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KSH 516 - Family Planning Counseling

Graduate Education Institute · Women's Health and Diseases Nursing · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Şenay DEMİRBAŞ MEYDAN

Course Objective

The course aims to provide students with adequate theoretical knowledge about the current status of family planning services in the country, comprehensive information on family planning methods and counseling, to develop care skills within this context, to teach basic health approaches for addressing conditions that negatively affect sexual health, and to equip students with the ability to function as effective educators in clinical settings and community-based practice.

Course Content

Organization and Management of Family Planning Services; Quality Assurance in Family Planning Services; The Status of Family Planning Worldwide and in Türkiye; Counseling; Assessment of the Service Recipient; Prevention of Infections; Fertility Awareness and Family Planning; Breastfeeding and Pregnancy Prevention; Oral Contraceptives; Subdermal Implants; Voluntary Surgical Sterilization; Emergency Contraception; Postpartum Family Planning; Post-abortion Family Planning; Innovations in Contraceptive Methods.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Aile planlamasının tanımı ve işleyişini öğrenebilme
  2. Aile planlaması ve nüfus planlaması ile ilgili toplum sorunlarının önemini kavrayabilme
  3. Aile planlaması yöntemlerini öğrenebilme
  4. Aile planlaması danışmanlığını verebilme
  5. RİA uygulamasını gerçekleştirebilme
  6. İnfertilite bilgisi ve yardımcı üreme tekniklerini kavrayabilme
  7. Risk gruplarını saptayabilme, bu risk gruplarının farkındalığını artırmak için yapılabilecek uygulamaları planlayabilme
  8. Cinsel Sağlık ve Üreme Sağlığı konusu ile ilgili toplum sorunlarını kavrayabilme, çözüm stratejileri geliştirebilme

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerBrain StormingSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (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 Period15230
Midterm13030
Quiz000
Assignment11010
Practice000
Final15050

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Course Information-
2Basic Concepts, Policies, and Historical Background of Family Planning Services; Family Planning Service Unit1,2,3,4,5,6
3Use of Family Planning Methods Worldwide and in Türkiye and Their Impact on Maternal and Child Health; Roles of the Nurse in Family Planning Services1,2,3,4,5,6
4Prevention and Control of Reproductive Tract Infections1,2,3,4,5,6
5Family Planning Counseling and Communication; Assessment of Clients Receiving Services (History Taking, Physical Examination, Method Eligibility)1,2,3,4,5,6
6Contraceptive Methods: Fertility Awareness, Natural Family Planning Methods, and Less Effective Family Planning Methods1,2,3,4,5,6
7Contraceptive Methods: Fertility Awareness, Natural Family Planning Methods, and Less Effective Family Planning Methods1,2,3,4,5,6
8Midterm Examination-
9Hormonal Methods: Oral Contraceptives, Injectable Contraceptives, Subdermal Implants, Vaginal and Transdermal Contraception1,2,3,4,5,6
10Barrier Methods, Intrauterine Devices (IUDs), and Voluntary Surgical Sterilization1,2,3,4,5,6
11Family Planning Counseling in Special Situations: Emergency Contraception and Premarital Family Planning Counseling1,2,3,4,5,6
12Post-Abortion and Postpartum Family Planning1,2,3,4,5,6
13Reproductive Health and Contraception in Adolescents1,2,3,4,5,6
14Premenopausal Contraception1,2,3,4,5,6
15Innovations in Contraceptive Methods1,2,3,4,5,6
16Final Examination-