COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH CARE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEM 5097 COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH CARE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NESLIHAN GÜNÜŞEN

Offered to

Internal Medicine Nursing
Oncology Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Nursing Management
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Pediatric Nursing
Surgical Nursing
Emergency and Clinical Care Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to teach the basic principles of communication with the healthy and sick individual, and group, theories aimed at comprehending the reasons of human behaviours, factors affecting the communication, comprehension of the importance of communication in nursing and ways of making professional relationship.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Understanding theories and models that affect communication
2   2. Questioning the relationship between self-knowledge, values and communication characteristics
3   3. Using communication skills to resolve conflicts in the work environment
4   4. Using therapeutic communication and interview skills
5   5. Using professional communication skills in interpersonal relationships

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Determination of Needs Self Awareness-I Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
2 Self Awareness-II Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
3 Attribution Theory Communication Obstacles-Theories Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
4 Behaviours and Communication Styles in Interpersonal Relations Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman
5 Receiving and Giving Feedback Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman
6 Able to Say No Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman
7 Basic Interview Skills: Questioning, Summarizing, Concreting Non-verbal Communication Dr. Sibel Coşkun Badur
8 Exam Assignment Submission Dr. Sibel Coşkun Badur
9 Listening-Empathy Dr. Sibel Coşkun Badur
10 Perception- Prejudice and Cognitive Distortions Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
11 Cognitive Distortions prac. Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
12 Management of Anger Prof. Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman
13 Conflict Management Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
14 Burnout Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
15 Course Assessment Prof. Neslihan Günüşen

Recomended or Required Reading

Stuart, G.W. (2009) Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing. Mosby Elsevier, Missouri, USA.
Townsend, MC. (2009) Psychiatric Mental Healt Nursing. Sixth Edition. David Company. Philadelphia. USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, questions-answers, case presentation, concept map, film watching, reflection

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Skills of interpretation, recollection, decision-making, explanation, knowledge combination are assessed by means of exams.
In their homeworks/presentations, the students are assessed in terms of defining, analysing, planning, deciding the cases, as well as conducting and assessing the interventions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Neslihan Günüşen
No:+90 232 412 47 81

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155454
LO.2552554
LO.3553555
LO.455555
LO.5552554

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