Information Package / Course Catalogue
Travel Diseases
Course Code: TIP307
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide information about travel-related health problems and preventive vaccines and precautions against health problems that may be encountered during travel.

Course Content

The aim of the course is to provide information about travel-related health problems, to convey basic notions about tropical diseases and infectious diseases to students, to provide information about health problems that may be encountered in countries and geographical regions, to define travel-related risk groups in terms of health, and to provide information about vaccines and precautions related to health risks that may be encountered during travel.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Bülent BOZDOĞAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Will have knowledge about health risques related to travel
2.Will know health risques related to geographic regions and countries
3.Will know measures to be taken for health risques
4.Will know travel related infectious diseases
5.Will know heath risks about extreme conditions
Recommended or Required Reading
1.NCBI-Pubmed current articles
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Travel Diseases
Week 2 - Theoretical
Travel and health
Week 3 - Theoretical
Travel to extreme and health
Week 4 - Theoretical
Travel vaccines
Week 5 - Theoretical
Fecal-orally transmitted diseases and travel
Week 6 - Theoretical
Malaria
Week 7 - Theoretical
Travel and viral diseases
Week 8 - Theoretical
Parasitic infections and travel
Week 9 - Theoretical
Travel and sexually transmitted diseases
Week 10 - Theoretical
Animal bites and venomes
Week 11 - Theoretical
Medical travel bag
Week 12 - Theoretical
Travel and health care
Week 13 - Theoretical
Health risks for regions and countries 1
Week 14 - Theoretical
Health risk for regions and countries 2 - Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory120224
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)44
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
OÇ-1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
OÇ-2
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
OÇ-3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
2
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026