| Course Objectives: |
-To know how to behave in difficult decision-making situations while performing the health profession,
-To have information about ethical rules and legal regulations,
-To be able to demonstrate ethical values appropriate to the identity of a health professional,To follow the problems of the society, to understand and analyze them with a scientific point of view.
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| Course Content: |
In this course, the rules that healthcare professionals should obey will be explained and the desired behaviors in healthcare provision will be examined. General moral theories such as virtue ethics, deontological ethics, and utilitarian ethics will be adapted to the field of health and an answer to the question ‘How to be a good health professional?’ will be sought. Topics such as, communication with the patients and their relatives, respect for patient privacy, patient rights and legal regulations on these issues will be given and discussed. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Introductory lesson and lesson plan |
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Introduction to ethics: The relationship between ethics and philosophy; types of ethics; normative ethical theories |
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Basic concepts in ethics and changing paradigms
-Learning the concepts of ethics, morality, and law; Understanding paradigm shifts in healthcare.
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The principles of medical ethics and ethical dilemmas
-To explain the basic principles of medical ethics: respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice; to learn how to behave in ethical dilemmas.
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Patient rights and international declarations
-To have information about the legislations regarding patient rights (Patient Rights Bill etc.) in our country, as well as the international declarations such as Lisbon and Amsterdam.
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Health professional and patient relationship
-Describing the effective communication between health professional-patients and discussing pros and cons of four ethical models
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Ethical issues about the beginning of life
-Understanding ethical problems regarding the beginning of life and discussing the important issues such as abortion.
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Midterm exam |
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| 9) |
Ethical issues about the end of life
-Learning the new concepts regarding end of life decisions such as brain death, advance directives, euthanasia, etc.
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Transplantation ethics
-Drawing on the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and justice in transplantation ethics
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| 11) |
Ethical issues in pediatrics
-Learning basic differences between adult medicine and pediatrics, and ethical issues on parents’ decision-making involvement in pediatrics, informed consent, etc.
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Psychiatry and ethics
-To become knowledgeable on ethical issues such as diagnosis of the disease, treatment methods in psychiatry
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| 13) |
Infectious diseases and ethics
-To learn some of the major infectious diseases in history and discussing ethical problems regarding COVID19.
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Human experimentation
-Learning the ethical rules and declarations based on human experiments.
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| 15) |
Final exam |
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| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
-Ders notları
-Lecture notes |
| References: |
-Hakan Ertin, Modern Tıp ve Etik I, İstanbul: BETİM Kitaplığı, 2020.
-Mehmet Türkeri (Ed.), Etik Kuramları, Lotus Yayınevi, 2009.
-Nigel Warburton, Felsefenin Kısa Tarihi, İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 2008.
-Sevtap Metin, Biyotıp Etiği ve Hukuk, İstanbul: BETİM Kitaplığı, 2019.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Has the ability to take the responsibility of theoretical knowledge about the field of operating room services and to take solutions and take solutions in unpredictable situations. |
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He / she is dominating the legislation which contains the duties and responsibilities related to his / her field. |
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Have knowledge of medical terms related to the field of operating room services. |
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| 4) |
Have information about ideal operating room environment. |
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Have the knowledge of surgical techniques, tools and materials used in the operating room. |
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Works with other health disciplines. They have the awareness of teamwork and carry out their activities for the development of the employees under their responsibility. |
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Have the knowledge and skills to perform aseptic preparations of the operating room and operating team. |
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Has a theoretical and practical knowledge about sepsis-antisepsis, sterilization, disinfection and contamination. |
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| 9) |
With the awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning, it develops itself by following the developments in science and technology related to the field. |
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They act in accordance with quality management and processes and participate in these processes. |
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| 11) |
It follows information in the field by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio A2 General Level. |
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Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of at least European Computer Driving License required by the field. |
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Has enough awareness about individual and public health, environmental protection and occupational safety. |
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It is sensitive to the events on the agenda of the society and the world about the operation and monitors the developments and informs the related persons and institutions by using the basic knowledge and skills in these subjects. |
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| 15) |
Its appearance, attitude, attitude and behavior make it an example for society. |
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