Course Description

Course Description Course Outline Course Contribution to Program Qualifications Assessment Methods ECTS-Workload Detail Informations of the Course Numerical Data

Course Description

Course	Code	Semester	T+P (Hour)	Credit	ECTS
PUBLIC HEALTH	-	Yearly	80+280	-	10

Course Program

Prerequisites Courses
Recommended Elective Courses

Language of Course	English
Course Level	First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Course Type	Practice
Course Coordinator	Assist.Prof. Ayşe Nur BALCI YAPALAK
Name of Lecturer(s)	Assist.Prof. Mahmut TOKAÇ, Prof.Dr. Osman Erol HAYRAN, Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ, Prof.Dr. Ayten ALTINTAŞ, Assist.Prof. Ayşe Seval PALTEKİ, Assist.Prof. Hüseyin KÜÇÜKALİ, Lect.Dr. Sabanur ÇAVDAR, Assist.Prof. Ayşe Nur BALCI YAPALAK, Assoc.Prof. Mehmet Akif SEZEROL, Lect.Dr. Kezban YAVUZ EMİK, Lect.Dr. Murat Tuğberk BAKAR
Assistant(s)	Dr. Ayşe Zülal Tokaç Farımaz
Aim	The aim of this clerkship is; to do practice of the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes gained in preclinical and clinical periods, which are necessary for the protection and development of health, to make proper clinical decisions, to provide quality health services, to perform medical practices by considering ethical values.
Course Content	This course contains; Introduction to Public Health,Students will be able to diagnose and treat patients (using appropriate technology) in primary health care facilities, and will be able to collabarate with secondary health institutions when necessary. students will be able to approach health problems with primary care. knowing the importance and methods of health protections, students will be able to evaluate and analyse cases. Students should complete field studies, minimum 10 days of active task in Family Health Centers and minimum 6 days of task in Public Health Centers.,Epidemiology,Research Methodology,Students will be able to prepare a epidemiyological research plan. They will also be able to evaluate and present the results.,Occupational and Environmental Health,Health Care Systems,Primary Health Care Services,Medical Law,Public Health and Ethics.

Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Collabarates with secondary health institutions when necessary.	12, 16, 5, 6, 9	E
Conducts an epidemiyological research (plans, implements, analyses, evaluates, reports and presents)	10, 12, 14, 16, 2, 5, 9	F
Completes field studies; minimum 10 days of active task in Family Health Centers and minimum 5 days of task in Public Health Centers	10, 13, 16, 5, 6, 9	H
Diagnoses and treats patients (using appropriate technology) in primary health care facilities	10, 14, 16, 5, 6	H
Evaluates the health problems of the community, knowing the importance and methods of health protection, with a public health approach in solving health problems.	10, 14, 16, 19, 5, 9	H
Knows about the organizations in Turkey's health system	10, 13, 16, 19, 4, 9	H
Plans and carrys out services to protect and improve the health level of the society	10, 16, 5, 9	H
Uses basic health indicators of the community in the planning and execution of health services	10, 16, 19, 5, 6, 9	H
Knows the current health legislations	10, 16, 4, 9	H

Teaching Methods:	10: Discussion Method, 12: Problem Solving Method, 13: Case Study Method, 14: Self Study Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 19: Brainstorming Technique, 2: Project Based Learning Model, 4: Inquiry-Based Learning, 5: Cooperative Learning, 6: Experiential Learning, 9: Lecture Method
Assessment Methods:	E: Homework, F: Project Task, H: Performance Task

Course Outline

Order	Subjects	Preliminary Work
1	Introduction to Public Health
2	Students will be able to diagnose and treat patients (using appropriate technology) in primary health care facilities, and will be able to collabarate with secondary health institutions when necessary. students will be able to approach health problems with primary care. knowing the importance and methods of health protections, students will be able to evaluate and analyse cases. Students should complete field studies, minimum 10 days of active task in Family Health Centers and minimum 6 days of task in Public Health Centers.
3	Epidemiology
4	Research Methodology
5	Students will be able to prepare a epidemiyological research plan. They will also be able to evaluate and present the results.
6	Occupational and Environmental Health
7	Health Care Systems
8	Primary Health Care Services
9	Medical Law
10	Public Health and Ethics

Resources

1. Detels R, Gulliford M, Karim QA, Tan CC. Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health. 6th edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015. 2. Donaldson LJ, Rutter PD. Essential Public Health. 4th edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2018. 3. Hayran O, Özbek H. Sağlık Bilimlerinde Araştırma ve İstatistik Yöntemler (SPSS Uygulama Örnekleri ile Genişletilmiş 2. Baskı) Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2017. 4. Goodman MS. Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research. Routledge, New York, 2017. 5. Güler Ç, Akın L (ed.). Halk Sağlığı - Temel Bilgiler. 3. Baskı, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, 2015.

Lecture notes, Powerpoint slides, Topic related webpages

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
No	Program Qualification	Contribution Level
No	Program Qualification	1	2	3	4	5
1	PQ1: Knows the morphological and functional normal and abnormal structure of human body.		X
2	PQ2: Knows the essential ways of determining the underlying causes of the pathologies with basic scientific approaches and the diagnoses of illnesses and disorders.		X
3	PQ3: Knows the reasons for illnesses, the ways of protection, and the methods of promotion and improvement of public health.					X
4	PQ4: Knows the methods of advancing his/her knowledge about health and its practice.	X
5	PQ5: Accesses, interprets and applies the advanced interdisciplinary information related to health.		X
6	PQ6: Performs a complete clinical examination of the human body, both morphologically and functionally and defines the problems.		X
7	PQ7: Interprets examination data for diagnoses, compares with clinical data, and provides solutions.		X
8	PQ8: Selects and applies appropriate tools for promotion and improvement of individual and public health.				X
9	PQ9: Plans and conducts an advanced study of health independently.					X
10	PQ10: Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve the problems encountered in the promotion and improvement of individual and public health.				X
11	PQ11: Takes responsibility for any intervention on the human body for the diagnosis and treatment.			X
12	PQ12: Determines personal learning requirements and decides and develops a positive lifelong learning attitude.	X
13	PQ13: Evaluates the information gained in the field of health with a critical approach.		X
14	PQ14: Informs the patient, the relevant people and institutions, and the public about the health problem and conveys recommendations of solutions in writing and/or verbally.	X
15	PQ15: Shares their recommendations on promotion and improvement of health with interdisciplinary experts by supporting with data.	X
16	PQ16: Uses English at least at the General Level of European Language Portfolio B1, follows resources in his/her field and communicates.	X
17	PQ17: Uses computer software, information, and communication technologies at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Operating License.			X
18	PQ18: Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of obtaining, interpreting, applying and announcing the data related to the field of health.				X
19	PQ19: Develops strategy, policy and implementation plans on health issues and evaluate the results obtained the framework of quality processes.		X
20	PQ20: Systematically shares his/her works on promoting and improving health with quantitative and qualitative data and interdisciplinary experts.			X
21	PQ21: Has sufficient awareness on occupational health and safety issues.			X

Assessment Methods

Contribution Level	Absolute Evaluation
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success		40
Rate of Final Exam to Success		60
Total		100

ECTS / Workload Table
Activities	Number of	Duration(Hour)	Total Workload(Hour)
Course Hours	40	2	80
Guided Problem Solving	0	0	0
Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report	0	0	0
Term Project	15	8	120
Presentation of Project / Seminar	2	8	16
Quiz	0	0	0
Midterm Exam	0	0	0
General Exam	10	8	80
Performance Task, Maintenance Plan	0	0	0
Total Workload(Hour)			296
*Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30=(296/30)**			10
ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit.

Detail Informations of the Course