | 1 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Acquires basic information about diseases, makes decisions about the drugs used in treatment in accordance with rational drug use. | 1 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Purpose Of Herbarium | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 2 | Areas Of Usage Of Herbarium Sample | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 3 | Arrangement Of Specimens In Herbarium | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 4 | The place and environment of the plant, the place of the plant notes | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 5 | Some Important Rules Of Herbarium Construction | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 6 | Collection of plants from nature, the materials necessary for collection studies, the time of collection of samples and the points to be considered in the collection of the samples in the form | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 7 | Collection of plants from nature, the materials necessary for collection studies, the time of collection of samples and the points to be considered in the collection of the samples in the form | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | ||
| 9 | Pressing plant samples | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 10 | Matters To Be Considered At The Family Level When Making Herbarium | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 11 | Making Pressed Plant | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 12 | Plant Diagnosis | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 13 | Labeling herbarium samples, infor | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 14 | Conservation of herbarium samples | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 15 | Conservation of herbarium samples | Textbooks, Current literature review on the subject | |
| 16 | Term Exams | ||
| 17 | Term Exams |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 56 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 2,24 | ||
| ECTS | 2 ECTS | ||