SCHOOL OF MEDICINE / MEDICINE / TIP3600 - COMMUNITY-BASED MEDICAL COURSE COMMITTEE

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

           
Course Code Semester   Course Type   Course Level   Course Language
     
  
Course Title Theoretical Practical ECTS
Turkish Name of the Course
Course Coordinator E Mail
Assistant Staff of the Course E Mail
Course Objective
Brief Content of the Course
Prerequisites

Course Objectives
 
Course Objectives 
1Explain the stages of public health and the significant developments that contribute to public health.
2Explain the basic aims, principles, and objectives of public health.
3Explain the relevant components for improving, promoting, and preserving health.
4Explain primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to protect and promote health.
5Calculate and interpret health level indicators.
6Explain the concept and content of health workforce, and explain the current status and problems of health workforce policy in Turkey.
7Know physician employment policies in various countries and compare them with ours.
8Explain the basic purpose of family planning, its benefits to maternal and child health and public health, and the legal regulations on this subject.
9List family planning methods and the rates of use of these methods in our country and around the world.
10To be able to define the needs, problems, and opportunities of society for health education.
11To be able to define the concept of health education and the content of its planning, list its stages, principles, and methods.
12To be able to explain the objectives of epidemiology and basic epidemiological concepts, and list the areas of use of epidemiological methods.
13To be able to list the planning, implementation, and evaluation steps of descriptive epidemiological studies and interpret their results.
14To be able to list the planning, implementation, and evaluation steps of analytical epidemiological studies and interpret their results.
15To be able to explain the relationships that may emerge between variables in epidemiological research.
16To be able to list the basic criteria used to measure the validity of diagnostic methods and calculate these criteria using prepared data.
17To be able to define nutrition, adequate and balanced nutrition, inadequate and unbalanced nutrition, food, and nutrient.
18List the diseases and disorders that may occur as a result of inadequate and unbalanced nutrition.
19List the most commonly used anthropometric measurements to assess nutritional status.
20Assess body weight in adults by calculating Body Mass Index.
21Explain the causes, incidence, and preventative measures for protein-energy malnutrition.
22Explain the risk groups for nutritional anemia and their prevalence in these groups.
23Explain the causes of iodine deficiency, its prevalence globally and in our country, and the measures to be taken to prevent it.
24Explain the timing of breastfeeding initiation after birth, breastfeeding frequency, and daily breastfeeding frequency.
25Explain the harmful effects of inadequate and unbalanced nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding on both child and mother health.
26Explain which foods should be enriched with which nutrients to address nutritional deficiencies in our country.
27Explain the food groups, their nutritional properties, and the foods included in each group in the adequate and balanced nutrition guide.
28Able to list the daily portion sizes a healthy adult, pregnant woman, or breastfeeding woman should consume from each food group for an adequate and balanced diet.
29Able to list the daily nutrient intake targets for preventing chronic diseases.
30Able to define the relationship between the environment and health.
31Able to define the purification, disinfection, and bacteriological analysis of drinking and utility water.
32Able to list the causes of food spoilage and the necessary steps to prevent it.
33Able to list definitions and legal regulations related to the environment.
34Able to list the methods for collecting and rendering solid and liquid waste harmless.
35Able to define the scope and method for understanding society.
36Able to classify health systems and make comparisons with national health systems.
37Able to describe the basic characteristics of health care financing and the health care financing system in Turkey.
38They will be able to explain management services in primary healthcare facilities.
39They will be able to list therapeutic and preventive medical services to be provided in primary healthcare facilities.
40They will be able to define the purposes and frequency of follow-up for pregnant and postpartum women, women aged 15-49, infants, and children.
41They will be able to list risk factors in pregnancy.
42They will be able to explain the characteristics of the person, place, and time in infant and child deaths.
43They will be able to list the precautions that should be taken to reduce risks to maternal and child health.
44They will be able to list the types of emergencies, the preventive services that should be performed beforehand, and the duties of healthcare teams.
45They will be able to list the health effects of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use and the precautions that should be taken to protect themselves from them.
46They will be able to list the important health problems of our country.
47They will be able to define and classify accidents and list the characteristics of the person, place, and time according to accident type.
48Identify disadvantaged groups in society and their health problems.
49Identify concepts and principles related to health promotion.
50Identify problems related to elderly health and offer suggestions for solving these problems.
51Identify the health risks posed by communal living spaces and the necessary precautions.
52Identify health problems that may arise from tourism and the necessary precautions.
53Identify the effects of migration and urbanization on health and the necessary precautions.
 
Course Category
Course Category Percentage
Mathematics and Basic Sciences
Basic Vocational Courses