COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC HEALTH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SHS 1015 BASIC HEALTH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Vocational School of Healthcare

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YAVUZ DOĞAN

Offered to

Anesthesia
First And Emergency Aid Technician
Medical Documentation and Secretariat
Ambulance and Emergency Care
Medical Laboratory Techniques
Audiometry
Medical Imaging Techniques
Vocational School of Healthcare
Nuclear Medicine Techniques
Radioterapy
Paramedics
Radiology
Medical Laboratory Technology

Course Objective

In this course, concept of health and sickness illness, disease aetiology, epidemiology, health services, in terms of basic principles of disease, systems and diseases, sterilization, disinfection, antisepsis, asepsis, nosocomial infections, by definition, routes of transmission, prevention, occupational health and medical waste management related knowledge, skills and competencies intended to gain to the student .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the basic definitions and concepts related to health.
2   Define the criteries which affect health
3   Discuss the effects of the biological health to mental health and lifestyle.
4   Discuss the policies of Sexual Health / Reproductive Health concept and scope .
5   Explain the ways of transmission of infectious diseases. and how to prevent.
6   Definitions and concepts of hospital infection, risk factors, explain the relationship with the environment.
7   Discuss the concepts of disinfection, sterilization and their applications.
8   Discuss the concept of environmental health and the factors affecting it.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 CONCEPTS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
2 HEALTH LEVEL CRITERIA
3 MENTAL HEALTH and LIFE STYLE
4 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
5 INFECTIOUS DISEASES-I
6 INFECTIOUS DISEASES-II
8 HOSPITAL INFECTIONS
9 DISINFECTION, STERILIZATION
10 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-I
11 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-II
12 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES-I
13 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES-II

Recomended or Required Reading

Course presentation

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical training

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Yarıyıl içi (%40)
Yarıyıl Sonu (Final) (%60)
1. Ara Sınav 2.Ara Sınav 1.Ödev/ Proje 2.Ödev/ Proje Teorik
Uygulama Ödev/ Proje
Teorik Uygulama Teorik Uygulama
%50 - %50 - - - %100 - -

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 5 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 12 1 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 53

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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