COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUBLIC HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TSS 1004 PUBLIC HEALTH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Medical Documentation and Secretariat

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR BENNUR KOCA

Offered to

Medical Documentation and Secretariat

Course Objective

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to public health principles and concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the determinants of health and diseases.
2   Be able to to define the concept of public health and task.
3   To define the the health services in Turkey.
4   Explain factors that may influence health of healthcare workers.
5   Protection of the enviroment may explain.
6   Be able to describe the reproductive health.
7   Perform to team-based learning about the health of healthcare workers.
8   To explain modern family planning methods
9   To explain sexually transmitted diseases and the preventive.
10   To explain the prevention of chronic diseases and health promotion.
11   To explain the public health emergencies.
12   To define and explain the environmental health and safety hospital.
13   To explain the harmful health habits

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course
2 Health and Public Health
3 Determinants of health and disease
4 Health organization in Turkey
5 Infectious disease and prions
6 Health of healthcare workers
7 Planning teamwork activity
8 Teamwork presentation-I
9 Midterm exam
10 Teamwork presentation-II
11 Public health emergencies
12 Environmental health and safety hospital
13 immunization
14 Harmful habits
15 Course evaluation
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-public health basics: Laughing O, Akin L. (2012) Public health basics
Hacettepe University Press, Ankara
2-Turkey Public Health Agency web page
3-The Ministry of Health Library Web page
4-TSI statistical results
5-TNS 2013 RESULTS

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, videos, team work based education, brainstorming

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS ArasınavTeo
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) AS * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm exam theoretical (%50)+final theoretical(50)+condition examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is done within the framework of Dokuz Eylul University Education and Examination Rules of Practice and evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof.Esin Ergonul, MD
E-Mail:esin.ergonul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

optional

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

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.112
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5
LO.6
LO.75
LO.84
LO.9
LO.10
LO.11
LO.12
LO.133