Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY SHM186 2. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Gülbahar BAŞTUĞ
Assistants
Goals The purpose of this course is to provide the basic concepts used in the field of health psychology in general. The current theory and the latest research, health perception and health beliefs, smoking, exercise and diet will also be examined. In addition, stress, secondary traumatization, approach to the chronic and terminal patient will be discussed.
Course Content This course includes definition of disease and health, historical development of disease and health concepts, biopsychosocial model, stress, mechanism of stress, coping with stress, patients'reactions to the illness.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students who successfully complete this course will be able to explain why we engage in health-threatening behaviors and what they can do to change these behaviors.
2) tudents who successfully complete this course will be able to define the basics of health and disease.
3) Students who successfully complete this course will be able to understand the effects of stress on illness.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Health Psychology Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week What is stress? Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week How to evaluate stress? Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Coping With Stress Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Coping With Stress II Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Reaction to the Desease Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Perception and Meaning of the Desease Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study

Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Stages of grief Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study

Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Patient Psychology on Chronic Diseases Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Comorbidity on Chronic Diseases Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Patient Psychology on Terminal Stage Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Patient Psychology on Loses and Traumas Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Psychological Approach to Patient With Cancer Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
“Sağlık Psikolojisi” Yazar: Doç. Dr. Ülgen H. Okyayuz, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları
Baştuğ G. (Ed.) (2020). Sağlık Psikolojisi, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi. ISBN: 978-975-06-3711-7
Baştuğ, G. (2021). Sağlık Psikolojisinin Temelleri, Editör, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 2 14
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 24
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 24
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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