COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH TOURISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0216 HEALTH TOURISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism and Hotel Management

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAVVA GÖZGEÇ MUTLU

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management

Course Objective

Health tourism is one of the important and current topics today. Therefore, it is aimed for students to increase their awareness of health tourism, learn about the types of health tourism, utilize these services, and understand health tourism policies and the managerial strategies implemented in this field

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Understanding the concept and importance of health tourism
2   2. Explaining the types of health tourism
3   3. Understanding the ethical aspects of health tourism
4   4. Explaining the importance of quality and accreditation in health tourism
5   5. Understanding the importance of patient and employee health in health tourism

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept, Development, Importance, and Planning of Health Tourism
2 Types of Health Tourism - Thermal/Hot Spring and Spa Wellness Tourism
3 Types of Health Tourism - Medical Tourism
4 Types of Health Tourism - Senior and Disabled Tourism
5 Traditional and Complementary Medicine
6 Health Tourism Worldwide and in Turkey, Its Implications and Legal Aspects
7 Concept, Development, Importance, and Planning of Health Tourism
8 Midterm Exam
9 Tourist Health Services
10 Ethics and Patient Rights in Health Tourism
11 Quality and Accreditation in Health Tourism
12 Innovation in Health Tourism
13 Branding and Digital Marketing in Health Tourism
14 Patient and Employee Health and Safety in Health Tourism
15 Health Tourism and the Diaspora
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Tengilimoğlu D. (Editör) Sağlık Turizmi, Siyasal Kitabevi, 2020.
2. Altındiş S. (Editör) Sağlık Turizmi ve Işletmeciliği, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2021.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, topic preparation, in-class practice, presentation, assignment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignments, Exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance of at least 70% of the classes is mandatory.
2. Any attempt at plagiarism or misconduct will result in disciplinary action.
3. Participation in in-class activities is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

havva.gozgecmutlu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Participating Lectures and Field Studies 14 2 28
Project Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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