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| PSI 543 | Health Psychology | 2+2+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Evrim ÖZKORUMAK KARAGÜZEL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. İsmail AK
Asst. Prof. Evrim Özkorumak | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on Health Psychology. Basically health and disease concepts and behavioral variables that effect these issues. Provide knowledge about psychosocial factors which determine behavioral diversities besides disease models and resources that may improve health. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | know basic concepts of health psychology. | 6,7,8 | | | PO - 2 : | know the mind and body relation | 6,7,8 | | | PO - 3 : | know the biopsychosocial model versus the biomedical model | 6,7,8 | | | PO - 4 : | discuss changing patterns of illness and expanded health care services | 6,7,8 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
Health and education policies that are related with health, various illnesses, environment and the other issues are studied.
Health behavior of mankind, continuation and changes in the behavior are the issues to be learned. Improvement and protection strategies of health are examined.
Protection from illnesses, psychological aspects and psychosocial factors about diseases and their treatments are as long as psychosocial factors about diseases analyzed during the course.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is health Psychology? | | | Week 2 | The Biopsychosocial Model in Health Psychology | | | Week 3 | The Systems of The Body | | | Week 4 | The Systems of The Body | | | Week 5 | Health Behaviors | | | Week 6 | Changing Health Habits | | | Week 7 | Health Enhancing Behaviors | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Health Comprimising Behaviors | | | Week 10 | What is Stress? | | | Week 11 | How stress has been studied? | | | Week 12 | Moderators of the Stress Experience | | | Week 13 | Coping with Stress and Management of Stress | | | Week 14 | Using Health Services | | | Week 15 | Misusing Health Services | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1,5 | 20 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 2
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15 | | | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Ödev | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 157 |
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