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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM ENGIN ŞIMŞEK

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 Physiotherapist's duties and responsibilities, examples from Turkey and abroad
3 Basic concepts in ethics
4 Human rights
5 Patients' rights
6 The ethics of scientific research-1
7 The ethics of scientific research-2
8 Ethics and ethical codes in physiotherapy
9 Turkish Physiotherapy Association-Ethical principles
10 Midterm exam
11 Case studies
12 Case studies
13 Case studies
14 General overview

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
- Nancy Kirsch. Ethics in Physical Therapy: A Case Based Approach, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference type lectures
2. 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


*** 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)

Seher Özyürek, PhD, PT
Phone: 0232 412 49 24
e-mail: seher.ozyurek@deu.edu.tr

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 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
In-class practices 4 1 4
Web Search and Library Research 4 1 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 29

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