COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KPS 5071 SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Clinical Psychology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

Clinical Psychology

Course Objective

To increase general knowledge about health psychology and its fields of study.
To have knowledge about health service use
To have knowledge about psychoimmunology and protective factors
To have knowledge about healthy living and vital processes such as sexuality, exercise, pain, menopause and old age
To evaluate crisis situations related to diseases
To have knowledge about what happens in fatal diseases

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To have knowledge about health psychology and its fields of study
2   2. To gain a perspective on health inequalities, access to health services and the patient-treatment team relationship from a health psychology perspective
3   3. To have knowledge about exercise, sexuality, pain, menopause and aging in the context of health psychology
4   4. To have knowledge about crisis situations experienced due to diseases
5   5. To have knowledge about psychoimmunology and social support as a protective factor
6   6. To evaluate the experiences of individuals with terminal illnesses and their relatives in the context of health psychology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Health Psychology
2 Health Inequalities
3 Access to Healthcare
4 Exercise
5 Sexuality
6 Pain and the Placebo Effect
7 Social Support and Health
8 Situational Crises: Crises Due to Illness
9 Psychoimmunology
10 Menopause
11 Aging
12 Palliative Care and Health Psychology
13 Psychology of People with Terminally Ill Children or Relatives
14 Patient-Treatment Team Relationship

Recomended or Required Reading

Ogden, J. (2016). Sağlik Psikolojisi (G. Dirik, Trans. Ed.; 5th ed.). Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Okyayuz, Ü. H. (1999). Sağlık Psikolojisine Giriş. Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları
Current scientific books, articles, presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Question-Answer
Presentation
Discussion

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-6: They will be evaluated by midterm, presentation, and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Wednesday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 26 26
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 218

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15555544544
LO.25555544544
LO.35555544544
LO.45555544544
LO.55555555545
LO.65555545555

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