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KSH 510 - Current Issues in Health

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

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nefise BAHÇECİK

Course Objective

This course aims to provide the students with the knowledge and skills about current topics in health.

Course Content

This course covers topics such as Disaster Management, Crisis Management, Innovation, Sustainability in Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare, Health Tourism, Lean Hospital, Green Management, Global Warming, Employee Health and Safety, Information Management in Healthcare.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Uses clinical decision making processes in effective care by utilizing information technology.
  2. Uses an innovative approach in nursing practice
  3. Explain the reflections of disaster management on nurses.
  4. Awares of the priority areas that need to be investigated and knows how to conduct the investigations in the clinical field.
  5. Apply the principles of patient and employee safety
  6. Apply to laws and ethical principles in nursing practices.
  7. Evaluate the opportunities related to new career areas in nursing.

Core Area Distribution

(72) Health%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

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 Period16464
Midterm13030
Quiz000
Assignment12020
Practice000
Final14040

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Introducing the courseReading, researching
2Disaster managementReading, researching
3Crisis ManagementReading, researching
4InnovationReading, research
5Sustainability in HealthcareReading, researching
6Artificial IntelligenceReading, researching
7Quality and Accreditation in HealthcareReading, researching
8Health tourismReading, researching
9Public holidayPublic holiday
10Mid termMid term
11Lean HospitalReading, researching
12Green ManagementReading, researching
13Global WarmingReading, researching
14Employee Health and SafetyReading, researching
15Information Management in HealthcareReading, researching
16Leadership Evaluation of the courseReading, researching