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SAY 519 - Health tourism

Graduate Education Institute · Health Management · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Haşim ÇAPAR

Course Objective

In recent years, health tourism, health tourism institutions, medicine and thermal therapy in terms of health tourism, medical and thermal therapy tourists, medical and thermal therapy tourists, and to comprehend the problems and solutions of tourists and businesses within the scope of health tourism.

Course Content

This course; Health Tourism, medical tourism and old age tourism concepts Health Tourism Market and reverse flow concept, Health Tourism Industry, Management of Treatment Process, Customer Expectations in Health Tourism, Areas where medical tourists are most treated, Patient Health, Quality, Safety and Risk in Health Tourism, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Tourism, Economic, Social and Institutional Health Tourism, Effects on the System: Source Country, Effects on the System: Destination Country, Health Tourism in Turkey: A General Framework and Medical Tourism, Health Tourism in Turkey: Thermal Tourism, Disabled and Elderly Tourism, Health Tourism Sector and Potential in Europe and the Middle East, Health Tourism Sector and Potential in the Far East and America; includes topics.

Required Resources

Tengilimoğlu D. Sağlık Turizmi .2017.Siyasal Kitapevi .Ankara.

Sağlık Turizmi. SATURY Yayınlarıhttp://www.saturk.gov.tr/images/pdf/tyst/02.pdf
Sağlık Turizmi El Kitabı T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü (Sağlık Turizmi Daire Başkanlığı) 2012 https://dosyasb.saglik.gov.tr/Eklenti/493,saglik-turizmi-el-kitabi-08052012pdf.pdf?0
SAĞLIK TURİZMİNDE ÖNE ÇIKAN ÜLKELER: Sağlık Sistemleri ve Dünya Sağlık Turizmindeki Yerleri (Yıldız vd., 2020). Nobel yayınları
A'dan Z'ye Sağlık Turizmi Pazarlama ve Yönetişimi (Işık, 2021) IGEME Yayınları

Recommended Resources

Tengilimoğlu D. Sağlık Turizmi .2017.Siyasal Kitapevi .Ankara.

Sağlık Turizmi. SATURY Yayınlarıhttp://www.saturk.gov.tr/images/pdf/tyst/02.pdf
Sağlık Turizmi El Kitabı T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü (Sağlık Turizmi Daire Başkanlığı) 2012 https://dosyasb.saglik.gov.tr/Eklenti/493,saglik-turizmi-el-kitabi-08052012pdf.pdf?0
SAĞLIK TURİZMİNDE ÖNE ÇIKAN ÜLKELER: Sağlık Sistemleri ve Dünya Sağlık Turizmindeki Yerleri (Yıldız vd., 2020). Nobel yayınları
A'dan Z'ye Sağlık Turizmi Pazarlama ve Yönetişimi (Işık, 2021) IGEME Yayınları

Rules

Attendance is compulsory in this course. Students who cannot fulfill the 70% attendance requirement are allowed to repeat the course.

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%50 (72) Health%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentationBrain StormingSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16464
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment248
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Basic concepts of health tourismPreparation with a resource book.
2Medical tourism within the scope of health tourismPreparation with a resource book.
3Factors Affecting Destination Selection in Medical TourismPreparation with a resource book.
4Turkey's Place and Development in the Medical Tourism IndexPreparation with a resource book.
5Health Tourism in TurkeyPreparation with a resource book.
6Health Tourism in the WorldPreparation with a resource book.
7Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Tourism and Future TrendsPreparation with a resource book.
8Midterm ExamPreparation with a resource book.
9Current Business Models in Health TourismPreparation with a resource book.
10Finding and managing overseas customers for health tourismPreparation with a resource book.
11Methods to be used to find patients for health tourismPreparation with a resource book.
12Incentives for health tourismPreparation with a resource book.
13Health Tourism and MalpracticePreparation with a resource book.
14B2B, B2C and Customer to Customer Strategies in Health TourismPreparation with a resource book.
15Authorized institutions and their functions in Health TourismPreparation with a resource book.
16Final ExamPreparation with resource book.