Information Package / Course Catalogue
Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Course Code: BDB315
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: 4
Objectives of the Course

Today, many healthy / ill individuals use complementary therapies with the aim of improving health, preventing illnesses, maintaining care in illness situations and supporting treatment. The result of the increased demand for complementary therapies by individuals has become a necessity for health care professionals to meet the health needs of the service-oriented community to take part in complementary therapies. Supplementary therapies and information on their correct use should be in the nursing curriculum.

Course Content

Information on complementary therapies and use these reasons, should be put into nursing curricula, as well as the scope of in-service training programs, knowledge of nurses in complementary therapies should be updated

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Duygu KAYA BİLECENOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Know complementary and alternative medicine methods
2.Make the public aware of the correct use of complementary and alternative medicine methods
3.The ethical and legal orientation of complementary and alternative medicine methods
4.Determine their opinions about alternative treatment methods.
5.Learn the Historical Development of Alternative Treatment Methods in the world and Turkey.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Prof.Dr. İbrahim Saraçoğlu, Bitkisel Kürler Rehberi, 2009 Prof.Dr. İbrahim Saraçoğlu, Şifa Kitabı, 2011 -İnternet taramaları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Why complementary medicine?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Complementary therapy methods
Week 3 - Theoretical
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Ethics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Hypnosis and Acupuncture
Week 5 - Theoretical
Therapeutic Touch and Music Therapy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Hydrotheraphy
Week 7 - Theoretical
Massage therapy, reflexology
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Yogo, color therapy
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cup therapy (scalpels)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Ozone therapy
Week 12 - Theoretical
Herbal treatment
Week 13 - Theoretical
SPA treatment
Week 14 - Theoretical
Health workers attitudes about treatment complementary and alternative
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory134278
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026