HSP617 - CONTROL of COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTROL of COMMUNICABLE DISEASES | HSP617 | Any Semester/Year | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Prequisites | Must have taken HEP 602 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Levent AKIN, MD | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of the course To provide information to students on control of communicable diseases, steps of the development of a health education program; implementation and evaluation of the training program. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The magnitude of communicable diseases global and national Epidemiology of communicable diseases Control of airborne infectious diseases Control of water borne infectious diseases Control of foodborne infectious diseases Control of sexually tranmitted infectious diseases Control of HIV/AIDS and Hepatit B Control of zoonosis Outbreak investigation Outbreak investigation-2 Principal of immunization Bioterrorizm and war Surveillance General discussion | |||||
| References | 1. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th Edition. Editor: James Chin, The American Public Health Association, NW, Washington, DC 2008. 2. Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Ed Robert B Wallace, Neal Kohatsu, 15.th ed. Mc Graw Hill Medical Company, Stamford, NY, 2007. 3. Akın L.." Bulaşıcı Hastalıkların Kontrolu " Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler (Editörler: Ç. Güler ve Levent Akın). Hacettepe Üniversitesi yayınları, Ankara, 2006. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The magnitude of communicable diseases global and national |
| Week 2 | Epidemiology of communicable diseases |
| Week 3 | Control of airborne infectious diseases |
| Week 4 | Control of water borne infectious disease |
| Week 5 | Control of foodborne infectious diseases |
| Week 6 | Control of sexually transmitted infectious diseases |
| Week 7 | Control of HIV/AIDS and Hepatit B |
| Week 8 | Control of arthropod borne infectious diseases and malaria |
| Week 9 | Control of zoonosis |
| Week 10 | Outbreak investigation-1 |
| Week 11 | Outbreak investigation-2 |
| Week 12 | Principal of immunization |
| Week 13 | Bioterrorizm and war |
| Week 14 | Surveillance |
| Week 15 | Preparation for 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 2 | 20 |
| Project | 1 | 10 |
| Seminar | 1 | 20 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 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 | 2 | 28 |
| 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) | 13 | 6 | 78 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 19 | 120 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Has up-to-date knowledge on public health, which s/he can enhance and deepen. | X | ||||
| 2. Comprehends, assesses, and interprets interdisciplinary interaction in the field of public health. | X | ||||
| 3. Has comprehensive knowledge on methods used in public health and public health program development, implementation and evaluation. | X | ||||
| 4. Has knowledge on research and statistical methods used in the field of public health. | X | ||||
| 5. Able to use theoretical and practical knowledge on public health. | X | ||||
| 6. Combines his/her public health knowledge and skills with appropriate methods and tools to identify health problems in communities and to find solutions by developing policy and strategy recommendations. | X | ||||
| 7. Plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports research studies in public health issues. | X | ||||
| 8. Able to work in teams and share his/her knowledge in identifying public health problems and solutions. | X | ||||
| 9. Assesses international development and progress in the field of public health by considering country-specific conditions. | X | ||||
| 10. Has knowledge on ethical principles with respect to all kinds of scientific and professional work in the area of public health, and acts accordingly. | X | ||||
| 11. Conducts scientific research, writes and presents scientific papers on priority areas of public health. | X | ||||
| 12. Contributes to the national and international health policy work with a public health perspective. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest