COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Community Oriented Primary Care
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GENS 310
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives At the end of this course; the students are expected to understand the importance of social determinants of health. The students are also expected to understand that Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) is an important tool for the intervention on health and its determinants, to define the basic principles of COPC and to understand how to plan COPC programs for different health problems and its determinants.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to define the social determinants of health
  • will be able to define the important steps of COPC approach
  • will be able to explain how to characterize a community with its socioeconomical characteristics and health status
  • will be able to explain how to identify important social/health problems in COPC approach
  • will be able to explain how to evaluate the knowledge about the identified social/health problem
  • will be able to plan an intervention program for the identified social/health problem
Course Description The course includes COPC approach to tackle social/health problems.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Health Determinants Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
2 Introduction to community oriented primary care (COPC) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
3 Community characterization Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
4 Community characterization (group study) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
5 Identification of important health problems (lecture + group study) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
6 Evaluation the knowledge about the identified health problem Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
7 Midterm
8 Evaluation the knowledge about the identified health problem (group study) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
9 Evaluation the knowledge about the identified health problem (group study) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
10 Planning an intervention program for the identified health problem Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
11 Planning an intervention program for the identified health problem (group study) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
12 Evaluation the effectiveness of the planned intervention program Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
13 Evaluation the effectiveness of the planned intervention program (group study) Gofin J, Gofin R. Community Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century, Johns and Barlett, 2011 (Community health and its determinants p8-15)
14 Presentation
15 Presentation
16 Review of the Semester
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
16
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
3
45
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
25
Final Exam
1
25
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
20
75
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
25
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
15
1
15
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
3
5
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
5
Final Exams
1
5
    Total
88

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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

To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.

2

To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.

3

To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.

4

To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.

5

To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.

6

To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.

7

To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.

8

To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.

9

To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.

10

To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.

11

To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

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

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest