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| SYON5027 | Health Tourism | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | HEALTH ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ayten TURAN KURTARAN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To develop a conceptual understanding of medical tourism, understand medical tourism market and medical tourism industry, understand issues in treatment processes (including quality, safety and risk) in terms of medical tourism, understand system-level implications of medical tourism for countries of origin and destination, know substantial political and ethical issues related to practices of medical tourism. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Analyzes, criticizes, and evaluates medical tourism market, medical tourism industry, and treatment processes. | 1,4,5,12 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Analyzes, criticizes, and evaluates system-level implications of medical tourism for countries of origin and destination. | 1,4,5,12 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | Analyzes, criticizes, and evaluates substantial political and ethical issues related to practices of medical tourism. | | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Concept of medical tourism, medical tourism market and industry, treatment process, client expectations in medical tourism, legal and ethical issues in medical tourism, economic, social and institutional aspects of medical tourism, system implications for country of origin and destination country, medical tourism in Turkey, studies in the field of medical tourism. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Concept of medical tourism | | | Week 2 | Health tourism market | | | Week 3 | Medical tourism industry | | | Week 4 | Treatment process | | | Week 5 | Client Expectations in Medical Tourism | | | Week 6 | Quality, Safety, and Risk in Medical Tourism | | | Week 7 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism | | | Week 8 | Economic, Social, and Institutional Aspects of Medical Tourism | | | Week 9 | Mid Term Exam | | | Week 10 | System Implications: Country of Origin | | | Week 11 | System Implications: Destination Country | | | Week 12 | Medical Tourism in Turkey | | | Week 13 | Studies in the Field of Medical Tourism | | | Week 14 | Conclusion and evaluations for future research | | | Week 15 | An overview | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Hall, M. 2012. Medical Tourism: The Ethics, Regulation, and Marketing of Health Mobility. Taylor & Francis, Inc. | | | |
| 1 | Hodges, J.R., et al. 2012. Risks and Challenges in Medical Tourism: Understanding the Dynamics of the Global Market for Health Services. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated. | | | 2 | Lunt, N., et al. Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications: A Scoping Review. OECD. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 6 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 190 |
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