FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Courses
This course includes the definition, content and development of the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation, physiotherapy and rehabilitation education and application areas, legal regulations, professional practices, team work in the field of health, the concept of communication and factors affecting communication, professional communication skills, research methods in psychology, neuroscience and behavior. Includes information on developmental psychology, social psychology and general and regional superficial anatomy, and correct palpation techniques of the upper extremity.
The course will help students recognize the skills needed for university life and their career goals. These skills include self-awareness, goal setting, time management, effective communication, mindfulness and analytical thinking. The course will also raise students’ awareness on problems such as addiction and bullying.
This course includes basic anatomy knowledge, functions of muscles, bones and appendages in the human body.
This is a compulsory English course which provides basic language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking at the beginning level.
Students will be taught how to use the written and verbal communication tools accurately and efficiently in this course. Various types of verbal and written statements will be examined through a critical point of view by doing exercises on understanding, telling, reading, and writing. Punctuation and spelling rules, which are basis of written statement, will be taught and accurate usage of these rules for efficient and strong expression will be provided. As for verbal statement, students will be taught how to use the body language, use accent and intonation elaborately, and use presentation techniques.
This course covers basis of vitality, basic concepts, organization of the body, cell, features of tissues, signal transduction, bioelectric potentials and excitation- contraction coupling.
Within the scope of this course; measurement and unit systems, mechanics and its basic concepts, mechanical properties of matter, features of translational and rotational movements, mechanical properties of skeletal muscle-joint-bone, examination of forces in the body, static balance, work-power and energy, electric fields, electrical potential, direct and alternating current circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic induction will be studied.
This course provides a general information of the events from the end of the 19. century until the end of the Turkish War of Independence and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 and the following period until 1990’s.
This is a compulsory English course which provides basic language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking at the beginning level.
This course includes the topics of ethics, morality and deontology concepts, effects of these on health and physiotherapy, clinical ethics, research ethics, ethical issues and their solutions, general and local superficial anatomy information, correct palpation techniques, the developmental psychology, humanist psychological approaches, and the basics of health and clinical psychology.
This course includes the structure and organization of nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, and genital systems, structure of sense organs and functional neuroanatomy.
This course covers the microscopic structures and functions of circulatory, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, sensory and nervous systems and metabolism.
Within the scope of this course; the chemical structures, nutritional sources, roles, digestion, absorption and transport processes, deficiencies and toxicity symptoms of macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals and water) will be examined in detail. In addition, they will learn the diseases such as diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases that are related to life style changes and exercise. Lastly, nutritional principles before and after exercise will also be discussed.
This course includes terminology and concepts related to normal functional movement development, developmental theories, development of normal and abnormal movement and function, reflex and sensory development, motor development steps and motor development evaluation methods.
This course includes demographic features and history taking, observation, palpation, posture analysis, shortness tests and flexibility assessment, anthropometric measurements, normal joint movement assessment, muscle strength assessment, sensory, balance, coordination assessments, assessments of the cardiac and pulmonary system, functional status and quality of life assessments.
This course covers; movement and mechanical principles, mechanical properties and pathomechanics of bone, muscle, collagen and cartilage tissue, mechanics and pathomechanics of the upper limb and spine joints.
This course covers electrodiagnosis, galvanic current and iontophoresis, medium frequency currents, high frequency currents, physical properties and effects of hot and cold and their applications, physical properties of light and its place in physiotherapy.
This course covers the history of massage, different massage techniques, aims, application principles, effects, classical massage techniques, structure, function, examination of connective tissue, mechanism and application techniques of connective tissue massage (CTM), deep friction massage techniques and pediatric massage techniques.
This course covers cardiovascular system and exercise, cardiovascular regulation, evaluation of functional capacity, measurement of energy capacity, aerobic and anaerobic power training, effects of exercise on pulmonary system and musculoskeletal system.
This course includes cellular response to stress, cell injury and death, acute and chronic inflammation, tissue repair and wound healing, hemodynamic disorders, thromboembolic diseases, infarction, shock, neoplasia, hypersensitivity reactions and immune system diseases, environmental pathology and nutritional disorders, and nerve, muscle, bone, soft tissue, joint diseases and cardiovascular system diseases.
This course; It includes the findings, classification, diagnosis, course of the disease, and the drugs used in the treatment of these diseases and surgical applications related to common diseases in internal and surgical clinical sciences.
This course is designed for students in health care services to assist them in managing and performing tasks and duties by using the proper English to interact in real life health situations.
The content of this course is; effects and principles of exercise therapy, classification of exercise and planning and applications of exercise program.
This course covers movement and mechanical principles, mechanics and pathomechanics of pelvis and lower extremity joints, balance, orientation, planes and coordinates, normal gait mechanism and pathological causes of gait.
This course covers the applications of ultrasound, diadynamic currents, low frequency currents, high voltage intermittent galvanic stimulation, TENS, Russian current, NMES, FES, biofeedback, ESWT, magnetotherapy.
This course covers general information and application principles of manipulation and mobilization techniques, immobilization, stabilization, joint and soft tissue mobilization and manipulative practices in all body parts.
This course covers basic structure and function, and clinical findings in pathologies of peripheric nervous system, spinal cord, brainstem, diencephalon and telencephalon, novel research in movement neuroscience and daily examples related to the function of neuroanatomic structures.
This course is designed for students in health services to enable them to improve their communication and organization skills in the areas of listening, writing, and reading to develop their emerging practical skills in English.
In this course, the fluid mechanics used for therapeutic purposes and their effects on different body systems will be discussed. Water specific techniques and the applications of these techniques in healthy and diagnosed individual will be introduced. Land and aquatic treatment programs will be compared and discussed.
Internship- Summer Clinical Training includes 20 working days of field experience to be carried out in the institution deemed appropriate by the department applied education commission.
This course covers the clinical features of common neurological diseases such as motion sickness, demyelinating diseases, neuromuscular diseases, clinical features of upper and lower motor neuron interactions in terms of physiotherapy programs to be created, measurement-evaluation specific to diseases and neurophysiological-based treatment applications and students prepare a project.
This course covers; major heart diseases, evaluation in cardiac rehabilitation, exercise tests used in cardiovascular diseases, phase I-II-III-IV cardiac rehabilitation programs, rehabilitation in peripheral vascular diseases, evaluation methods in pulmonary rehabilitation, and respiratory physiotherapy applications.
This course covers basic principles of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) techniques, upper and lower extremity patterns in PNF, head-body and neck patterns in PNF, facilitation and inhibition techniques in PNF, introduction to hemiplegic rehabilitation.
This course covers the importance of research, the steps of the research process, research and ethical issues, and basic concepts related to biostatistics.
This course is designed to prepare students to apply their communication skills to interact in real life situations in English.
This course covers the evaluation and treatment applications specific to physiotherapy and rehabilitation of common childhood diseases such as lower and upper motor lesions, cerebral palsy, torticollis, congenital brachial plexus injuries, risky babies and pervasive developmental disorders.
This course covers general treatment principles of fractures and physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches after various fractures; conservative treatment of conditions causing joint degeneration such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and rehabilitation principles after joint replacement surgery such as endoprostheses; rehabilitation of shoulder joint pathologies such as tendonitis and tears of the rotator cuff, bursitis and periarthritis; Includes knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, rehabilitation of ligament and meniscus injuries.
This course covers clinical symptoms of stroke and cerebral palsy, concepts in neurodevelopmental approaches, measurement & evaluation and clinical decision-making process, application of therapeutic principles, rehabilitation practices and case studies.
This course covers general information about upper and lower extremity and trunk orthoses, indications of orthoses, usage areas in daily life, basic information about upper and lower extremity prostheses, selection of suitable prosthesis parts according to different prosthesis types and amputation level, amputee rehabilitation and daily living activities.
This course is designed for students in health care services to help them improve a professional level of communication.
This course covers the subjects of evidence-based work in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, evidence hierarchy, limitations, evaluation of evidence, searching for evidence, electronic databases, evidence-based treatment methods in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, and evidence-based studies.
This course covers presentations and discussions of clinical practice and case studies to be conducted by considering basic professional knowledge, quality and ethical principles in health in the field of orthopedic, neurological and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
This course covers student group studies on case reports in neurological, orthopedic, pediatric and rheumatic etc. diseases requiring physiotherapy and rehabilitation, compiling by accessing up-to-date information about the disease, planning and discussing treatment practices.
This course is designed for students in health care services to enable them to write effectively while fulfilling tasks and duties.
This course covers presentations and discussions of clinical practice and case studies to be conducted by considering basic professional knowledge, quality and ethical principles in health in the field of pediatric, orthotics & prosthetics rehabilitation, and sports physiotherapy.
This course is designed for health sciences students to enable them to document and explain patients’ history and findings by writing effectively and professionally in their field.
Elective Courses
FTR 220 Healthy Living and Physical Activity
This course includes the definition of health and basic health, physical activity, exercise, and sports, inactivity, physical fitness, evaluation of physical fitness, exercise training principles, exercise training methods, pre-exercise evaluation, exercise types, exercise prescribing, indications and contraindications of exercise.
FTR 221 Occupational Therapy
The content of this course consists of the role of the occupational therapist in multidisciplinary work, the principles of occupational treatment approach, the arrangements of daily living activities and the principles of transfer activities in different diseases.
FTR 320 Advanced Manual Techniques in Physiotherapy
This course covers the mechanical and physiological effects of different mobilization and manipulation techniques, appropriate evaluation methods, indications, contraindications, and application techniques.
FTR 321 Rheumatologic Rehabilitation
In this course, the pathophysiology of rheumatological diseases and their effects on body systems will be discussed. Evidence-based evaluation and physical therapy applications in different rheumatologic problems will be addressed.
FTR 322 Geriatric Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
In this course, theories of aging, epidemiological characteristics of the elderly population, causes of mortality and morbidity will be discussed reviewing the concept of geriatrics, the geriatric rehabilitation team and the role of the physiotherapist. By addressing the systemic changes that occur with aging, evidence-based practices will be explained for the evaluation and planning of exercise programs required for healthy aging and individual and group exercises suitable for physical activity in advanced age, as well as a physiotherapy program suitable for pathologies.
FTR 323 Imaging techniques in Physiotherapy
This course covers basic concepts in radiology, basic topics in radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, radiology of extremities, spine, and thorax.
FTR 324 Oncologic Rehabilitasyon
This course covers general concepts and multidisciplinary approach in oncological rehabilitation, evaluation of cancer patients, functional and musculoskeletal problems in cancer patients, different types of cancer and case studies.
FTR 325 Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Intensive Care
This course covers, instruction of the Intensive Care Unit, physiotherapy approaches and clinical decision making in intensive care unit together with evaluations of examples from our country and the world.
FTR 326 Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Sports
The content of this course consists of the competencies of the sports physiotherapist, the prevention of sports injuries, physiotherapy and rehabilitation in sports injuries, functional rehabilitation principles and the criteria for returning to sports.
FTR 420 Special Topics in Physiotherapy
This course includes physiotherapy and rehabilitation practices on special topics such as headache, chronic pain syndrome and cancer rehabilitation.
FTR 421 Home Health Services and Physiotherapy
This course covers the definition and historical development, legal regulations of Home Health Services, and the role of the physiotherapist in the world and in Turkey with examples.
FTR 422 Vestibular Rehabilitation
This course covers the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system, adaptation and compensation, the role of the vestibular system in postural control, and evaluation and treatment approaches in vestibular problems.
FTR 423 Women's and Men's Health in Physiotherapy
This course includes the definition and classification of the problems covered by physiotherapy in women's and men's health, preventive approaches, selection of different physiotherapy approaches that can be applied and the application principles of these approaches.
HS 301 Disability and Rehabilitation
Handicap is a phenomenon that people come across not only in the face of diseases, but also in developmental periods of childhood, elderly, and even during pregnancy because of sociocultural deficits and lack of regulations. In order to follow a holistic treatment approach, it is important for health professionals to know the physical and environmental adaptations for decreasing the physical limitations, legal regulations, family lives and social adjustment of handicapped individuals, and to improve their communication skills with handicapped individuals.
HUK 467 Health Care Law
Legal rules and practice about healthcare law in the light of “right to health” in relation of “right to live”, comparatively in national and international law.
İMT 310 Turkish Sign Language*
In this course, the history, alphabet, and basic concepts of Turkish Sign Language will be taught. Within the framework of this course, hearing individuals will be educated on sign language as a visual language, enabling them to have basic knowledge of the sign language to help deaf individuals in a variety of community settings such as hospitals, schools, courtrooms or police stations.
MI 370 Gender and Media
SB 220 Health Promotion
This course includes health related concepts, the dimensions of health, conditions and risk factors affecting health, health protection and promotion and the role of the nurse, healthy lifestyle behaviors, quality of life, holistic health, theories and models of health and health promotion, national and international health organizations, health promotion policies and strategies, development of health behaviors in society and health education.
SB 230 Speaking and Presentation Skills
This course includes theoretical knowledge and practices on effective speaking and presentation techniques.
SB 344 Movement and Dance
This course covers the meaning of movement and dance, its functions, health effects, communication, expression and empathy.
SB 360 Disability and Society
Handicap is a phenomenon that people come across not only in the face of diseases, but also in developmental periods of childhood, elderly, and even during pregnancy because of sociocultural deficits and lack of regulations. In order to follow a holistic treatment approach, it is important for health professionals to know the physical and environmental adaptations for decreasing the physical limitations, legal regulations, family lives and social adjustment of handicapped individuals, and to improve their communication skills with handicapped individuals.
YMİ 460 Language and Pronunciation in Communication*
Students will learn how to control their diction and pronunciation and then practice in several forms of speech. *This course could be taken without its credits being included in the total ECTS credits by the students who are enrolled in undergraduate programs in English. This course could be taken with its credits being included in the total ECTS credits by the students who are enrolled in undergraduate programs in Turkish.
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Project that will improve the quality of life
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