NON-THESÄ°S MASTER of URO-ONCOLOGY
Second Cycle Programmes
(Master's Degree)

D.1. General Information about Program

Since its foundation, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Urology has been a leader and a prominent organization of Turkish Urological Society, thanks to its good medicine practices as well as its highly qualified and educated academicians. Uro-oncology is a special issue which requires specialization following general urology education. Although surgical treatment is technically difficult in urologic cancers, it offers an effective solution for survival and has a direct effect on patient?s quality of life. Therefore, uro-oncology physicians need to undergo a multidisciplinary, regular and standardized theoretical and practical education. In the past 30 years, significant advancements have been observed in this field in developed countries; sound and productive specialty associations have been established, uro-oncology fellowship programs with well-defined standards have been defined and have become widespread particularly in the USA. The number of lecturers competent in uro-oncology is rather limited in most of the universities and public hospitals offering fellowship programs in Turkey. On the other hand, the Turkish Association of Uro-oncology was established in 1999 with the aims to organize national and international scientific meetings and congresses; to prepare the journals, books and other publications to be used in uro-oncology education; to carry out post-faculty and post-specialty academic development studies; to perform researches; to help the members improve their occupational studies; to protect and enhance their rights and to gain benefits by collaborating with the state organs and corporate bodies as needed within the framework of the objectives of the association. 

Considering the fact that Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Urology is one of the prominent clinics in uro-oncology, this program was decided to be opened in order to meet the qualified and educated personnel required in this field. Former chairman of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Urology, Prof. Dr. Haluk Özen is the founding member of the Turkish Association of Uro-oncology. Uro-oncology Congress, which is the most significant scientific organization of the Turkish Association of Uro-oncology, dates back to the international Ankara Uro-oncology Course organized by Dr. Haluk Özen for the first time in 1992. Furthermore, 8 specialists received uro-oncology education in our Department under the leadership of Dr. Haluk Özen. 

The master?s degree study program on ?uro-oncology? we have offered will be carried out in our Department which has undertaken uro-oncology for long years and has become a reference center, indeed. The graduate student will be expected to complete a basic scientific research on uro-oncology in two years. We believe, this program will raise consciousness about the subject and will become a starting point for a country-wide education.

The program will be carried out in Turkish language. For graduation, students will need to have completed minimum 10 courses and a term project, not less than 30 credits and 60 ECTS. The education program consists of clinical skills such as patient assessment/monitoring as well as theoretical courses and it requires active involvement in practical applications such as prostate biopsy, flexible cystoscopy etc. and in surgical treatments. Elective courses related with the basic and occupational courses defined in the program will be offered by the relevant departments of Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences as well as the relevant faculty members of our Department. Practical courses will be carried out in the clinics, outpatient clinics and operation rooms of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Urology. 

D.2 Qualification Awarded

Non-thesis Master's Degree

D.3. Level of Qualification

QF-EHEA: 2
EQF-LLL: 7

D.4. Provisions for Registration

To be accepted to the uro-oncology master's program, it is required to be an urology specialist, to have at least 80 points from central foreign language exams or exams specified by OSYM (student selection ant placement center) and accepted by Hacettepe University Senate. HU SBE graduate program student application conditions (http.//www.saglikbilmleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/yönetmelik.html).

Emphasis will be placed on the evaluation of applications by having the student obtain a certificate of achievement from the European Urology Committee (EBU) or Turkish Urology Proficiency Boards (TÃœYK).

To have ALES (SAY / EA) score type and ALES and Foreign Language base score determined by the Health Sciences Institute Board and approved by the Hacettepe University Senate http://www.saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/en/menu/ales_foreign_language_scores-252

D.5. Qualification Requirements and Regulations

In order to graduate from the program, students have to fulfill 60 ECTS credits with elective and required courses and complete the term project. Minimum of 40% of the total credit has to be taken from the elective courses within and outside the field. Student must successfully complete all courses and term project according to HU Graduate Education and Examination Regulations and must have at least 2.50 academic average.

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D.6. Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

There is no similar program in Turkey. It is possible for successful students who have an equivalent education and have completed at least one semester in another center abroad for lateral transfer. In order for the applications to be accepted, there should be an open position of a non-thesis graduate student in the department, the student has to meet the admission requirements of the graduate program that he/she wishes to transfer, he/she has to study at least one semester and must be passed with at least C1 success grades from each of the courses. Lateral transfer and recognition of classes are accepted after being discussed in the Academic Board of the Non-Thesis Master of Uro-oncology Program and are finalized with the decision of the board of directors of the Institute.

D.7. Goals and Objectives

The aim of the Non-Thesis Master of Uro-oncology  Program is to gain: 

1-Competence in the diagnosis and treatment of urological malignancies, 

2- To develop skills and willingness for research,

3- To develop urooncological surgey skills

4- Scientific production as well as good practice

5- To plan clinical research, prepare research projects ant present result, of the research

6-To provide a contribution to meet the needs of our country to trained staff in this field.

D.12. Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Urology Specialists, who graduated from this program, can contribute to education of Urology specialists by being appointed as trainers in educational institutions, and to more effective and correct treatment of patients with urological cancers  in the light of scientific principles by being appointed as fellows in Uro-oncology at public and private hospitals.

D.13. Access to Further Studies

QF-EHEA:
EQF-LLL:

D.14. Profile of the Programme

The program consists of theoretical and practical courses  and the term project (writing a scientific manuscript and submission to a journal for publication). 60% of the courses are required and 40% of them are elective. Elective courses consist of within and outside the field courses (epidemiology, statistics, etc.) and start from the first semester of education. Applied courses are performed in urology clinic, outpatient clinic and operating rooms. Required courses in the program are for a semester and elective courses can be opened in both semesters. While the courses in the program provide the students with the basic knowledge about the field since the first semester, application courses aim to transform the knowledge, which was learned, into skills and competencies.

D.15. Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

To graduate from the program, students must complete a total of 60ECTS courses, not less than 30 credits, and a term project. Minimum of 40% of the total credit is to be taken from the elective courses within and outside the field. Student must successfully complete all courses, applications and term project, which were required by the program, according to HU Graduate Education and Examination Regulations and must have at least 2.50 academic average.

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D.16. Graduation Requirements

"Master without thesis program with a total of thirty credits and at least ten courses, not less than 60 ECTS. consists of a term project course.
Graduate students without thesis who fulfill the Graduation Requirements of the Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations are awarded a master's degree without thesis.

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D.17. Education Type

1. Full Time Education

D.18. Programme Director

Prof. Dr. Cenk Yücel BİLEN

e-mail: cybilen@yahoo.com

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sertaç YAZICI

e-mail: syazici@hacettepe.edu.tr