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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: JOB144
Course Name: MEDEX Virtual Reality Technologies in Health
Semester: Fall
Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. HASİP PEKTAŞ
Course Lecturer(s): Hatice Öz Pektaş
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: To enable students to comprehend the use of virtual reality (VR) technologies in healthcare, their application forms, potential benefits and ethical and social impacts; to provide the knowledge and skills to analyze VR-supported solutions in healthcare services.
Course Content: Fundamentals of virtual reality technology, hardware and software components; use in medical education, therapeutic applications, surgical simulations and rehabilitation; VR-based psychotherapy; patient education and mindfulness applications; addressing ethical, legal and security issues.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Be able to define the basic structures and components of virtual reality technologies.
2) Explain the historical development and types of VR applications in the field of healthcare.
3) Ability to analyze the use of VR in areas such as surgical training, psychotherapy and rehabilitation.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Defining virtual reality technology and examining its historical development in the field of health. -
2) Discussion of VR hardware and software components in terms of healthcare applications. -
3) Evaluation of the use of virtual reality-supported simulations in medical education. -
4) Investigation of VR technologies in terms of skill acquisition in surgical education. -
5) Discussion of virtual reality applications in physiotherapy and rehabilitation processes. -
6) Evaluation of VR-based exposure and relaxation techniques in psychotherapy. -
7) Use of virtual reality as supportive therapy in pain management and chronic diseases. -
8) Development of VR scenarios for patient education and awareness raising. -
9) Addressing user experience and accessibility criteria in VR applications. -
10) Evaluating ethical, privacy and data security issues in the context of VR in healthcare. -
11) Discussion of the potential of VR systems integrated with real-time biodata monitoring. -
12) Use of VR technology in remote treatment and telerehabilitation processes in healthcare. -
13) Examination of sample VR projects integrated into the healthcare system through case studies. -
14) Presentation of student projects and discussion of overall course outcomes. -

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: "Virtual Reality in Medicine" – Robert Riener & Matthias Harders
(Springer, 2008)
References: "Augmented and Virtual Reality in Healthcare" – Lei Xing & Maryellen Giger
(Cambridge University Press)

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Frontiers in Virtual Reality – Health Applications

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering.
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming.
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems.
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods.
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database.
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility.
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively.
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education.
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge.
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them.
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms.
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) It has a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to management information systems, primarily business and computer engineering. 3
2) Comprehends the management information systems in terms of technical, organizational and managerial aspects and uses the current programming language by knowing the logic of programming. 3
3) Uses different information technologies and systems for understanding and solving various business problems. 3
4) Interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of management information systems with scientific and technological methods. 3
5) Analyze the needs for an information system and analyze the processes of analysis, design and implementation of the database. 3
6) Gains technical and managerial contributions to IT projects and takes responsibility. 3
7) Solve complex business and informatics problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and make analyzes using statistical programs effectively. 3
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. 3
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. 3
10) Has universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and sufficient legal knowledge. 3
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. 3
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. 3
13) It uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. 3

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 14 5 3 112
Midterms 1 4 2 6
Final 1 4 2 6
Total Workload 124