COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH POLICIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STR 5039 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH POLICIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZÜBEYDE ERBAYRAKTAR

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

This course is to acquire knowledge and attitude for assessmenting the impact of general and health politics on healt services and community health status.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know the impact of health policies, the economy,
2   To know that the determinants of health policies
3   To know that health care financing
4   To know national and international health organizations and working mechanisms
5   To know country comparison in terms of basic health services

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The political economy of health
2 The determinants of health policies
3 The financing of health services
4 The economic structure and health policies of countries
5 The economic structure and health policies of countries (Countinue)
6 International health organizations and their mechanisms of functioning
7 Health politics at the Republican Period
8 Status of health in world and Turkey and priority problems
9 Policy development and policy analysis
10 Policy development and policy analysis
11 Country comparisons in terms of basic health services
12 Country comparisons in terms of basic health services
13 Country comparisons in terms of basic health services
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Keyder Ç, Üstündağ N Ağartan T Yoltar Ç (2010) Avrupada ve Türkiyede Sağlık Politikaları / Reformlar - Sorunlar Tartışmalar ,Iletişim Yayınları. 2.Ulusal ve Uluslararası (ülkelere Göre) Sağlık Politikaları, Toplum ve Hekim, 2006-2007-2008. 3.Sağlık Mevzuatı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Ethem Duygulu
ethem.duygulu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Reading 14 3 42
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.13
LO.23
LO.33
LO.4
LO.5