SLT645 - HEALTH LITERACY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
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| HEALTH LITERACY | SLT645 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | Yok | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Drill and Practice | |||||
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Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course |
| Week 2 | Health, Health Communication and Health Literacy |
| Week 3 | Health Literacy as the Main Determinant of Health |
| Week 4 | Health Literacy and Media |
| Week 5 | Health Literacy and Health Policies |
| Week 6 | MÄ°dterm exam |
| Week 7 | Health Literacy in Health Institutions (with patient-staff-patient relative) |
| Week 8 | Factors that Affect Health Literacy |
| Week 9 | How to Measure Health Literacy |
| Week 10 | Health Literacy in Adults |
| Week 11 | Midterm |
| Week 12 | Health Literacy Examples from Various Countries and The Situation in Turkey |
| Week 13 | Health Literacy in Special Target Groups (women, children, teenagers, disabled, immigrants etc.) |
| Week 14 | How to Improve Health Literacy? Roles of Different Sectors |
| Week 15 | How to Improve Health Literacy? Roles of Different Sectors (cont) |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
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WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 0 | ||
| Laboratory | 0 | ||
| Application | 0 | ||
| Specific practical training | 0 | ||
| Field activities | 0 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 0 | ||
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | ||
| Project | 0 | ||
| Homework assignment | 0 | ||
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | ||
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 0 | ||
| Total Workload | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. The student is competent to use and evaluate the basic concepts, the interrelations between the concepts, the approaches and the theories in the field of health, communication and health communication on a theoretical and practical basis. | X | ||||
| 2. The student has the knowledge and the capability of conducting activities in the field of health communication. | X | ||||
| 3. The student has the knowledge of both interpersonal and media dimension of health communication and apply this knowledge to her/his studies. | X | ||||
| 4. The student has the knowledge of methodological approaches, methods and research techniques in the field of health communication and the competencies and skills to apply and evaluate this knowledge. | X | ||||
| 5. The student designs and conducts researches through using qualitative and quantitative research techniques, evaluates the results of the researches and writes academic articles. | X | ||||
| 6. The student discusses the arising problems with scientific and current knowledge in relation to health communication and proposes solutions to them. | X | ||||
| 7. The student knows the academic and professional ethical principles and acts accordingly. | X | ||||
| 8. he student follows current developments, approaches and resources in the field of health communication, evaluates them with a critical and questioning attitude, participates in relevant discussions, and produces authentic knowledge in this regard. | X | ||||
| 9. The student adopts an interdisciplinary perspective in relation to her/his study field, question, interpret and evaluate them with this perspective. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest