FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of Health Management

HIM 310 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Community Oriented Primary Care

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
HIM 310	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	-
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. GÖNÜL DİNÇ HORASAN
Course Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. GÖNÜL DİNÇ HORASAN
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	At the end of this course; the students are expected to understand the importance of social determinants of health. The students are also expected to understand that Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) is an important tool for the intervention on health and its determinants, to define the basic principles of COPC and to understand how to plan COPC programs for different health problems and its determinants.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; • will be able to define the social determinants of health • will be able to define the important steps of COPC approach, • will be able to explain how to characterize a community with its socioeconomical characteristics and health status, • will be able to explain how to identify important social/health problems in COPC approach, • will be able to explain how to evaluate the knowledge about the identified social/health problem, • will be able to plan an intervention program for the identified social/health problem • will be able to explain how to evaluate the effectiveness of the planned intervention program for the identified social/health problem
Course Description	The course includes COPC approach to tackle social/health problems.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses	X
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Health Determinants	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
2	Introduction to community oriented primary care (COPC)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
3	Community characterization	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
4	Community characterization (group study)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
5	Identification of important health problems (lecture + group study)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
6	Evaluation the knowledge about the identified health problem	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
7	Midterm
8	Evaluation the knowledge about the identified health problem (group study)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
9	Evaluation the knowledge about the identified health problem (group study)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
10	Planning an intervention program for the identified health problem	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
11	Planning an intervention program for the identified health problem (group study)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
12	Evaluation the effectiveness of the planned intervention program	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
13	Evaluation the effectiveness of the planned intervention program (group study)	Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
14	Student Presentations
15	Student Presentations
16	Final

Course Notes/Textbooks

Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011

Suggested Readings/Materials

Hebrew University and George Washington University (1999) “The Process of Community Oriented Primary Care-COPC:An Overview” Report of the Community Oriented Primary Care Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	3	45
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	25
Final Exam	1	25
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	5	75
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	25
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	15	1	15
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	3	5	15
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	5	5
Final Exam	1	5	5
		Total	88

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

Program Competencies/Outcomes

* Contribution Level

To be able to acquire and use theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of health management.

To be able to create and use new information by integrating information in the field of health management with information from different disciplines

To be able to solve the problems that require expertise by using scientific research methods.

To be able to solve a problem in the field of health management by using appropriate problem solving techniques.

To be able to transfer the current developments in the field of health management with the data and to transfer them systematically to the groups in and out of the field in written, oral and visual form.

To be able to critically examine the norms governing corporate culture and organizational communication, to develop them and to take action to change them when necessary.

To be able to develop implementation plans in health management field and to evaluate the results within the framework of health services management quality processes.

To be able to act by considering social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of data collection, interpretation and announcement while managing health institutions.

To be able to take responsibility as an individual and a team member in the problems encountered in the related field applications while managing health institutions.

To be able to plan and manage the activities of the employees whose under their responsibility while managing health institutions.

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

To be able to collect data in the areas of “Health Management” and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language.

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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