COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SHS 1049 HEALTH TOURISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Vocational School of Healthcare

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR SERÇIN SUN IPEKEŞEN

Offered to

Medical Laboratory Techniques
Oral and Dental Clinical
Anesthesia
Medical Documentation and Secretariat
Medical Imaging Techniques
Audiometry
Nuclear Medicine Techniques
First And Emergency Aid
Radioterapy

Course Objective

The world health tourism, spa and wellness tourism, thermal baths , etc. such as the definition is designed to teach the basic concepts and explaining the real-life examples .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Health tourism, thermal tourism, medical tourism , learn the applications in the world of wellness tourism .
2   A health tourism ( wellness) working with the center of the design and the services provided and to know their duties .
3   To know the health tourism and destinations of the developing countries
4   Visit the surgery and type of treatment offered to a health tourism and other services customers know .
5   To provide appropriate services , knowing the needs of a health tourists.

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 nomenclatures: Health, medical, wellness, tourism, etc ....
2 Health tourism today: Supply and Demand
3 Health tourism increase in health tourism centers in the world and third world countries
4 Health tourism in Brazil (hospitals, treatment types, operation types, varieties of attractions to visit, cost details)
5 Health tourism in India (hospitals, treatment types, operation types, varieties of attractions to visit, cost details)
6 Health tourism in Iran (hospitals, treatment types, operation types, varieties of attractions to visit, cost details)
7 midterm
8 Thermal in world tourism, spa and wellness tourism, services offered (the state health insurance / private luxury classification) and the architectural design of the spa center, Rome Ha them, Turkish baths.
9 Thermal Tourism in Türkiye: a visit Balçova Thermal or Sheraton Cesme Hotel.
10 Thermal Tourism in Türkiye: a visit Balçova Thermal or Sheraton Cesme Hotel.
11 Tourism for mental health (religious tourism) (Hajj, Umrah, Far Eastern philosophy of Buddhism ...).
12 Disabled tourism, tourism for everyone.

Recomended or Required Reading


The Complete Medical Tourist; David Hancock, 2006
Patients Beyond Borders; Josef D. Woodman, 2008
Beauty from Afar: Medical Tourist s Guide to Affordable and Quality Cosmetic Care Outside the U.S.
Health and Wellness Tourism: Spas and Hot Springs: Patricia Erfurt and Malcolm Cooper
Health and Wellness Tourism, Melanie Smith, Laszlo Puczko
Medical Toursm in Developing Countries, Milica Zarkovic Bookman, Karla R. Bookman
Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody's Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism , Josef D. Woodman
State of the Heart: A Medical Tourist's True Story of Lifesaving Surgery in India, Maggi Ann

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies and questions and answers, field trip

Assessment Methods

To be announced!


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

DEU SHMYO

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sercin.sun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 2 5 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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