Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HEALTH POLICY SAY409 7. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Oral presentation, question and answer, discussion
Course Coordinator
Instructors Yasemin AKBULUT
Assistants
Goals To facilitate learning of concepts and models of Health policy and to analyze the national and global health policy.
Course Content Definitions of policy and health policy, decision-making and relationship between health policy, types of policies and health policies, policy development process and health policy, factors affecting health policy, global health policy, health policies in Turkey
Learning Outcomes 1) Defines the concepts and models of Health policy
2) Applies the Political theory to the field of health
3) Gives examples of the main factors determining health policy
4) Comments the impact of health policy
5) Describes power theory and the policy making process
6) Resolves health policies on the basis of power and processes
7) Explains professionals in health policy and the location of the bureaucracy
8) Explain the national health policy
9) Explain global health policy
10) Applies the Political types to the field of health

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Why are we studying the health policy? Policy, health policy, health policy decision-making and relationship Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Types of policies and health policies Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Policy Making Process and Health Policy Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Political systems and Countries Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Who determines the health policy agenda? (Government, media, interest groups, NGOs, the UN, WHO, WB, IMF) Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Power and Professionalism in Health Policy Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Global health policy-1 Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Health Policy Reform Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Ottoman Period and Health Services Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week National Health Policy (1920-1961) Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week National Health Policy (1961-1990) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop; Large Group Discussion
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week National Health Policy (1990-today) Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Current Health Politics-Case Discussion Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Reflections of Health Politics to Health Institutions Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Education Excursion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop; Large Group Discussion
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
“2000 Yılında Herkese Sağlık” Türkiye Milli Sağlık Politikası,T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara, Nisan 1990.
Ağırbaş, İ., Akbulut, Y., Önder, Ö. “Atatürk Dönemi Sağlık Politikaları” Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi 12 (48), 2011 ss. 733-748.
Akbulut, Y. “Değişen Sağlık Sistemlerinin Kamu Hastanelerine Etkileri” içinde Türkiye ve Almanya Sağlık Sistemlerinin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, Yayın No:481, 2015, Ankara.
Aslan, D.T., Akbulut, Y. “Analysis of the Ministry of Health's Policies Towards Drugs” The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 2017, 4 (2): 151-180.
Barker, C. : The Health Care Policy, SAGE Publications, London 1996.
Bayın, G. Akbulut, Y. “Kanıta Dayalı Yaklaşım ve Sağlık Politikası” Ankara Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 1 (2), 2012 ss.115-132.
DPT (1963-2013) Beş Yıllık Kalkınma Planları, Yayın ve Temsil Dairesi Başkanlığı, Ankara.
Green, A. (1992) An Introduction to Health Planning Countries Oxford University Press, New York.
Keyder, Ç., Üstündağ, N., Ağartan, T., Yoltar, Ç. Avrupa'da ve Türkiye'de Sağlık Politikaları İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
Lister, J. Sağlık Politikası Reformu İNSEV Yayınları Çev. İnan M., Kılıçaslan A., Erten N., İlhan D., Kurban H.C., İstanbul,2008
Reinke, W.A. (Ed.) (1988) Health Planning for Effective Management Oxford University Press, New York.
Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programı, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara, Aralık 2003.
Sarp N., Esatoğlu A.E., Akbulut Y. “An Example of Health Sector Reforms in Turkey: Hospital Decentralization (Health Enterprises)” Journal of Ankara Medical School, Vol 24, No 1, 2002 pp. 9-18.
Sarp N., Esatoğlu A.E., Akbulut Y. “Globalleşmenin Türk Sağlık Sektörüne Etkileri” Yeni Türkiye Yıl 7 Sayı 40, 2001 ss.1116-1123.
Smith, B. A. (1994) An Introduction to Health: Policy, Planning and Financing Longman Group Limited, Horlow, England.
Tatar, M. (2009) Sağlık Politikası Ders Notları Hacettepe Üniversitesi İİBF Sağlık İdaresi Bölümü , Ankara.
Tekin G. “Sihhiye ve Muavenet -i İçtimaiye Vekâleti’nden Sağlık Bakanlığı’na (1920-2000)” Ankara Üniversitesi, Türk Inkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezi, 2011, Ankara.
Ulusal Sağlık Politikası, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Projesi Genel Koordinatörlüğü, Ankara, Mart 1993.
Walt,G. : Health Policy : An Introduction to Process and Power, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg 1994.
WHO. The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance, World Health Organization, 2000.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 5 2
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 4 4
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 4 4
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 4 4
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