FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Department of Health Management

HIM 404 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Healthcare Tourism
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
HIM 404
Spring
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Case Study
Q&A
Lecture / 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;
  • Will be able to define health tourism.
  • Will be able to discuss the importance of thermal tourism for Turkey.
  • Will be able to compare elderly age tourism within the scope of health tourism.
  • Will be able to discuss the disabled tourism.
  • Will be able to define the characteristics of businesses operating in the field of health tourism.
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

 



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 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
Puczkó
- Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, Milica Bookman
- Medical Tourism, John Connell

Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
35
Final Exam
1
50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
50
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
3
45
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
0
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
35
35
Final Exam
1
40
40
    Total
168

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

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

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

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

4

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

X
5

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.

X
6

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.

X
7

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.

8

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.

X
9

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.

10

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

X
11

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

X
12

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

13

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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