| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | SY310.3B2 | Health Tourism | Elective | 3 | 6 | 3 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| Health Tourism includes medical tourism, thermal tourism, Spa and Wellness applications and elderly and disabled tourism. Health tourism course deals with the issues related to travels in order to protect or treat health and the applications of tourism enterprises operating in this field. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sefa Emre YILMAZEL |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Explain the concepts, characteristics and types of health tourism. | | 2 | Express the development of health tourism and reasons of development. | | 3 | Discuss the health tourism sector and its regulations. | | 4 | Turkey and around the world to analyze and evaluate health tourism. |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| Tourism concept, history of tourism, their contribution to the national economy, types of tourism and tourism policies in the world and in Turkey, health tourism, thermal tourism and spa tourism, and the world medical tourism in Turkey, the elderly and disabled tourism, the leading countries in health tourism, tourism policies and 8 marketing strategies, the promotion of health tourism business, tourist health services and health of workers in the tourism, health tourism and ethics in the world and in Turkey made about medical tourism research covers topics. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | The Concept of Tourism, History of Tourism, Contribution to National Economy | | | | 2 | Types of Tourism and Tourism Policies | | | | 3 | Health Tourism in the world and Turkey | | | | 4 | Thermal Tourism and SPA Tourism | | | | 5 | Medical Tourism in the world and Turkey | | | | 6 | Advanced Age and Disabled Tourism | | | | 7 | Leading Countries in Health Tourism, Tourism Policies and Marketing Strategies | | | | 8 | Midterm | | | | 9 | Promotion in Health Tourism Enterprises | | | | 10 | Tourist Health Services and Health of Employees in Tourism | | | | 11 | Health Tourism and Ethics | | | | 12 | Related Research Conducted by the Health Tourism in the world and Turkey | | | | 13 | Related Research Conducted by the Health Tourism in the world and Turkey | | | | 14 | General Evaluation | | | | 15 | General Evaluation II | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Dilaver TENGİLİMOĞLU, Sağlık Turizmi, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara.
Saadet Pınar TEMİZKAN, Sağlık Turizmi, Detay Yayıncılık, |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Discussion | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Team/Group Work | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Self Study | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Reading | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | LO2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | LO3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | LO4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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