Information Package / Course Catalogue
Disease and Hospital Experience in Childhood
Course Code: ÇGEL540
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

To improve student's ability about childhood illnesses, hospital-related concepts, characteristics and mental states of hospitalized children, interactions between child-family and health personnel, guidance to parents about and preparation for children's hospitalization, studies that can be done for children in hospital and education of sick children

Course Content

In this course, the topics of acute and chronic diseases of childhood, the characteristics of children who are hospitalized and remotely treated, mental conditions, planning methods of preparing sick children for hospital life, guidance to families and preparing education programs for sick children are included.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains acute and chronic diseases in childhood.
2.Evaluates the needs of hospitalized children.
3.Plans educational and support programs for sick children.
4.Analyzes child-family-healthcare personnel interactions.
5.Applies care and guidance practices for sick children.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Akyıldız, N. 1999. Sağlık bilgisi. Ya- pa Yayınları, İstanbul.
2.Akyıldız, N. 1999. Anne ve çocuk sağlığı I ve II. Ya- pa Yayınları, İstanbul
3.Bilir, Ş. 1984. Ana- çocuk sağlığı. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, No:14, Ankara
4.Bilir, Ş. ve Baykoç Dönmez, N. 1987. Çocuk ve Hastane. Ayyıldız Matbaası A.Ş., Ankara.
5.Bütün Ayhan, A. (editör) Hasta Çocukların Gelişimi ve Eğitimi. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2015.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Childhood acute and chronic diseases
Week 2 - Theoretical
Definition and classification of hospitalized children
Week 3 - Theoretical
Characteristics of children with acute illness
Week 4 - Theoretical
Characteristics of children with chronic illness
Week 5 - Theoretical
Treatment methods of acute and chronic ill children
Week 6 - Theoretical
Preparing the hospital environment according to the developmental characteristics of children and their disease characteristics
Week 7 - Theoretical
Methods for preparing sick children to hospital life
Week 8 - Theoretical
Problems with sick children (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Psychological of children in hospital
Week 10 - Theoretical
Child-family-health personnel relationship at the hospital
Week 11 - Theoretical
Guidance work for family members of sick children
Week 12 - Theoretical
Training of sick children
Week 13 - Theoretical
Planning training programs for developmental and disease characteristics of sick children
Week 14 - Theoretical
Home care practices of sick children
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment2%25
Term Assignment1%25
Final Examination1%50
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1454126
Assignment210224
Term Project120222
Final Examination120222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)194
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
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026