COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RPD 4010 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ŞÜHEDA ÖZBEN

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Students will gain an understanding of health psychology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the field of health psychology and education
2   To explain the concepts of health and disease
3   To understand the importance of effective communication with patients
4   Gain an idea about the total quality management in health care
5   Gain awareness of healthy living.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Contemporary approaches to the concepts of health and illness,
2 Health promotion, health, total quality,
3 Health education,
4 Health and communication,
5 Stress and health,
6 Mental health and epidemiology,
7 Bio-psycho-social factors in mental health fields,
8 Midterm
9 Violence,
10 Relationship with the patient-care team,
11 Social support and health,
12 Chronic pain,
13 Health behavior in terms of installation Theory,
14 Situational crises: crises depending on the disease,
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Baltaş, Z. (2008). Sağlık Psikolojisi, Istanbul: Remzi Kitapevi.
Okyayuz, Ü. H. (Ed.) (1999). Sağlık Psikolojisi, Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Question-answer, multiple choice exam, written exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suheda.ozben@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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