Information Package / Course Catalogue
Complementary-Alternative Treatments
Course Code: STU505
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

To provide complementary and alternative treatment methods to the students in terms of blood-based practices. To gain the theoretical knowledge about complementary therapies which are becoming popular and popular, to acquire care skills by using complementary therapies and to plan maintenance from a point of view of holistic (treatment of mind-body relations and diseases). Use evidence-based criteria to develop information based on selected complementary and alternative therapies and to assess the risks and benefits of selected treatment modalities. To examine the role of complementary and alternative treatment modalities in health care and to describe the effects of complementary and alternative treatment modalities for selected clinical conditions. To increase awareness and understanding of students to help patients confidently recommend complementary medical treatments and to discover new ways of observable health and treatment methods and how they can be integrated into future applications.

Course Content

Alternative and complementary applications, Alternative and complementary therapies based on blood, Chronic Pain and Diet, Topical treatment, Herbal treatment, Laser, Yoga, Patient education and behavior modification, Tai-chi, Balneotherapy, Balnetoterapin in Turkey and in the World, Acupuncture, Manipulation

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