FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of Health Management

HIM 380 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Healthcare Physcology

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
HIM 380	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	-
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Şermin Tükel
Course Lecturer(s)	-
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This is mainly a course on fundamental concepts of health psychology. It is aimed to introduce topics of health psychology research and methodology applied in health psychology research. Reviewing established theory and recent research, comprehensive health perceptions and beliefs, and behaviors including smoking, exercise, diet and health screening will be discussed. Also, pain, pain management, coping with terminal illness ans adjustment to chronic illness will be discussed with supporting research articles. Finally, chronic illnesses will be discussed in terms of stigma, health related quality of life and depression.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; •Will able to define the psychophysiological basis of health and illness. •Will able to explain health professionals-patients communation and problems in this area. •Will able to define, evidence-based psychological interventions that emphasize the role of stress on health. •Will able to explain affects of pain on psychological well being, different pain theories and pain management methods. •Will know current ethical standards and legal responsibilities of health psychologists, including those pertaining to psychological practice and research. •Will able to explain the effects of interaction with medical professionals in practice and its effects on adherence. •Will able to explain why we engage in problematic health behaviours such as smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol to excess, eating poorly, what we can do to change those behaviours, and what the health costs are if we do not change our poor health behaviors.
Course Description	The aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of health psychology which includes illness, adaptation to illness, health related quality of life, health behaviors and basic research methods that widely applied in health psychology.

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

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	An introduction to health psychology
2	Health beliefs	Ogden.”Health Psychology”.: Health beliefs. Open University Press: 2007
3	Illness Cognitions	Ogden.”Health Psychology”.: Illness Cognitions. Open University Press: 2007
4	Health professional–patient communication and the role of health beliefs	Ogden.”Health Psychology”.: Health professional–patient communication and the role of health beliefs. Open University Press: 2007
5	First Midterm
6	Specific HealthRelated Behaviors	Taylor. .”Health Psychology”.: Specific HealthRelated Behaviors. McGraw Hill: 2009.
7	Health Compromising Behaviors: Alcoholism & Smoking	Taylor. .”Health Psychology”.: Health Compromising Behaviors: Alcoholism & Smoking. McGraw Hill: 2009.
8	Stress and illness	Taylor. .”Health Psychology”.: Health Compromising Behaviors: Stress and illness. McGraw Hill: 2009.
9	Pain	Ogden.”Health Psychology”.: Pain. Open University Press: 2007
10	Second Midterm
11	PatientProvider Relations	Taylor. .”Health Psychology”.: PatientProvider Relations. McGraw Hill: 2009.
12	Management of Chronic Illness	Taylor. .”Health Psychology”.: Management of Chronic Illness. McGraw Hill: 2009.
13	Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Issues	Taylor. .”Health Psychology”.: Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Issues. McGraw Hill: 2009.
14	Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life and stigma	Ogden.”Health Psychology”.: Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life and stigma. Open University Press: 2007
15	Stigma and stigma in cronic diseases	Lecture notes
16	Final

Course Notes/Textbooks	Aforementioned bookchapters and power point slides
Suggested Readings/Materials	Additional reading articles that change every year

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	30
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	2	70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	30
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	16	3	48
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	29	29
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	20	20
Final Exam	1	35	35
		Total	180

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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