COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAMILY PLANNING COUNSELING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4003 FAMILY PLANNING COUNSELING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HANDE YAĞCAN

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to motivate nursing students from different countries to share their knowledge, health systems, nursing care of each other about family planning counseling, to identify the differences, to learn to give care that respects culture, and to engage in activities that improve family planning counselling skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students can describe global family planning situation
2   The students can define the principles of family planning counseling
3   The student can give family planning counseling that respects culture
4   The student can give appropriate family planning counseling to vulnerable women
5   The student can give appropriate family planning counseling to mothers who are in lactation period
6   The student can give appropriate family planning counseling to women who has chronic disease.
7   The students can discuss medical situations by using family planning counselling knowledge.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and planning of the course Discussion of the expectations of students and lecturers Human rights and contraception Hande Yağcan
2 Current situation, strategies, importance and impact of family planning in the World Effects of Covid-19 on family planning & Telemedicine Hande Yağcan
3 Sexual health and rights Women based violence Hande Yağcan
4 The most common sexually transmitted diseases in young people, their consequences and ways of prevention Gülendam Karadağ
5 Culturally respectful (for immigrants/ foreigners etc.) family planning counselling, principles, and communication skills Merlinda Aluş Tokat
6 Fertility awareness and natural family planning Merlinda Aluş Tokat
7 Modern contraceptive methods (Hormonal, IUD, permanent & barrier methods) Gülendam Karadağ
8 Midterm Exam Gülendam Karadağ
9 Innovations in contraception (for men etc.) Hande Yağcan
10 Management of family planning during breastfeeding Merlinda Aluş Tokat
11 Contraception in special situations, emergency contraception Merlinda Aluş Tokat
12 Family Planning in vulnerable women (Disabled, HIV positive, adolescent, exposed to violence, sexual abused etc.) Hande Yağcan
13 Management of contraceptives in chronic disease/ Medical eligibility criterias (GDM, Preeklampsi, etc.) Merlinda Aluş Tokat
14 Presentation of a case analysis Hande Yağcan

Recomended or Required Reading

1. McFarland, M. R., Wehbe-Alamah, H. B. (2015). Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory. USA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
2. Pillitteri, A. (2010). Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family. UK: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
3. Contraceptive Use by Method 2019: Data Booklet (ST/ESA/SER.A/435). United Nations; 2019.
4. Contraception: Evidence brief. World Health Organization; 2019.
5. Contraception. World Health Organization
6. Emergency contraception: Key facts. World Health Organization; 2021.
7. Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers (3rd Edition, 2018). WHO; 2018.
8. Family planning/contraception methods. Key facts. World Health Organization; 2020.
9. Implementation Guide for the Medical Eligibility Criteria and Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use Guidelines. WHO; 2018.
10. Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptive Use, Fifth edition. WHO; 2015.
11. Medical Eligibility Criteria Wheel for Contraceptive Use. WHO; 2015.
12. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (3rd edition 2016). WHO, 2016.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Flipped Learning, Presentation, question-answer, small group discussion, power point presentation, role play, brain storming

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the assessment of the course, 50% of the midterm grade and 50% of the final grade shall determine the semester grade.
Midterm Grade includes %25 midterm exam, %15 homework/ presentations and %10 classroom activities.
Semester Grade: 50% 1st Midterm Exam grade + 50% final grade
To pass the course, the average must be 60 points.

Assessment Criteria

In exams; interpretation, recall, decision making, explanation, classification, information combining skills will be evaluated

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Policies and Rules concerning the Course: (Instructor can use this title if an explanation is needed):
The students are expected to come to the lessons by reading the resources uploaded to the sakai system.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist Prof. Hande YAĞCAN
02324124776
hande.yagcan@gmail.com

Office Hours

You can request an appointment by making an appointment on Wednesdays between 12:00 and 13:00.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 3 12 36
Preparing presentations 3 3 9
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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