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MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES (TURKISH)
Associate TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 QF-EHEA: Short Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
TDS2016 Medical Services Marketing Fall 2 0 2 3
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor FIRAT KARA
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor FIRAT KARA
Recommended Optional Program Components: Library
Course Objectives: This lesson aims to teach concept of marketing and its kinds, fundamental elements of marketing in health care services.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who pass this lesson;

1- Sorts the fundamental elements of health care marketing.
2- Analyse and comment buying manners of health care consumers.

Course Content

This lesson contains description of marketing.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Definition of marketing, marketing mix, legislation on advertising in health care, anti-marketing views in health care and different country practices
2) Definition of marketing, marketing mix, legislation on advertising in health care, anti-marketing views in health care and different country practices
3) General features of services and aspects that differentiate health services, definition of health, factors of production in health services
4) General features of services and aspects that differentiate health services, definition of health, factors of production in health services
5) Definition of market, conditions required for realization of marketing, emergence of demand and demand types, evolution of marketing understanding
6) The boundaries of the health sector, the value chain, the concept of competition, the factors that determine competition, the strategies providing competitive advantage, sectoral concentration and concentration criteria
7) Definition of market segmentation, vertical and lateral market segmentation, merging and decomposition strategies, health service applications
8) midterm
9) Price, pricing and types of health services, pricing strategies and application of health services, positioning power of price
10) Distribution function in healthcare, retail mix, distribution channel preferences in healthcare, value chain management
11) Product launch, promotion, promotion mix in healthcare
12) Product launch, promotion, promotion mix, health communication, marketing versus public relations in healthcare
13) Customer orientation, the hierarchy of interaction between the healthcare institution and its patients
14) Product in health services, product life cycle concept, types, service mix and product strategies in health care institutions

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Weekly distributed by the course lecturer.

References: Dilaver Tengilimoğlu, Sağlık Hizmetleri Pazarlaması, Siyasal Kitabevi, 2011.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 2 26
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To be able to dominate medical laboratory medical terms and terminology specific 3
2) To have knowledge medical laboratory tests in every area of the analysis of the relevant tests 3
3) To have knowledge about the working principle of human body metabolism and to be knowledge able about and in all areas of medical laboratory tests and results with the knowledge necessary to establish the relationship between metabolism and gain intellectual structure 3
4) To able to make preparations processes before analysis and after to apply disinfection and sterilization techniques 3
5) To extract the errors that occur during application of the test and to resolve problems that occur 3
6) To have professional authority and responsibility 3
7) To be able to do their work under the rules of professional ethics and proper to be able to properly display . 3
8) To have the consciousness of responsibility who is respectful to history and social values, communicating effectively with patient and health staff to conduct in terms of health services and who is able to make teanwork when needed 3
9) To able to be an individual who is interested in new information and changes life-long and the development of coordinating skill to the improvements in country and in the world. 3