Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HEALTH AND CULTURE (ETHNO-MEDICINE) HLK314 6. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals Releasing the dynamics of passage health and culture.
Course Content The course contains the relations among the culture, health and illness concepts. It will be also explained different insight of health and illness, traditional cure methods and the relation of patient and doctor under the ethno-medicine title.
Learning Outcomes 1) They learn about the basic concepts of health and illness.
2) Describes the cultural dimensions of health.
3) Students learn about traditional medicine.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Relations between health and culture Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Basic terms: Traditional medicine, complementary medicine, scientific/modern medicine, folk medicine etc. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Ethnographic Studies on Health and Culture Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Medical Anthropology Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Medicine, Magic and Religion Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Traditional Medicine: Ethno-medicine-Magico-religious medicine Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Medicine and Ideology Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Ethno-medicine practices in Anatolia Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Folk medicine and Doctor Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Oral presentations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Oral Presentations Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Oral presentations Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Oral presentations Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General Evaluation and Discussions Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Seminar

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Akile Gürsoy. “Günümüzde Sosyal Bilimler ve Sağlık”, Gelenekten Geleceğe Antropoloji, Epsilon Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005.
Gül Özsan. “Geleneksel ve Modern Tıp Üzerine”, Toplumbilim, Sayı: 13, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.
William H. Rivers. Tıp, Büyü ve Din (Çev.: İ. Enis Köksaldı), Epsilon Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2004.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY45000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 3 10
Homework 1 2
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 15
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 10
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 15
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 10
Seminar 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 15
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 20
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload