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VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF KOZAKLI / STİ106 - HEALTH TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Code: STİ106 Course Title: HEALTH TOURISM MANAGEMENT Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department HEALTH TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ECEM TEZGEL ÇOBAN (etezgelcoban@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
This course aims to provide students with health tourism definitions, types, and to understand the situation of health tourism in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Defines health tourism comprehensively. PO-4 It ensures that patients are directed to appropriate units for their illness.
PO-18 Health tourism business technicians help to get optimal treatment by providing appropriate guidance and information related to illness health tourism related to injury, disease or dysfunction due to physical function and health status, disorder, apology and changes.
PO-19 Models by signing / managing the signing of national or international protocols.
PO-22 Gains knowledge about the basic concepts in the field of tourism.
PO-24 Has information about social responsibility, ethical values and legal bases on issues related to health tourism management.
PO-25 Gain knowledge of healthy living and healthy eating.
Examination
LO-2 Explain the importance of Turkey in terms of health tourism. PO-3 Establish standards on the operation of health tourism and carry the steeple in this regard continuously higher.
PO-4 It ensures that patients are directed to appropriate units for their illness.
PO-10 Health Tourism Business Technicians can keep up with global changes in the world.
PO-11 It uses the information it has gained in an effective way in the protection, development and maintenance of tourism.
PO-18 Health tourism business technicians help to get optimal treatment by providing appropriate guidance and information related to illness health tourism related to injury, disease or dysfunction due to physical function and health status, disorder, apology and changes.
PO-19 Models by signing / managing the signing of national or international protocols.
PO-20 Become the greatest supporters and developers of health tourism, which is one of the popular types of tourism today.
PO-24 Has information about social responsibility, ethical values and legal bases on issues related to health tourism management.
Examination
LO-3 Knows the factors affecting the supply and demand of health tourism. PO-5 Acquires academic ability at high level.
PO-10 Health Tourism Business Technicians can keep up with global changes in the world.
PO-13 He perceived the necessity of life-long learning and gained self-learning ability.
PO-16 Gain skills and competence to adapt to changing circumstances.
PO-18 Health tourism business technicians help to get optimal treatment by providing appropriate guidance and information related to illness health tourism related to injury, disease or dysfunction due to physical function and health status, disorder, apology and changes.
PO-19 Models by signing / managing the signing of national or international protocols.
PO-20 Become the greatest supporters and developers of health tourism, which is one of the popular types of tourism today.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Lesson; health tourism, the place of tourism and the importance of health tourism in Turkey, the development of health tourism and development reasons, factors that make up the supply of health tourism, natural conditions in health tourism and the environment, factors affecting the demand for health tourism, health tourism organization, marketing in health tourism and logistics , health tourism politics, health tourism incentives, health tourism problems, global competition issues.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Health tourism definition, importance and place of tourism, health tourism varieties in Turkey Lecture, discussion and case study
2 The reasons for the development and development of health tourism, the factors that constitute the supply of health tourism Lecture, discussion and case study
3 Factors affecting health tourism demand, marketing and logistics in health tourism, health tourism politics Lecture, discussion and case study
4 Definition, importance and features of thermal tourism Lecture, discussion and case study
5 The place and importance of thermal tourism in health tourism Lecture, discussion and case study
6 Current status and future use of thermal tourism for therapeutic purposes Lecture, discussion and case study
7 thermal tourism in Turkey and the world Lecture, discussion and case study
8 mid-term exam
9 thermal tourism in Turkey and the world Lecture, discussion and case study
10 Definition, scope, characteristics and historical development of medical tourism Lecture, discussion and case study
11 Medical tourism in Turkey Lecture, discussion and case study
12 Definitions, types, historical development of Spa and Wellness Lecture, discussion and case study
13 Spa and Wellness applications Lecture, discussion and case study
14 Turkey Spa & Wellness Lecture, discussion and case study
15 Advanced age and disabled tourist Lecture, discussion and case study
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 • Şener, Burhan. 2007; Modern Otel İşletmelerinde Yönetim ve Organizasyon, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara
2 Temizkan, S. P. (2015). Sağlık Turizmi. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
3 Temizkan, S. P. (2015). Sağlık Turizmi. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
Required Course instruments and materials
Course book, lecture notes, slide presentation and internet

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 16 1 30
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 30

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 6 18
       b) Search in internet/Library 0 0 0
       c) Performance Project 0 0 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 10 30
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120