FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Department of Health Management
HIM 404 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Healthcare Tourism
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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HIM 404
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Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Required
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Course Level |
First Cycle
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Mode of Delivery | Online | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionCase StudyQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The purpose of this course is to provide students knowledge about applications of health tourism and spa wellness. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Covers health tourism, medical tourism, thermal tourism, Spa and Wellness applications and elderly age and disability tourism. Health tourism course handles subjects about applications of tourism businesses that operate on this field for protecting health or travels for treatment |
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Core Courses |
X
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | The definition of health tourism, its place and importance in tourism, types of health tourism in Turkey | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
3 | Development in health tourism and reasons of them, factors that form the supply of health tourism | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
4 | Factors that affect the demand for health tourism, marketing and logistics in health tourism, policies of health tourism | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
5 | Definition, importance and characteristics of thermal tourism | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
6 | The current situation in the therapeutic use of thermal tourism and its future | |
7 | Health tourism in terms of economic, social and institutional | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | The definition, scope, characteristics and historical development of medical tourism | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
10 | Medical tourism in Turkey | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
11 | Definitions, types, historical developments of Spa ve Wellness | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
12 | Definitions, types, historical developments of Spa ve Wellness 2 | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László Puczkó - Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman - Medical Tourism, John Connell |
13 | Elderly tourism | The course notes and references provided by the instructor |
14 | Disabled tourism | |
15 | In class activity | |
16 | Final |
Course Notes/Textbooks | - The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism, Melanie Kay Smith and László |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation |
1
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15
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Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm |
1
|
35
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Final Exam |
1
|
50
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
|
50
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
|
50
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Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
0
|
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Study Hours Out of Class |
15
|
3
|
45
|
Field Work |
0
|
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
|
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Portfolio |
0
|
||
Homework / Assignments |
0
|
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Presentation / Jury |
0
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Project |
0
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
1
|
35
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35
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Final Exam |
1
|
40
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40
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Total |
168
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To be able to acquire and use theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of health management. |
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2 | To be able to create and use new information by integrating information in the field of health management with information from different disciplines |
X | |||||
3 |
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4 |
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X | |||||
5 |
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X | |||||
6 |
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X | |||||
7 |
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8 |
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X | |||||
9 |
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10 |
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X | |||||
11 |
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X | |||||
12 |
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13 |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
NEWS |ALL NEWS
HEALTH MANAGEMENT STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SEMESTER
Senior students of the Department of Health Management experienced their work environment at Medifema Hospital three days a week, within the scope