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| Unit | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION |
| COMMUNICATION SCIENCES PR. | |
| Code | AS426 |
| Name | Health Communication Practices |
| Term | 2020-2021 Academic Year |
| Semester | 8. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-1 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2.5 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Uzaktan Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜLNUR KAPLAN ESEN |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
The course aims to teach the implementation fields and forms of health communication. It aims to transfer the planning, implementing, and evaluating interpersonal and mass communication activities on health information, and planning, preparing, and implementing the tools and methods to the students.
Course Content
Media and Health Communication, Public Relations and Health Communication, Advertisements and Health Communication, New Communication Technologies and Health Communication, Crisis Communication and Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication and Health Communication, Preparing the Materials for Practise will be discussed and a project will be prepared.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Examines and interpreting the health communication. |
| LO02 | Identifies and managing the tools and methods that are used in health communication. |
| LO03 | Realizes, designing and implementing the campaign process that is used in health communication. |
| LO04 | Uses and leading the media in activities of health communications in an effective way. |
| LO05 | Develops and implementing interpersonal communication skills in health communication. |
| LO06 | Prepares the communication projects for health communication and managing them in the field of activity. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. | 0 |
| PLO02 | - | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | 0 |
| PLO03 | - | Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). | 0 |
| PLO04 | - | Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. | 4 |
| PLO05 | - | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | 3 |
| PLO06 | - | From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. | 0 |
| PLO07 | - | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | 4 |
| PLO08 | - | As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. | 4 |
| PLO09 | - | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | 4 |
| PLO10 | - | Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. | 3 |
| PLO11 | - | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work | 4 |
| PLO12 | - | Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. | 5 |
| PLO13 | - | Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning | 3 |
| PLO14 | - | Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. | 2 |
| PLO15 | - | Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. | 0 |
| PLO16 | - | While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. | 4 |
| PLO17 | - | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, | 4 |
| PLO18 | - | Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) | 4 |
| PLO19 | - | Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. | 3 |
| PLO20 | - | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. | 3 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Health Communication. | Reading | |
| 2 | Media and Health Communication. | Reading of literature | |
| 3 | Public Relations and Health Communication. Analyzing the case studies. | Reading of literature | |
| 4 | Advertisement and Health Communication.Analyzing the case studies. | Reading of literature | |
| 5 | Social Marketing and Health Communication. Analyzing the case studies. | Reading of literature | |
| 6 | New Communication Technologies and Health Communication. Analyzing the case studies. | Reading of literature | |
| 7 | Crisis Communication and Health Communication. Analyzing the case studies. | Reading of literature | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Taught course subjects | |
| 9 | Interpersonal Communication and Health Communication. Analyzing the case studies. | Reading of literature | |
| 10 | Preparing the Materials for Practise in Health Communication | Reading of literature | |
| 11 | Project Presentation. | Project assignment | |
| 12 | Project Presentation. | Project assignment | |
| 13 | Project Presentation. | Project assignment | |
| 14 | Project Presentation. | Project assignment | |
| 15 | General Review about Health Communication Implementations. General Evaluation of the Term Projects. | Reading of literature | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Taught course subjects | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Taught course subjects |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
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| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Midterm Exam | 100 | 20 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 20 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 80 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 111 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,44 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||