SKY648 - HEALTH and HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
HEALTH and HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SKY648 1st Semester 3 0 3 8
PrequisitesNo
Course languageTurkish
Course typeMust 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
 
Instructor (s)Faculty Members 
Course objectiveThis course aims to health the students to understand how health systems and health care organisations Works and to teach basic elements to understand other courses in the programme. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Learns the definitions of health services, the types of health care organisations and the factors affecting health status.
  2. Knows the history of health services
  3. Learns the definition, objectives, functions of hospitals, and knows the difference between hospitals and other health care organisations.
  4. Learns the latest developments and evaluates the effECTS of new developments on hospital management
  5. Learns the features of well-managed health care organisations
  6. Learns the importance of hospitals in community life and knows essential elements of hospital organisations
  7. Learns the history of profession of hospital management and essential skills and knowledge of successful hospital managers.
Course ContentThe history of health, health services, and hospital services; hospital management as a profession and its history; increasinf importance of curative health care services in improving health status of community; core principles for well-managed health care organisations; skill, knowledge and aÄŸabeylities in becoming a succesfull health care manager; and development and changes in hospital sector in recent years. 
References1. Lawrence F. Wolper (1995). Health Care Administration: Principles, Practices, Structure, and Delivery. Aspen Publishers, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland.
2. Kavuncubaşı Şahin (2010). Hastane ve Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi, Siyasal Kitapevi, Ankara.
3. John R. Griffith (1995). The Well-Managed Health Care Organization. AUPHA Press/Health Administration Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Health, Health Services and Turkish Health System
Week 2History of Hospital, Management and Organization of Hospital, Hospitals in Turkish Health System
Week 3Strategic Hospital Planning, Decision of Hospital Facility Location and Application in Turkey
Week 4Hospital Board and Public Hospital Assocations
Week 5Hospital Management, Administrator of Hospital and Application in Turkey
Week 6Midterm Exam
Week 7Doctors, Nurses and Other Health Professional and Application in Turkey
Week 8Hospital Support Services: Radiology and Laboratory
Week 9Management of Patient Services, Health and Hospital Information Systems, The Current Situation of in Turkish Hospital
Week 10Hospital Payment Methods and Application in Turkey
Week 11Management of Pharmacy and Food Services Example of Turkey
Week 12Materials and Building Management and Application in Turkey
Week 13Teamwork in Health Institutions and Conflict Management
Week 14Power, Politics and Strategic Partnership in Health Institutions
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance010
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments125
Presentation115
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms120
Final exam130
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes070
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes030
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)12448
Presentation / Seminar Preparation12020
Project13030
Homework assignment12020
Midterms (Study duration)13030
Final Exam (Study duration) 15050
Total Workload31157240

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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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 knowledgeX    
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