SHS257 Environmental HealthIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs Yaşlı BakımıGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Yaşlı Bakımı
Associate TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 QF-EHEA: Short Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 5

General course introduction information

Course Code: SHS257
Course Name: Environmental Health
Course Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 4
Language of instruction: TR
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Department Elective
Course Level:
Associate TR-NQF-HE:5. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Short Cycle EQF-LLL:5. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr.Öğr.Üyesi ŞÜKRAN CENİKLİ BAŞEREN
Course Lecturer(s): Dr.Öğr.Üyesi ŞÜKRAN CENİKLİ BAŞEREN
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: It is a detailed education program that deals with the fundamental sciences such as biology, ecology, climatology, and the emergence of natural and man-made environmental problems, and with different scientific solutions to these problems.
Course Content: After giving the concepts and definitions related to nature and environment in the form of basic sciences such as biology, ecology, climatology, which are among the basic fields of environmental science; The processes of the emergence of various natural and man-made environmental problems and the important points in these processes are detailed on basic subjects such as Solid Waste, Air Pollution and Control, Water Quality and Treatment, Soil Information and Control, It is an educational program that aims to produce different scientific solutions that can be brought to existing problems.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Explains environmental health.
2) Describes preventive measures in terms of employee health in the institution where she works.
3) Determines waste management in the institution where she work
4) Express the concepts of work and employee health.
5) Explains the events that cause environmental pollution.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) The Concept of Environmental Health and Determinants of Health
2) Air pollution
3) Water pollution
4) Solid Wastes
5) Radiation
6) Noise
7) Food safety
8) Soil pollution
9) Energy
10) Waste
11) Occupational Diseases, Accidents and Poisoning
12) Protective Measures in Environmental Health
13) Approach to Environmental Problems
14) Environmental Health in the World and Turkey

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ders hocasının notları
References: none

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Works for individual professional development, knows and applies the issue of occupational health and safety, knows personal protective precautions and environmental safety rules,
2) Knows how to prepare / organize the working area and ensures that the elderly care service meets the quality standards
3) Helps the individual who receives the elderly care service to gain self-care knowledge and skills, Makes face and neck care, Makes hand-foot-nail care, Makes oral and dental care, Makes hair / beard care
4) Helps the elderly care person to have bathroom or bathing in the bed, Helps to change the clothes , Helps with toilet needs
5) Performs necessary procedures after self-care. Prepares the materials used during the applications according to the hygiene rules. Removes the personal waste that emerges during maintenance according to hygiene rules.
6) Changes the bedding of the person taking elderly care service and provides bedding arrangement, Provides the room arrangement, Takes measures against accidents and injuries in the living area
7) Provides and/or supports oral feeding, Performs necessary procedures after oral feeding
8) Provides mobility of the elderly person, Follows body integrity and bed wounds, Implements the measures necessary to prevent bed wounds
9) Provides participation in social activities, Supports participation in occupational activities, Provides participation in recommended physical activities, Provides participation in proposed mental activities, Supports adaptation process, Facilitates effective communication
10) Supports the use of prescription medication (except for red and green prescriptions) for elderly when there is no health professional,   Supports health professionals in the treatment of acute and chronic conditions, Monitor old person receiving treatment

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Works for individual professional development, knows and applies the issue of occupational health and safety, knows personal protective precautions and environmental safety rules,
2) Knows how to prepare / organize the working area and ensures that the elderly care service meets the quality standards
3) Helps the individual who receives the elderly care service to gain self-care knowledge and skills, Makes face and neck care, Makes hand-foot-nail care, Makes oral and dental care, Makes hair / beard care
4) Helps the elderly care person to have bathroom or bathing in the bed, Helps to change the clothes , Helps with toilet needs
5) Performs necessary procedures after self-care. Prepares the materials used during the applications according to the hygiene rules. Removes the personal waste that emerges during maintenance according to hygiene rules. 5
6) Changes the bedding of the person taking elderly care service and provides bedding arrangement, Provides the room arrangement, Takes measures against accidents and injuries in the living area
7) Provides and/or supports oral feeding, Performs necessary procedures after oral feeding
8) Provides mobility of the elderly person, Follows body integrity and bed wounds, Implements the measures necessary to prevent bed wounds
9) Provides participation in social activities, Supports participation in occupational activities, Provides participation in recommended physical activities, Provides participation in proposed mental activities, Supports adaptation process, Facilitates effective communication
10) Supports the use of prescription medication (except for red and green prescriptions) for elderly when there is no health professional,   Supports health professionals in the treatment of acute and chronic conditions, Monitor old person receiving treatment

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats
Lesson
Homework

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Homework

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 13 39
Midterms 1 1
Final 1 1
Total Workload 41