Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
OTF604201911	PUBLIC HEALTH	Compulsory	6	11	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to help students to gain the attitudes and behaviours of medical profession for providing preventive and curative health services to everyone in an equitable manner, and for promoting health in society; and to gain the necessary knowledge and skills for realizing the causes that adversely affect public health, for evaluating the health-related biological, psychological and social events together, for assessing the patient with her enviroment, and for revealing the health problems by using epidemiological methods.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Knows the principles and research methods to develop the research project
2	Knows how to enter data using at least a statistics package program.
3	Preparation a project on the control of communicable diseases and epidemiological research methods, perform apply evidence-based medicine practices

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Being sixth grade

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

health care organisation and management in Turkey, and filling a death certificate appropriately health care practice in the work life impact of enviromental health on community practice in child,school and adolescent health challenges in community nutrition reciew of the problems related to woman health principal of health promotion and health education of the public

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Head and neck examination, abdominal examination, thyroid examination, peripheral pulses and extremity examinations, lung and cvs examinations. Blood sugar measurement, arterial blood pressure measurement, anthropometric measurements, breast examination, rectal examination, wound dressing, hernia examination, neonatal examination, pediatric patient physica examination, measurement of fever, ECG withdrawal, monitorization, defibrillation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hypoglycemia treatment, hyperglycemia treatment, direct radiography reading	Working in the community health center determined in accordance with the protocol provided by the Provincial Health Directorate.
2	Head and neck examination, abdominal examination, thyroid examination, peripheral pulses and extremity examinations, lung and cvs examinations. Blood sugar measurement, arterial blood pressure measurement, anthropometric measurements, breast examination, rectal examination, wound dressing, hernia examination, neonatal examination, pediatric patient physica examination, measurement of fever, ECG withdrawal, monitorization, defibrillation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hypoglycemia treatment, hyperglycemia treatment, direct radiography reading	Working in the community health center determined in accordance with the protocol provided by the Provincial Health Directorate.
3	Head and neck examination, abdominal examination, thyroid examination, peripheral pulses and extremity examinations, lung and cvs examinations. Blood sugar measurement, arterial blood pressure measurement, anthropometric measurements, breast examination, rectal examination, wound dressing, hernia examination, neonatal examination, pediatric patient physica examination, measurement of fever, ECG withdrawal, monitorization, defibrillation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hypoglycemia treatment, hyperglycemia treatment, direct radiography reading	Working in the community health center determined in accordance with the protocol provided by the Provincial Health Directorate.
4	Head and neck examination, abdominal examination, thyroid examination, peripheral pulses and extremity examinations, lung and cvs examinations. Blood sugar measurement, arterial blood pressure measurement, anthropometric measurements, breast examination, rectal examination, wound dressing, hernia examination, neonatal examination, pediatric patient physica examination, measurement of fever, ECG withdrawal, monitorization, defibrillation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hypoglycemia treatment, hyperglycemia treatment, direct radiography reading	Working in the community health center determined in accordance with the protocol provided by the Provincial Health Directorate.