COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL ETHICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 4029 MEDICAL ETHICS COMPULSORY 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGE ERTEKIN

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

To give information to students about the basic philosophy of medical ethics, tasks and responsibilities of physiotherapists and other health professionals, and the ethical principles for physiotherapists.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the basic concepts and principles of medical ethics
2   Associates professional skills and ethical principles.
3   Learns ethical codes of the physiotherapy profession.
4   Adopts team work
5   Resolves ethical dilemmas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Description and introduction to medical ethics
2 Principles of medical ethics (good judgment and moral values ..)
3 Principles of medical ethics (respect for autonomy and information control )
4 Patients ethics and professional approach
5 Respect for individualism and diversity
6 Midterm Exam 1
7 The meaning of Life and Death
8 Integrity and conflict of interest
9 Access to justice and health care
10 Research (science) ethics
11 Leadership and management
12 Midterm Exam 2
13 Medical ethics in Turkey
14 Ethical codes in Physiotherapy

Recomended or Required Reading

Donald L. Gabard , Mike W. Martin: Physical Therapy Ethics, Newyork, Oxford University pres 2001
Tony Hope, Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction ,Newyork, Oxford University ,pres 2004
Erdem Aydın, Tıp Etiği, Güneş Kitapevi ltd.sti.,2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference type lectures
2. Laboratory studies
3. Problem-based teaching

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


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)

Doç Dr. Özge ERTEKIN, DEÜ FTRYO

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 2 2 4
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 24

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.411
LO.511