GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PUBLIC HEALTH/SAKI207
Course Title: PUBLIC HEALTH
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 3 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Emine Orhaner, Doç.Dr. Mustafa Necmi İlhan
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~eorhaner/ http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mnilhan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  eorhaner@gazi.edu.tr, mnilhan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understand the importance of public health, understand the importance of health protection and promotion activities
Define the criteria for priority public health issues
Relationship with other disciplines of public health, to explain the similarities and differences
Know basic health services, activities, and understand the sense of philosophy
Compare health systems in terms of the presentation of basic health services
Recognize the importance of nutrition in the community
Control of common health problems of children and adolescents to learn
Learn the approaches and activities used in the control of infectious diseases
Understand the control of chronic diseases
Understand how it affects the health of environmental risks
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Development of the concept of public health
2. Week  Criteria for priority public health issues
3. Week  Relationship with other disciplines of public health
4. Week  Primary health care activities and philosophy
5. Week  Basic health care systems in terms of provision of health services
6. Week  Health education, health protection and disease control
7. Week  Status of child and adolescent health and child health programs in the world and in Turkey
8. Week  MID-TERM
9. Week  Geriatric population health programs are carried out in Turkey and the world situation
10. Week  Control of communicable diseases
11. Week  Chronic disease control
12. Week  External factors and control of that affect health
13. Week  Demographics, medical anthropology
14. Week  Medical sociology, social services
15. Week  Subject to repeated
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Prof. Dr. Münevver Bertan, Doç. Dr. Çağatay Güler, Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, 1997. Maxcy-Rosenau-Lost, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.2004.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Attaining teorical and practical professional expertise and skills in the ares of organization and management, finance, accounting, economics, marketing, law sciences, and healthcare sciences.X
2Gaining vocational qualitificatons in order to work in professions such as hospital manager, assistant specialist, health military officer at public institutions and organizations, private sector and the military.X
3Attaining sufficient knowledge about economics, business (management, organization, public relations, human resources, cost accounting, marketing, financial accounting), law and public finance to comprehend and assess economic, administrative mechanisms of hospitals, healthcare businesses and health system.X
4Recognizing the ethical, social and legal responsibilities of health management career.X
5Attaining skills at subjects related to Turkish and foreign language at academic life and working life, information technology and fundamental computer programmes.X
6Learning the basic concepts at the area of healthcare managerment in perspectives of global, local, regional and in particular Turkey.X
7With the aim of attaining adequate knowledge about the relationship between health and development level, health statue of public, indicators of health, defending and developing health; having skills of accessing written and visual soruces, and analyzing and interpretating legislation.X
8Communicating with other health professionals who have leader characteristics and gaining aptitude to team work.X
9Chasing current events and innovations about health management, forecasting social transformation, improving professional growth and attaining refreshment skill.X
10Attaining knowledge about public health, epidemiology, environment health, occupational safety and health with respect to medical terminology.X
11Making statistical, quantitative and economic analysis in manageial decision making and acting convenient to social, scientific, cultural and ethical values at obtainig data, commenting, implementing and disseminating of the results stages considering the area.X
12Comprehending basic contents of health systems in Turkey and all over the world, understanding health plans and politics, recognizing leading parties of health system, assessing health industry in economic and financial aspects and benchmarking different health systems.X
13Learning, analyzing and implementing basic administrative functions as planning, organizing, executing, coordinating and controlling at healthcare organizations.X