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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES |
| PUBLIC HEALTH (PhD) | |
| Code | HAS608 |
| Name | Elderly Health |
| Term | 2026-2027 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall and Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Doktora Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
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Course Goal / Objective
By the end of the course, participants will have knowledge of elderly health from a public health perspective
Course Content
The concept of elderly health, its importance, and healthy aging
Course Precondition
Admission requirements for the Public Health Doctorate
Resources
Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler (Tanır F, Demirhindi H. Eds) Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, 2020
Notes
Digital resources
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Defines the elderly and elderly health |
| LO02 | Explains the importance of elderly health |
| LO03 | Lists the practices in primary healthcare services for the elderly |
| LO04 | Compares the characteristics of elderly health in the world and in Türkiye |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines the basic concepts of public health, counts the principles of counselling and training in public health issues | 1 |
| PLO02 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Measures and evaluates the level of health in the world and in Turkey in line with epidemiological principles, conducts research, analyses and evaluates, prepares and presents reports and articles | 1 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Counts the principles of management of resources such as health manpower and financing | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Counts occupational health and safety principles and occupational diseases, lists tasks at the 1st step level in this regard | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Counts and evaluates the principles of child and adolescent health and defines the tasks in the first level health care | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Defines infectious diseases and zoonotic diseases and related tasks, plans immunisation services in the first level health care | 2 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Plans tasks related to women, reproductive health and family planning | |
| PLO08 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Describes the system in the first level health care to chronic diseases and elderly health | 5 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Carries out tasks related to environmental health, laboratory services | |
| PLO10 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Defines community nutrition and lists nutritional diseases | 1 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definition of elderly | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | The social importance of the elderly | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | The situation of elderly people in the world and in Türkiye | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Social aging | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Problems in the elderly | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Diseases commonly associated with aging | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Causes of death in elderly people | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Preparation for exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
| 9 | The elderly and the environment | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Primary care practices for the health of the elderly | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Nutrition for the elderly | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Elderly vaccination | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | Elderly and urbanisation | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | Elderly and exercise | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | Healthy aging | Literature review - Homework | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Preparation for exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Sözlü Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Preparation for exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 148 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,92 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||