COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 2030 HEALTH EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MERYEM ÖZTÜRK HANEY

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to enable the student to explain the importance of health education and obtain the basic knowledge, attitudes and skills that are required to implement the health education activities, in line with the process of learning and teaching.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The student can explain the differences and similarities between the concepts regarding health education.
2   2. The student can explain health education approaches.
3   3. The student can explain factors affecting the health education.
4   4. The student can determine the health education needs in line with the needs of the individual, family and society.
5   5. The student can plan the health education in line with the process of learning and teaching.
6   6. The student can present application samples of the health education.
7   7. The student can discuss about the roles of the nurse regarding the health education.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Publicity of the Course - Definitions regarding the Health Education and Objectives of the Health Education
2 Roles of the Nurse regarding the Health Education
3 Subjects and Application Fields of the Health Education
4 Health Education Approaches
5 Factors Affecting the Health Education
6 Determination of the Health Education Needs
7 Writing the Target in Health Education
8 Content Preparation in Health Education
9 Planning the Health Education
10 Midterm Exam-Homework
11 Methods, Techniques and Instruments of Health Education
12 Application of the Health Education
13 Assessment of the Health Education
14 Practice Samples of the Health Education
15 Practice Samples of the Health Education
16 Assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resources:
Tabak, R.S. Health Education. Somgür Publishing, Ankara, 2000.
Taşocak, G. Patient Education. I.U. Directorate of Printing and Publishing House, Istanbul, 2007.
Legislation of Society s Health Education, General Directorate of Health Department Health Education, 2000. http://www.saglik.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-507/halkin-saglik-egitimi-yonetmeligi.html ET: 07 Mart 2012.
Subsidiary Resources:

Turkish Health Platform,
http://www.saglikplatformu.com/saglik_egitimi/showfaq.asp fldAuto=2
Ulusoy Gökkoca, Z. Basic Principles in Terms of Health Education 2001. 10 (10) 371-374. http://www.saglikplatformu.com/statik/saglikegitimi.pdf

Other course materials: Power point presentations, sample booklets, turntables, health education CDs.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Straight narration, question answer, group study, discussion activity, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.4+FIN*0.6
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.4+RST*0.6

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yard. Doç. Dr. Meryem Öztürk Haney
02324126964 meryem.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturing 15 2 30
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations 14 1 14
Preparation to the midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation to the final exam 1 10 10
Homework 3 10 30
Final Exam 1 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555
LO.7555