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Course Code: 
FTR 518
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
2
Lab: 
2
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
8
Course Language: 
İngilizce
Course Coordinator: 
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Course Objectives: 
This course aims to describe the concepts of the community health, environment health, preventive measures, and improving community awareness.
Course Content: 
     Envioronmental health,  preventive  rehabilitation, independent living  of people living in different settings; age, gender, functional, educational, social diferences among individuals  in the cotext of community health and the ways in approching their community health conditions   
Course Methodology: 
1. Lecture 2. Discussion 3. Problem solving 4. Case study
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A. Written Exam C. Homework F. Case study

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Program Öğrenme Çıktıları Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1) Provides life long learning and awareness of societal problems     5 1,2,3 A,C
2) Sensiteve and feel responsible  in Professional, social and universal ethical   principles 3  3,4 A,C
3) Improves practical skill in thje concept of  community health rehabilitation 5 3,4 A,C,F

 

4) Provides proper comminication skills 3 2,3 A,C,F
5) Gains the skills of evidenced based  problem solving 5 2,3,4 A,C,F

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Community health approches, preventive measures for individual and community health  principles in the context of rehabilitative measures  
2 Envioronmental health,  preventive  rehabilitation in community (public schools, special education schools, workplaces, offices etc..) and  family education

 

 
3 Elderly living independently in their home enviorenment and the elderly living in the nursery homes, hospitals, special centes;

Case Studies and discussion

 
4 Care for children under the guidence of the government and for the children with special needs etc..  and family education, carerer education

Case Studies and discussion

 
5 Prevention of postur, improving postural awareness, training for correct body image

Case Studies and discussion

 
6 Approches for gaining the habit of regular physical activity  against heavy weight and obesity

Case Studies and discussion

 
7 MIDTERM EXAM  
8    
9 Seminar in community health  rehabilition  
10  Seminar in community health  rehabilition  
11 Presentation of studies in community health  rehabilition 

  

 
12  Presentation of studies in community health  rehabilition 

 

 
13  

Discussion of the outcomes of studies in  community health  rehabilition 

 
14 Discussion of studies in  community health  rehabilition   

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook
  1. Goldberg B. Sports and Exercise for Children with Chronic Health Conditions. Human Kinetics, London, 1995.
  2. Ham RJ,  Primary Care Geriatrics.: A Case –Based Approach, Mosby Year Book, St Louis, 1997. 
  3. Kasapoğlu M. A. Sağlık Sosyolojisi, Türkiye’den Araştırmalar, Sosyoloji Derneği Yayınları VI, Ankara, 1999.
  4. Welk GJ  Physical Activity Assessments for Health-Related Research. Human Kinetics, USA, 2002.  
Additional Resources  

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents Power point presentations, pictures and video presentations
Assignments Case presentations on  community health  rehabilition     
Exams Theoretical Midterm,  case studies and Final Exams

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms 1 70
Assignment 1 30
Total   100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE   40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE   60
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5  
1 Having enough educational background in health.         X  
2 Using the basic knowledge to define and analyze the problems.         X  
3 To make solution suggestions based on the evidence.         X  
4 To choose and use efficiently physiotherapy - rehabilitation techniques required for the cases.         X  
5 To gain practical skills.     X      
6 To have the capability to choose the therapy agents, tools and to plan the rehabilitation program.       X    
7 To have a command in  spesific problems in physiotherapy         X  
8 To have command in communication skills usage in order to communicate efficiently.     X      
9 To achieve an awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning and consistently self-improving.       X    
10 To have the consciousness of professional, social and universal ethics and responsibilities         X  

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 3 48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 7 112
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 1 20 20
Final examination 1 10 10
Total Work Load     193
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     7,72
ECTS Credit of the Course     8