COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ETHICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSA 5035 ETHICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN ALPARSLAN ERGÖR

Offered to

Public Health

Course Objective

The aim of this course the acquisition of awareness of ethical issues in the field of public health, to know public health ethics approach in the solution of the problems and the development of skills to pass them into practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know the health and ethics relationships and basic concepts related to them
2   Be able to know the philosophical basis of the public health ethics, principles and analyses tools
3   Be able to know ethical issues in the public health
4   Be able to access to current and evidence-based resources in the field of public health ethics
5   Be able to identify basic ethical problems within the health care system and to find the solutions
6   Be able to discuss the laws related to public health and within the ethical context of them

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the ethics General concepts
2 From Bioethics to Public Health Ethics (PHE), Importance of PHE
3 Philosophical basics of PHE (Utilitarianism, Consequentialism, Liberalism, Collectivism etc.)
4 Philosophical basics of PHE (Utilitarianism, Consequentialism, Liberalism, Collectivism etc.)
5 Principle of PHE
6 Principle of PHE
7 Midterm Exam
8 Issues in PHE
9 Issues in PHE
10 Authonomy and Paternalism in Public Health
11 Ethics and Laws in Public Health
12 Research and Publication Ethics in Public Health
13 Case Discussion/ Presentation
14 Case Discussion/ Presentation
15 General Evaluation/ Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Public Health Ethics Stephen Holland
Public Health Ethics Theory, Policy, and Practice Ronald Bayer, Lawrence O. Gostin, Bruce Jennings, and Bonnie Steinbock
Public Health Ethics: Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice (Cambridge Medicine (Paperback)) Angus Dawson
Essentials Of Public Health Ethics (Essential Public Health) Ruth Gaare Bernheim , James F. Childress , Alan Melnick, Richard J Bonnie
Other Course Materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations, seminars, case discussions, reports

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + FIN*0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ODV * 0.25 + PAR* 0.20 + RST*0.30


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

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)

ahmetcan.bilgin@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4124021

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.153
LO.255
LO.3554
LO.435
LO.554
LO.6

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