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SAY 206 - European Union and Health

Faculty of Health Sciences · Health Management · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Gülay EKİNCİ

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to present and finance health services within the framework of European Union criteria.

Course Content

Detailed examination of health services within the framework of European Union criteria is the content of this course.

Required Resources

1. Featherstone K and Radaelli CM. (Eds). The Politics of Europeanization. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Karluk R. (2002). Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye. Beta Yayınları, İstanbul.
3. Koray M. (2002). Avrupa Toplum Modeli (Nereden Nereye). TÜSES Yayınları, İstanbul.
4. Mossialos E, Permanand G, Beaten R and Hervey TK. (Eds) (2010). Health System Governance in Eurupe ? The Role of European Union Law and Policy. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Cambridge.
5. Rosenmöller M, McKee M and Beaten R. (Eds) (2006). Patient Mobility in the European Union ? Learning From Experience. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. WHO.
6. Tatar M. (2007). Sağlık Sisteminin Performansını Ölçme Süreci. İçinde: Ateş H, Kırılmaz ve Aydın S. (Editör). Sağlık Sektöründe Performans Yönetimi ? Türkiye Örneği. Asil Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti, Ankara.
7. Wismar M, Maier CB, Glinos IA, Dussault G and Figueras J. (Eds) (2011). Health  

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Knowledge of the EU and EU-Turkey relations
  2. 2) To know the EU health policies,
  3. It can be analyzed in terms of Turkey-EU relations and health and health policy consists in gaining skills to be able to evaluate.

Core Area Distribution

(72) Health%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionDiscussionPresentationGroup StudyBrain StormingSelf studyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16348
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment2816
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1A transnational organization: the European Unionpreparation from the source book
2Turkey - EU Relationspreparation from the source book
3The Social Dimension of the European Union: European Social Model, EU Social Model and EU Social Policiespreparation from source books
4European Union and Health-1: Reasons for addressing health at EU level, objectives of EU health policy, basic principles of EU health policypreparation from source books
5European Union and Health-2: Health Role and Responsibilities of the EU, Factors Affecting the Development of EU Health Policypreliminary preparation
6European Union and Health-3: Historical Development of EU Health Policy and Evolution Processpreliminary preparation
7European Union and Health-4: Health Organization in the EU, Health Policy Development and Decision Making Process in the EU, EU, International Cooperation and Healthpreliminary preparation
8midtermmidterm
9European Union and Health-5: The Future of Health Policy in the EU and Possible Scenarios, Common Qualities and Challenges of EU Health Policiespreliminary preparation
10European Union Internal Market and Health-1: EU and Free Movement, Free Movement of Patientspreliminary preparation
11European Union Internal Market and Health-2: Free Movement of Health Workers, Goods, Services and Capitalpreliminary preparation
12Other Policies of the European Union and Health-1: EU Environmental Policy, EU Transport Policy, EU Public Procurement, Common Agricultural Policy, European Working Time Directivepreliminary preparation
13Other Policies of the European Union and Health-2: Competition Policy, Information Society Policy, Joint Currency, New Enlargement Process, EU Budget, Research and Training Programspreliminary preparation
14European Health Systems: A General Framework, Performance, Features, Opportunities and Threats, Turkey is European in terms of Health and Health Services How Much?preliminary preparation
15Preparation for the general examPreparation for the general exam
16final examfinal exam