Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PATIENT PSYCHOLOGY TSU102 2. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery The course will be given in Turkish and interactive.
Course Coordinator
Instructors Gülbahar BAŞTUĞ
Assistants
Goals This course aims to convey 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 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 what we can do to change those behaviors that we refer to as health-threatening behaviors.
2) It will be able to complete the bases of health and illness.
3) They will be able to understand the effects of stress on the disease.

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)
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 Measurement of stress Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
5. Week Coping with stress Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week Coping with Stress Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Responses to the illness of the individual Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Responses to the illness of the individual Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Responses to the illness of the individual Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Chronical diseases and Patient's Psychology on the terminal period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Chronical diseases and Patient's Psychology on the terminal period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Patient's Psychology on traumas and losses Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Psychological approach to patient with cancer Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 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) 15 2
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 15 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Final Exam 1 1
1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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