SKY673 - HEALTH POLICY and PLANNING
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH POLICY and PLANNING | SKY673 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Must | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Distance Education | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Other: Lectures; seminars ve and workshops | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students with an overview of the health policies around the world and in Turkey and to assess various health policy issues. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course addresses health policies at macro level with examples from Turkey and the globe. Concepts and methods of health policy, health policy analysis, analysis and evaluation of Turkey?s health policies, and other related topics. | |||||
| References | 1. Aiken L and Sloane D. (2002). Hospital Organisation and Culture, In: McKee M and Healy J. (Eds). Hospitals in a Changing Europe, WHO Observatory on Health Systems, Geneva. pp: 265-279. 2. Alexe D et al. (2008). Responding to the Challenge of Cancer in Europe, In: Coleman MP et al. (Eds). Responding to the Challenge of Cancer in Europe, WHO Observatory on Health Systems, Geneva. pp: 1-7. 3. Bosanquet N and Sikora K. (2004). The Economics of Cancer in the UK, Lancet Oncology, 5: 568-574. 4. Bray F. (2008). The Burden of Cancer in Europe, In: Coleman MP and (Eds). Responding to the Challenge of Cancer in Europe, WHO Observatory on HealthSystems, Geneva. pp: 7-41. 5. Degeking P and Erskine J. (2009). New Models of Long Term Care and Implicaitons for Service Redesign, In: Rechel B et al. (Eds). Investing in Hospitals of the Future, WHO Observatory on HealthSystems, Geneva. pp. 27-57. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Health policy: Basic concepts |
| Week 2 | Power theories and agenda-setters in the policy making process |
| Week 3 | Priority setting in health 1 |
| Week 4 | Priority setting in health - Health technology assessment |
| Week 5 | Payment methods in healthcare |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | Global healthcare reform policies |
| Week 8 | Global healthcare reform policies |
| Week 9 | Turkish health policies and policy making process |
| Week 10 | Health promotion and cancer policies in the World an Turkey |
| Week 11 | Pharmaceutical policies in the World and Turkey |
| Week 12 | Healthcare financing policies in the World and Turkey |
| Week 13 | Organization policies regarding primary healthcare in the World and Turkey |
| Week 14 | Organization policies regarding secondary and tertiary healthcare in the World and Turkey / Dual practice in the healthcare sector |
| Week 15 | Preparatıon for the final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 6 | 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 70 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 4 | 48 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 137 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To have knowledge about theoretical and practical information related to the field of health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 2. To gain knowledge and skills on understanding, analyzing and directing administrative, financial, technical and medical process of health organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To understand basic elements of health system in national and international level, to comprehend health planning and health policy, to analyze health sector economic and financially | X | ||||
| 4. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 5. Critical and innovative thinking in problems faced during health management process, having the ability to use scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 6. Following the changes in the field of health care management and have the ability to provide specific solutions related health care system of the country | X | ||||
| 7. Acting in accordance with the ethical principles of scientific research, publication and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest