COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN EARTHQUAKE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEP 5014 MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN EARTHQUAKE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR RIDVAN ATILLA

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

The course aims to describe the influence of earthquakes on health care systems, characteristics of the management, the major consequences for both health care providers and patients, and as the most important section, the Hospital Emergency Incident System.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To help the student to understand the importance of preparedness and planning before an earthquake or a disaster in a healthcare facility.
2   To develop the students analytical abilities and ability to manage crisis situations during an earthquake or a disaster in a healthcare facility.
3   To give the students to overcome a crisis situation, iplanting the normal daily function and managing the health care facility after an earthquake or a disaster.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of preparedness plans in disasters
2 Risk factors in health centres and hospitals - I
3 Risk factors in health centres and hospitals - II
4 Selection of site and importance of architectural structure of hospitals
5 Plans for preparedness in primary health care
6 Hospital preparedness plans - I
7 Hospital preparedness plans - I
8 Organisation of emergency medical services
9 Triage, triage areas
10 Organisation of field hospitals
11 Examples from Turkey and world
12 Table top exercise
13 Homework
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Noji E K. The Public Health Consequences of Disasters. Newyork, 1997.
2. PAHO. `Guidelines for Assessing Disaster Preparedness in the Health Sector , PAHO, Washington DC: 1995
3. WHO. Rapid Health Assessment Protocols for Emergencies. Geneva:1999
4. WHO. Coping with Natural Disasters: The Role of Local Health Personnel and the Community, Geneva:1999
5. WHO. Handbook for Emergency Field Operations. Geneva:1999
6. TTB. Olağandışı Durumlarda Sağlık Hizmetleri. Ankara, 2002
7. WHO.`Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters. ed. Wisner B, Adams J.:2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Class presentations
3. Discussion sections
4. Table top drill

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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)

Ridvan Atilla, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
DEUH Dept of Emergency Medicine, Izmir
+902324122701
ridvan.atilla@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

During the working hours with rendevouz please

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 1 1 1
Reading 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111311
LO.23333
LO.313

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