Information Package / Course Catalogue
Health Tourism
Course Code: ÇS074
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The porpuse of this course knowing of concepts of health tourism, researching development of health tourism, researching health tourism sector and analyzed the health tourism in Turkey.

Course Content

The concept of health tourism, characteristics of health tourism, its development and health tourism sector, regulations in the health sector, examination of types of health tourism.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding of concepts, features and types of health tourism,
2.Understanding of development and causes of health tourism
3.Understanding health tourism sector, industry and regulations,
4.Understanding of patient mobility in the EU and health tourism,
5.Gaining the ability to analyse and assess the health tourism in Turkey.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aydın D, Şeker S ve Şahan S. (2011). Kamu Hastanelerinde Sağlık Turizmi ve Turistin Sağlığı Uygulama Rehberi. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara.
2.Bahar M. (2009). Tıp Turizmi. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Maliye Bakanlığı, Ankara.
3.BAKA. (2011). Sağlık Turizmi Sektör Raporu. Batı Akdeniz Kalkınma Ajansı (BAKA), Antalya.
4.Bies W and Zacharia L. (2007). Medical Tourism: Outsourcing Surgery. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 46: 1144-1159.
5.Bookman MZ and Bookman KR. (2010). Medical Tourism in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
6.Reisman D. (2010). Health Tourism: Social Wefare Through International Trade. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
7.Yıldırım HH ve Altunkaya Ü (2006). Türkiye’nin Sağlık Turizmi Potansiyeli ve Güçlükler. Hastane ve Yaşam Dergisi, 2(12): 120-123.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Health Tourism: A Theoritical Framework
Week 2 - Theoretical
Classification of Health Tourism: Types of Health Tourism
Week 3 - Theoretical
Features / Characteristics of Health Tourism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Development of Health Tourism and its Reasons
Week 5 - Theoretical
Health Tourism Policy and Planning
Week 6 - Theoretical
Health Tourism Sector/Market
Week 7 - Theoretical
Health Tourism Industry
Week 8 - Theoretical
Health Tourism Industry / Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Risk and Safety in Health Tourism
Week 10 - Theoretical
Regulations in Health Tourism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Free Movement of Patients in European Union and Health Toruism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Health Tourism in Turkey: A General Framework and Medical Tourism
Week 13 - Theoretical
Health Tourism in Turkey: Thermal Tourism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Health Tourism in Turkey: Tourism for Disabled and Elderly
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%10
Verbal Examination1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026