Introduction to Vaccination

Instructor: Buğra Han Egeli - UAA'14

Medical Doctor, Cerrahpaşa University

Master of Science in Clinical Research Candidate, Boston University - USA

Course Description

Without a doubt vaccination is one of the greatest public health achievements in the medical field. They are widely accepted around the globe and have been in clinical practice for decades now. Vaccines are part of a spectrum of biological treatment including childhood diseases and even COVID-19.

Despite the widely accepted clinical use, vaccines still cause controversy to this day. This course will be a combination of foundational science, how people study the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and the social determinants of health. In addition to this treatment method, we will be discussing different diseases and how they spread, and how to promote this public health measure as young interrogating minds.

Course Details

Class Size: Max 20

Prerequisites: -

Course Goals:

Through this course you will:

Understand the key concepts of basic immunology
Specify the different types of vaccines
Explain the principles of infectious disease transmission dynamics that determine how and why vaccines reduce the burden of disease
Have a brief understanding of the past pandemics on childhood diseases and the current status of the diseases
Explain how the human clinical research studies on vaccines operate
Understand the key regulatory components of vaccines
Describe the COVID-19 pandemic
Critically approach to the current COVID-19 vaccines
Recognize the controversies surrounding vaccines that contribute to vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal in Turkey and globally

Course Outline

COURSE 1- Basic Immunology and Active Immunity

COURSE 2- Different Types of Vaccines

COURSE 3- Infectious Disease Transmission Dynamics

COURSE 4- Childhood Diseases in the Past and Now

COURSE 5- Human Clinical Research

COURSE 6- Regulation of Vaccines

COURSE 7- COVID-19

COURSE 8- COVID-19 Vaccines

COURSE 9- Vaccine Hesitancy

FINAL EXAM

A pass/fail written exam after the final class will be the only source of assessment measuring the overall understanding of the concepts. It will be open book.

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