| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health and Ethical | TIP307 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 3 | 9 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. TUNCAY MÜGE ALVUR
Prof. Dr. Çiğdem ÇAĞLAYAN
Prof. Dr. Filiz Mine ÇİZMECİOĞLU JONES
Prof. Dr. Başar ÇOLAK
Prof. Dr. Nermin ERSOY
Prof. Dr. Semil Selcen GÖÇMEZ
Prof. Dr. Zühal GÜNDOĞDU
Prof. Dr. Bülent KARA
Prof. Dr. Ömer KURTAŞ
Prof. Dr. Selim ÖNCEL
Prof. Dr. Mine ŞEHİRALTI
Prof. Dr. Ayşen UNCUOĞLU
Prof. Dr. Özlem ÜNAL UZUN
Prof. Dr. MELDA YARDIMOĞLU YILMAZ
Associate Prof. Dr. Aslıhan AKPINAR
Associate Prof. Dr. Rahime AYDIN ER
Associate Prof. Dr. Elif TATLIDİL YAYLACI
Associate Prof. Dr. Büşra YAPRAK BAYRAK
Assistant Prof. Dr. Ahmet Alp AKER
Assistant Prof. Dr. Özlem GÜLER
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Students recognize basic concepts in public health.
2) Students know about health systems.
3) Students recognize about the institutions providing primary and secondary health care services in Turkey and their operations.
4) Students know the concepts of social work and social policy.
5) Students recognize disadvantaged groups in society and define their health care needs.
6) Students know the major issues that threaten global health and public health.
7) Students know epidemiological research techniques in health.
8) Students show an attitude about preventing discrimination in health services.
9) Students defend the health problems of the society in health services.
10) Students recognize health problems and the causes of diseases.
11) Students know that the main reason for the formation of health problems and diseases is also the determinant of the intermediate and final cause.
12) Students identify the priority community health problems in a region and develop the approach necessary to solve these problems.
13) Students; analyzes ethical problems by understanding the ethical problems of today's medicine and using the basic principles and rules of medical ethics.
14) Students gain the ability to develop ethical sensitivity and comprehend the compliance of medical research with high ethical standards.
15) Students know forensic medicine services in primary care.
16) Students know preventive medicine and child health.
17) Students know healing methods in chronic mental illnesses.
18) Students know preventive medicine and infectious diseases.
19) Students know the role of family medicine in primary care.
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Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Medical Ethics; Family nmedicine
Course Contents
Basic concepts in public health; public health perspective in identifying and solving health problems in society, structure and functioning of the health system in Turkey; To be able to evaluate the compliance with ethics in preventive and curative health services, to be able to recognize the ethical problems encountered and to produce solutions.
Weekly Schedule
1) Public health – community medical sciences; Basic concepts in public health; History of health services in Turkey; Medical ethics education, philosophical foundations of medical ethics: the relationship between ethical theory, ethical principles and rules; Services carried out in the primary level; Health Systems; health reforms; Principles of medical ethics-I: respect for autonomy and justice; Health economics: definitions and concepts; Public Health Practice-I; Inpatient treatment institutions; hospital management; Clinical reasoning and diagnostic approach in Family Medicine; Features of diagnostic screening tests and their use in primary care; Discrimination and health services; Public Health and Advocacy; Healthcare Management.2) Regional health services; health education and health literacy; Globalization and health; Principles of medical ethics II: Do no harm and benefit; Ethical issues related to the exchange of information I: informed consent; Ethical issues related to the exchange of information II: Telling the truth; Social policy; Health law; Demography; Primary forensic medicine services in death cases; human rights violations in Turkey; Public Health Practice II; Nutritional problems in Turkey and in the world; Relationship between nutrition and health; Community nutrition; Ethical issues related to the exchange of information III: Medical confidentiality, secrecy and disclosure; Ethical teachings: do-avoidance, double action, unusual means; PBL Session I; Social health measures and inequalities; Concepts in environmental health Climate change and health; Public health practice – III. Drug use and rational antibiotic selection in primary care; Making liquid and solid waste harmless; Outdoor and Indoor air pollution; Water hygiene and health.
4) Introduction to epidemiology and research techniques; Research planning and descriptive research; Defining and solving ethical problem; Scientific method and the responsibilities of the scientist; Clinical ethics, ethical decision making processes I: Indications for medical intervention, Patient preferences, Case's quality of life and Determination of environmental factors; acute diarrhea in children; Forensic medicine services in primary care in living cases; Cohort research technique; case control research technique; Cross-sectional research technique; Methodical research technique; Application: group work on problem solving with the classic ethical case example; Experimental research technique; Pandemic history and control; Immunization (vaccination) in children; Public health practice – V; extraordinary circumstances (ODD); health services in ODD; E. medicine and cardiovascular diseases; Reproductive health; Public health practice – VI; The state of women's health in the world and in Turkey; women's health services; Preventive medicine and nephrology; Preventive medicine and dermatology; Preventive medicine and endocrine problems in children; Preventive Mental health; Preventive medicine and physical medicine.
5) Social diseases: Epidemiology of malaria; Social diseases: Tuberculosis, AIDS epidemiology; Application: group work on problem solving with the classic ethical case example; Old age in terms of public health; Chronic diseases epidemiology; The state of child health in Turkey; Disability in terms of public health; Health protective approaches in pediatric neurology; Violence as a public health problem; Occupational health and safety: concepts and history; Public health practice VII; Working life and OSH legislation in Turkey; Diseases with rashes in children; Adolescent nutrition; Public health practice VIII; Health of healthcare workers; Basic occupational health and safety services; Special groups in working life (child workers, elderly workers); Special groups in working life (women workers, disabled workers).
6) Evidence-Based Medicine; Breast milk and infant feeding; Rabies; Tetanus; COVID-19 in children; occupational diseases; Accidents at work; CORE EXAM; VII Final Board Exam; VII. Course Board Evaluation.
7) VII Final Board Exam; VII. Course Board Evaluation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Demonstration
6) Group Study
7) Simulation
8) Brain Storming
9) Case Study
10) Self Study
11) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required