Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
11MED 606Community Health and Primary Care0+240+081027.03.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program School of Medicine (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Category of Course Unit Internship Programs
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This community-based medical education program aims to provide an experiential learning-training environment for practice in primary healthcare institutions(e.g. Family Health Units-Centers, Community Health Centers, Tuberculosis Dispensaries, Local Health Authority, Occupational Health Units, Mother and Child Health Centers) to consolidate knowledge and skills regarding basic principles of community health and primary care-family medicine.
Course Content Performance* assessment via;
comprehensive case presentations and reports
practice-based tutor feed-back (via standardized check-lists) to students ‘consultations with patients (and their families)
assessment of student presentations (journal club, seminar and research project results)
active attendance a sout lined in the Logbook
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Pınar Topsever
Lecturer
Phd. YeÅŸim Yasin
Name of Lecturers Prof. Dr. Pınar Topsever
Instructor Dr. Demet Dinç
Instructor Dr. Åžirin Parkan
Prof. Dr. Nadi Bakırcı
Associate Prof. Dr. Figen Demir
Lecturer
Phd. YeÅŸim Yasin
Lecturer
Phd. Efe Onganer
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Aile hekimliğinin esasları; ed. Philip D. Sloane...[et.al] ; çev. ed. Ayşe Palanduz.
Birinci basamakta tanı ve tedavi; ed.; Nafiz Bozdemir, İsmail Hamdi Kara
Course Notes • Practice in family and community health centers and other community-based primary care institutions (e.g. hospices, elderly homes)
• observation of patient journey and care trajectories by case analyses and discussions critical event analyses
• structured tutor feed-back sessions
• reflection sessions, peer education
• site visits
• seminars
• journal clubs
• student presentations
• workshops
• student research project

Course Category
Health %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Field Evaluation 1 % 100
Total
1
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 1 12 12
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 3 18 54
Assignments 1 12 12
Presentation 1 12 12
Practice 5 40 200
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 10 290

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 to manage primary contacts with patients, dealing with unselected problems,
2 to co – ordinate care with other professionals in primary care and with other specialists,
3 to act as an advocate for the patient with in the social security and health care system,
4 to understand the financial and legal frameworks in which health care is given at practice level,
5 to ad op ta person-centered approach in dealing with patients and problems in the context of the patient’s circumstances,
6 to communicate, set priorities and actin partnership,
7 to value the benefit of longitudinal continuity of care as determined by the needs of the patient (continuing and coordinated care management),
8 to accept and manage complexity in clinical and ethical decision making,
9 to relate specific decision making processes to the prevalence and incidence of illness in the community,
10 to selectively gather and interpret information from history-taking, physical examination, and investigations and apply it to an appropriate management plan in collaboration with the patient,
11 to observe the effectiveness of certain clinical working principles. e.g. incremental investigation, using time as a tool and to tolerate uncertainty,
12 to intervene urgently when necessary,
13 to manage conditions which may present early and in an undifferentiated way,
14 to manage simultaneously multiple complaints and pathologies, both acute and chronic health problems in the individual,
15 to promote health and well-being by applying health promotion and disease prevention strategies appropriately,
16 to manage and coordinate health promotion, prevention, cure, care and palliation and rehabilitation,
17 to reconcile the health needs of individual patients and the health needs of the community in which they live in balance with available resources,
18 to analyze and discuss the impact of the local community, including socio-economic factors, geography and culture, on health, the workplace and patient care,
19 to use a bio-psycho-social model taking into account cultural and existential dimensions,
20 to investigate and design a strategy to control outbreaks-epidemics,
21 to calculate, interpret and use health indicators,
22 to observe and discuss services delivered by Community Health Centers (CHC/Toplum Sağlığı Merkezi-TSM),
23 to appraise the impact of policies, laws, and legislation on both, individual and population health,
24 to explain and practice the expanded Program on Immunization (EPI),
25 to outline the National Vaccination Program,
26 to define target groups of the EPI and also adulthood vaccination,
27 to calculate immunization rates, vaccination cover age and vaccine needs,
28 to practice cold chain and explain its importance,
29 to apply the basic principles of communicable disease control in community settings,
30 to name programs implemented by the Ministry of Health,
31 to evaluate the characteristics of the current health system at primary level health services,
32 o identify the environmental and occupational hazards, their role in health and discuss the control strategies of their effects,
33 to explain effects of migration on health,
34 to take a water sample and interpret analysis results,
35 to explain the how to plan healthcare services in disasters conditions/health emergencies,
36 to name and explain mode of action of modern family planning methods,
37 to counsel individuals for an informed choice regarding their reproductive health,
38 to educate communities for adopting a healthy life style.
39 To manage forensic cases in primary health care

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 to ad op ta person-centered approach in dealing with patients and problems in the context of the patient’s circumstances,
3 to relate specific decision making processes to the prevalence and incidence of illness in the community

 
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  Additive Level: 1: Very Low 2: Low 3: Medium 4: High 5: Very High