ECTS - Public Health and Family Medicine

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Public Health and Family Medicine (MED615) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Public Health and Family Medicine MED615 Master-3 0 5 0 4 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Gaining the knowledge about the issues derived from biological, psychological and sociological factors that affect individual and public health. Acquiring management knowledge and skills about the methods and applications that can be used at the individual and public level to prevent or solve these problems.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Knows the development of healthy child, follows-up growth and development of healthy child at primary level.
  • Knows pediatric immunization programme and applies it effectively.
  • At primary level takes the general and problem oriented anamnesis of adult and pediatric patients and performs systemic and specific physical examination, chooses appropriate and necessary tests for diagnosis.
  • Makes differential diagnosis of the disease by evaluating the findings of anamnesis and physical examination together with the results of the laboratory or imaging examinations and makes preliminary diagnosis or diagnosis.
  • Plans and applies the treatment according to diagnosis of the disease and, refers patient in an appropriate manner in case of necessity.
  • Applies knowledge and skills of preventive medicine for prevention and early diagnosis of common adulthood diseases and cancers.
  • Applies knowledge and skills of preventive medicine for prevention and early diagnosis of common childhood diseases.
  • Recognizes emergency conditions/diseases seen in adulthood and in childhood, evaluates the patient and performs the required first intervention and refers the patient appropriately.
  • Knows contraceptive methods, informs users about these methods and follows-up the users.
  • Makes diagnosis of pregnancy, performs pregnant examination and follows-up normal pregnant.
  • Performs normal spontaneous delivery and makes postpartum mother and baby care.
  • Recognizes emergency gynecological and obstetric conditions/diseases, evaluates the patient and performs the required first intervention and refers the patient appropriately.
  • Performs basic medical procedures such as taking blood sample, taking urine sample, heel lance, taking vaginal and cervical specimens, ECG, peripheral blood smear, injection.
  • Knows issues and applications about occupational health and safety.
  • Knows the basic issues related to environmental health and the effects of environmental health on community and individual health. Contributes to the improvement of environmental and community health.
  • Improves professional knowledge and skills by following updated topics related to medicine, renewed and changed diagnosis and treatment approaches.
  • Keeps the written and electronic medical records appropriately, and makes necessary reports and notifications at the primary level.
  • Acts in accordance with ethical values in the communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
  • Knows the health system and its legislation.
Course Content Normal pregnancy follow-up; infant and child follow-up; vaccination; family planning; common diseases in childhood and adulthood; prevention and early diagnosis of cancers; health services organization; occupational health and safety; contagious diseases; immigration; disasters; health indicators; determination of health care requirements.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Approach to the patient with psychiatric problems at primary level Diagnosis and treatment of depression Common psychiatric diseases and follow-up patient with common psychiatric diseases Common diseases in adulthood Treatment and follow-up of patient with hypertension at primary level Treatment and follow-up of patient with diabetes at primary level Common infectious diseases at primary level and approach to the patient -
2 Common hematological diseases at primary level and approach to the patient Anemias Approach to patients with asthma and COPD at primary level Prevention and follow-up of chronic diseases Emergency conditions in adulthood Prevention and early diagnosis of cancers common in adulthood Healthy lifestyle and eating -
3 Common hematological diseases at primary level and approach to the patient Anemias Approach to patients with asthma and COPD at primary level Prevention and follow-up of chronic diseases Emergency conditions in adulthood Prevention and early diagnosis of cancers common in adulthood Healthy lifestyle and eating -
4 Health services organization Occupational health and safety Management and prevention of contagious diseases Immigration Disasters Environmental factors and human health Health indicators and evaluation of public health Determination of health care requirements -

Sources

Course Book 1. Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 6th Edition Roger Detels,‎ Robert Beaglehole,‎ Mary Ann Lansang,‎ Martin Gulliford
2. Textbook of Family Practice, 9th Edition Robert E. Rakel, David P. Rakel

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 15 20
Laboratory - -
Application 15 60
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar 1 20
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 31 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Integrates and utilizes the information, skills, and approaches obtained from basic, clinical, and medical sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences when offering healthcare services. X
2 Offers healthcare services to patients with a biopsychosocial approach where the sociodemographic and sociocultural backgrounds of these individuals are taken into consideration, focusing on the universal human values, ethical principles, and professional duties; without exercising discrimination on the basis of language, religion, race, or sex. X
3 Aims to protect, improve, and develop individual and public health when offering healthcare services. X
4 Performs the necessary studies in sustaining and improving health, taking into the individual, public, social, and environmental factors to affect it. X
5 Trains healthy individuals/ patients, their relatives, and other healthcare workers in healthcare upon determining the features, requirements, and expectations of their target audience. X
6 Exercises a safe, rational, and effective approach in the procedures of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation; while offering healthcare services. X
7 Implements interventional and/or non-interventional practices in a way that is safe and effective for patients during the procedures of diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation. X
8 Offers healthcare services taking into account the health and safety of patients and employees. X
9 Takes the regional and global changes in physical and socioeconomic settings to affect health, as well as the changes in the individual features and behaviors of patients referring to them into account, while offering healthcare. X
10 Takes the good medical practices into account while performing their duties. X
11 Undertakes the tasks and duties within the framework of their professional ethical rules, as well as their legal rights and duties. X
12 Stands for the improvements in the manner in which healthcare services are offered, taking into account the concepts of social reliability and social duty, in an effort to protect and improve individual and public health. X
13 Evaluates the effects of health policies and healthcare practices on public health indicators, and, where required, amends their evaluation on the grounds of scientific and social needs; in an effort to help improve the quality of healthcare services. X
14 Leads their healthcare team while offering healthcare services, in a participative, and collaborative manner. X
15 Establishes positive relationships within their healthcare team; and where needed, easily adapts to various positions among their team. X
16 Exercises effective communication with patients, the relatives of patients, healthcare professionals, and groups from other professions, as well as institutions and organizations. X
17 Plans and conducts scientific studies on the society to which they serve, and use the results of these, or those from other studies, to benefit the society. X
18 Accesses the current literature on their profession, and evaluates them with a critical approach.
19 Chooses the correct sources of learning to improve the healthcare services that they offer, and regulates their own learning process.
20 Demonstrates the skills of obtaining and evaluating new information, integrating newer pieces of information with their current ones, as well as adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)
Laboratory
Application 20 5 100
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 5 4 20
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 5 5
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 125