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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

NUR053

Course Name:

Health Tourism

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. TUĞBA SEVİM

Course Lecturer(s):

tuğba yeşilyurt

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

Health Tourism includes medical tourism, thermal tourism, Spa and Wellness
applications and elderly and disabled tourism. Health tourism course deals with the issues related to travels in order to protect or treat health and the applications of tourism enterprises operating in this field.

Course Content:

Tourism concept, history of tourism, their contribution to the national economy, types of tourism and tourism policies in the world and in Turkey, health tourism, thermal tourism and spa tourism, and the world medical tourism in Turkey, the elderly and disabled tourism, the leading countries in health tourism, tourism policies and 8 marketing strategies, the promotion of health tourism business, tourist health services and health of workers in the tourism, health tourism and ethics in the world and in Turkey made about medical tourism resea

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explain the concepts, characteristics and types of health tourism.
2) Express the development of health tourism and reasons of development.
3) Discuss the health tourism sector and its regulations.
4) Turkey and around the world to analyze and evaluate health tourism.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	The Concept of Tourism, History of Tourism, Contribution to National Economy
2)	Types of Tourism and Tourism Policies
3)	Health Tourism in the world and Turkey
4)	Thermal Tourism and SPA Tourism
5)	Medical Tourism in the world and Turkey
6)	Advanced Age and Disabled Tourism
7)	Leading Countries in Health Tourism, Tourism Policies and Marketing Strategies
8)	Midterm
9)	Promotion in Health Tourism Enterprises
10)	Tourist Health Services and Health of Employees in Tourism
11)	Health Tourism and Ethics
12)	Related Research Conducted by the Health Tourism in the world and Turkey
13)	Future of Health Tourism
14)	General Evaluation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Kütüphane dokümanları - önerilen
References:	Kütüphane dokümanları - önerilen

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
Program Outcomes
1) Understand the concepts and concepts related to the field of health at the undergraduate level, and have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other sources of current information in the field of health.	1	2	1	1
2) Knowledge of nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of knowledge.	1	1	1	1
3) Uses advanced theoretical and factual knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level.	2	1	1	2
4) Interprets, evaluates, identifies, analyzes, shares information and makes teamwork with scientifically proven data by using the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health.	1	1	2	1
5) Uses computer programs, related technologies and educational tools in the field of health.	2	1	1	1
6) Carries out a study independently by using its advanced knowledge in the field of health and takes responsibility as a team member in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field.	1	2		1
7) Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in the practices related to the field of health.	2	1	1	1
8) Plans, manages, and monitors and evaluates the activities for the development of employees in a project.	1	1	1	2
9) Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health with a critical approach.	2	1		1
10) Determines learning needs and learning resources, directs learning function by using resources effectively.	1	1	2	1
11) Develops a positive attitude towards life-long learning and turns it into behavior.	2	1	1	1
12) Informs the related persons and institutions about the health field; conveys his / her thoughts and solution suggestions in writing and orally, and receives the opinions, requests and expectations of the relevant persons and institutions.	1	1	1	1
13) With the awareness of social responsibility, organizes and implements projects and activities in cooperation with other professional groups for the social environment in which he lives.	1		1	1
14) Follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio.	1		1	1
15) Express themselves effectively in verbal and written.	2	1	1
16) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Driving License.	1	2	1	2
17) Monitors and evaluates the events / developments on the agenda of the society and the world in the field of health.	1		1
18) Acts and participates in accordance with Quality Management and Processes.	1	1
19) They cooperate with people from related disciplines and acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to health field.	1	1	1	1
20) Have enough consciousness about individual and community health, environmental protection and occupational safety.	1	1	1	1

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Understand the concepts and concepts related to the field of health at the undergraduate level, and have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other sources of current information in the field of health.	1
2)	Knowledge of nature, source, limits, accuracy, reliability and validity of knowledge.	2
3)	Uses advanced theoretical and factual knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level.	1
4)	Interprets, evaluates, identifies, analyzes, shares information and makes teamwork with scientifically proven data by using the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health.	1
5)	Uses computer programs, related technologies and educational tools in the field of health.	1
6)	Carries out a study independently by using its advanced knowledge in the field of health and takes responsibility as a team member in cooperation with other professional groups working in this field.	1
7)	Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in the practices related to the field of health.	2
8)	Plans, manages, and monitors and evaluates the activities for the development of employees in a project.	1
9)	Evaluates the advanced knowledge and skills acquired in the field of health with a critical approach.	1
10)	Determines learning needs and learning resources, directs learning function by using resources effectively.	1
11)	Develops a positive attitude towards life-long learning and turns it into behavior.	1
12)	Informs the related persons and institutions about the health field; conveys his / her thoughts and solution suggestions in writing and orally, and receives the opinions, requests and expectations of the relevant persons and institutions.	1
13)	With the awareness of social responsibility, organizes and implements projects and activities in cooperation with other professional groups for the social environment in which he lives.	1
14)	Follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio.	2
15)	Express themselves effectively in verbal and written.	1
16)	Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Driving License.	1
17)	Monitors and evaluates the events / developments on the agenda of the society and the world in the field of health.	1
18)	Acts and participates in accordance with Quality Management and Processes.	1
19)	They cooperate with people from related disciplines and acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results related to health field.	1
20)	Have enough consciousness about individual and community health, environmental protection and occupational safety.	1

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	2	28			56
Study Hours Out of Class	1	28			28
Midterms	1	14			14
Final	1	28			28
Total Workload					126