COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH TOURISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DHF 5501 HEALTH TOURISM ELECTIVE 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Dentist

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÖRÜN ÖZER

Offered to

Dentist

Course Objective

To define basic concepts such as health tourism, spa and wellness tourism, thermal baths in the world and to teach by explaining real life examples.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defines the applications of health tourism, thermal tourism, medical tourism, wellness tourism in the world.
2   Knows the design of a health tourism (wellness) center, the services offered, its employees and their duties.
3   Knows the developing health tourism countries and destinations.
4   Knows the types of surgery and treatment, visits and other services offered to a health tourism customer.
5   Knows the needs of a health tourist and provides appropriate services.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Health Tourism Different denominations: Health, medical, wellness, tourism etc. Health tourism today: Supply and Demand).
2 Health Tourism centers in the world and the increase in health tourism in third world countries Health tourism in Brazil (Hospitals, types of treatment, types of surgery, types of touristic visits, cost details)
3 Health tourism in Brazil (Hospitals, types of treatment, types of surgery, types of touristic visits, cost details)
4 Health tourism in India (Hospitals, types of treatment, types of surgery, types of touristic visits, cost details)
5 Health tourism in Iran (Hospitals, types of treatment, types of surgery, types of touristic visits, cost details
6 Health Tourism summary
7 Thermal Tourism, SPA and Wellness tourism in the world, services offered (state health insurance / private luxury classifications) and architectural design of spa centers, Roman Baths, Turkish Baths.
8 Thermal Tourism in Turkey: A visit to Balçova Termal or Çeşme Sheraton.
9 Thermal Tourism in Turkey: A visit to Balçova Termal or Çeşme Sheraton.
10 Tourism for mental health (religious tourism) (Hajj, Umrah, Far Eastern Buddhism philosophy...).
11 Health Risks and Tourism: infectious diseases, jet lag, injury and accident risks, tourist diseases
12 Disabled Tourism, tourism for all
13 Health Tourism summary
14 Health Tourism summary
15 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Geçmişten Günümüze Türk Diş Hekimliği,Eteoğlu, A.Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, 2000
2. Diş Hekimliği Bilimi'nde "Ilk"ler. Ilter Uzel, Istanbul Aydın Üniversitesi, Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi, 2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course
2. Readings

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

SHORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ARS MIDTERM EXAM
2 KSN ASSIGNMENT
3 YYS SEMESTER FINAL EXAM
4 YYBN SEMESTER FINAL COURSE GRADE ARS * 0.40 + YYS * 0.60
5 BUT Resit Exam Grade
6 BBN Resit Course Grade ARS * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

*** The Resit Criteria Are Not Taken Into Account In The Units Where The Resit Exam Is Not Made.

Assessment Criteria

1. The student should be able to describe the applications of health tourism, thermal tourism, medical tourism, wellness tourism in the world.
2. The student should be able to describe the design of a wellness center, the services offered, the staff and their duties.
3. The student should be able to give information about developing health tourism countries and destinations.
4. The student should be able to give information about the types of surgery and treatment, visits and other services offered to a health tourism client.
5. The student should be able to identify appropriate services knowing the needs of a health tourist.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

torun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 25

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1222
LO.2332
LO.3232
LO.4342
LO.5222

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