COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL ETHICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 4029 MEDICAL ETHICS COMPULSORY 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGE ERTEKIN

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

To give information to students about the basic philosophy of medical ethics, tasks and responsibilities of physiotherapists and other health professionals, and the ethical principles for physiotherapists.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the basic concepts and principles of medical ethics
2   Associates professional skills and ethical principles.
3   Learns ethical codes of the physiotherapy profession.
4   Adopts team work
5   Resolves ethical dilemmas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course description and introduction to medical ethics
2 Physiotherapist's duties and responsibilities, examples from Türkiye and abroad
3 Physiotherapist- patient relationship
4 Ethics and ethical codes in physiotherapy
5 Patients' rights and priorities
6 Ethical decion-making process and mistakes made in the process
7 Science and Research
8 The ethics of scientific research
9 General assessment
10 Scientific research and Ethical issues-1
11 Scientific research and Ethical issues-2
12 The ethics of scientific research- article analysis-1
13 The ethics of scientific research-article analysis-2
14 Course analysis

Recomended or Required Reading

- Donald L. Gabard , Mike W. Martin: Physical Therapy Ethics, Newyork, Oxford University pres 2001
- Tony Hope, Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction ,Newyork, Oxford University ,pres 2004
- Erdem Aydın, Tıp Etiği, Güneş Kitapevi ltd.sti.,2006
- Nancy Kirsch. Ethics in Physical Therapy: A Case Based Approach, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference type lectures
2. Problem-based teaching

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final grades will be given by examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70 per cent of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Özge ERTEKIN, PhD PT, Assoc.Prof.


24932

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:00-13:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
In-class practices 4 1 4
Web Search and Library Research 4 1 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 30

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.411
LO.511

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