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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ISH 5004	OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING II	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	6

Offered By

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FATMA ŞEYDA ÖZBIÇAKÇI

Offered to

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

To train professional nurses who has extensive knowledge for providing a healthy and safe workplace, develops programs in health care management, contributes to the field by doing scientific research, and takes the lead in solving problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	S/he knows the laws providing basis for occupational health services presentation
2	S/he explains the management principles of occupational health services
3	S/he explains the roles of occupational health nurse in occupational health services towards workplace and staff
4	S/he knows the significance of workplace surveillance studies
5	S/he can define the general occupational health and safety issues in workplaces
6	S/he knows the practices to carry on towards the worker health
7	S/he knows the epidemiology of occupational health
8	S/he knows the training and consulting principles regarding worker health
9	S/he explains the evaluation methods of occupational health services
10	S/he knows the developments in occupational health service presentation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The existing laws in occupational health services
2	Management in occupational health services
3	Workplace health reviews, the role of the occupational nurse in occupational health services
4	Workplace surveillance studies
5	Clinical practices in occupational health nursing
6	Occupational health and safety in health care personnel
7	Continue
8	1st Midterm
9	Epidemiology of occupational health
10	Health training and consulting in occupational health services
11	Sample health and safety programs in occupational health services
12	Continue
13	2nd Midterm
14	Evaluation of occupational health nursing services: Omaha model - Change processes in occupational health service presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

AAOHN 01/04/1999
Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 01/01/2005-
International Archives of Occupational And Environmental Health 1997-
International Journal of Occupational And Environmental Health 01/01/2002-
International Journal of Occupational Medicine And Environmental Health 01/01/2006-
Journal of Occupational Health 2002-
Journal of Occupational Health And Safety, Australia And New Zealand 01/02/2005-
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 01/07/2003-
Occupational Health 01/07/2002-
Occupational Health & Safety 01/01/1992-
Occupational Safety & Health Journal 01/04/2006-

BOOKS
1. ICOH,SCOHN (1996). Education and Training of Occupational Health Nurses. Report No:7th International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee on Occupational Health Nursing.
2. Salazar M (2001). Core Curriculum for Occupational Environmental Health Nursing, Second ed. Saunders Company

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Discussion, Question-answer, Literature review, Self-learning, Field Practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students are assessed through the skills of interpreting, recalling, deciding, explaining, and integrating knowledge.

In the assignments, the student s skill of researching, analysing, comparing, including evidence based practices, writing, and expressing herself or himself are assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof .Zuhal Bahar
02324124751
zuhal.bahar@deu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Beser
02324124752
ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Case study	14	4	56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	7	7
Preparing assignments	3	5	15
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Preparing presentations	2	2	4
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	2	2	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15	PO.16
LO.1	5			5										5
LO.2		5	5		5		5			5	5			5	5
LO.3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4					5	5	5			5					5
LO.5	5		5		5		5			5	5	5		5
LO.6	5		5	5	5		5		5	5					5
LO.7					5	5				5
LO.8			5					5	5
LO.9													5	5
LO.10	5	5		5								5	5	5		5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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