SKY733 - HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS | SKY733 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Team/Group Work Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Problem Solving | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | This course is intended to review health policy analysis form its theoretical and methodological dimensions/perspectives. In other words, health policy analysis is a multi-disciplinary approach to public policy that aims to explain the interaction between institutions, interests and ideas in the policy process. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Within this course, health policy analysis will be addressed within the framework of four key elements of health and health care (health services, organization, financing and reforms) with regard to theoretical and methodological perspectives. | |||||
| References | 1. Abel-Smith B. (1994). An Introduction to Health: Policy, Planning and Financing. Longman Group Limited, Essex. 2. Aktan CC ve Saran U. (ed). (2007). Sağlık Yönetimi ve Sağlık Ekonomisi. Aura Kitapları. 3. Barker C. (1996). The Health Policy Process. Sage Publications, London. 4. Collins T. (2005). Health Policy Analysis: A Simple Tool for Policy Makers. Public Health, 119: 192-196. 5. Garrido MV et al. (2008). Health Technology Assessment and Health Policy Making in Europe, WHO Observatory on HealthSystems, Geneva. pp. 19-31. 6. Gilson L and Raphaely N. (2008). The Terrain of Health Policy Analysis in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Review of Published Literature 1994-2007. Health Policy and Planning. 23: 294-307. 7. Janovsky K (ed) (1996). Health Policy and Systems Development. WHO, Geneva. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Health policy analysis: An overview and framework |
| Week 2 | Process and challenges in the health policy analysis |
| Week 3 | Models and methods in the health policy analysis |
| Week 4 | Case study: Health reforms |
| Week 5 | Case study: Health financing |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | Case study: Provision of health services |
| Week 8 | Case study: Organization of health services |
| Week 9 | Group seminar/workshop |
| Week 10 | Group seminar/workshop |
| Week 11 | Group seminar/workshop |
| Week 12 | Group seminar/workshop |
| Week 13 | Group seminar/workshop |
| Week 14 | Group seminar/workshop |
| Week 15 | Preparation 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 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 25 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 35 | 102 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Development of theoretical and practical information related to the field of health care management | X | ||||
| 2. Analyzing and directing administrative, financial, legal, technical and medical processes of health care organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To have knowledge and skills on managing information systems in health caremanagement and to be able to effectively use it | X | ||||
| 4. To make advanced analysesof health system at national and international level,health planning and health policy, and health sector with economic and financial aspects | X | ||||
| 5. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health caremanagement and to be able to apply this knowledge | X | ||||
| 6. To have the ability to think critically and innovatively in dealing with problems faced during health care management processes, to have the ability to develop scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 7. To act in accordance with the principles of scientific research, publishing and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest