Audiology Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course General Introduction Information

Course Code:

ODY457

Course Name:

Environmental Protection

Course Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Course Requirement:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Ellective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Ar.Gör. SEVDA ÜSTÜNDAĞ

Course Lecturer(s):

ASST. PROF. GÜLÇİN ÖZEVCİ

Course Assistants:

Course Purpose and Content

Course Objectives:	The aim of the course is to learn the effect of the environment on health, to comprehend the environmental problems caused by population growth and development and to learn to evaluate them with an employee health approach.
Course Content:	This course includes the concept of environmental health and determinants of health, environmental ecology and health, air, water, noise, radiation, soil pollution, waste types and urban solid waste management, waste water and treatment techniques, medical and hazardous waste control, climatology and indoor air quality, environmental health in the world and in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to explain environment and environmental problems.
2) To be able to understand environmental regulations.
3) To be able to identify the risks that threaten the environment.
4) To be able to explain environmental health and waste management measures.
5) To be able to explain hazardous and medical waste management.
6) To be able to explain air, water, noise, radiation, soil pollution.
7) To be able to explain waste types and municipal solid waste management.
8) To be able to explain climatology and indoor air quality.
9) To be able to explain what needs to be done for environmental health in the world and in Turkey.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course description, introduction, aims and learning objectives	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
2)	Environmental ecology and health	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
3)	Air pollution	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
4)	Water and noise pollution	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
5)	Waste water and treatment techniques	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
6)	Soil and radiation pollution	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
7)	Waste types and urban waste management	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
8)	Medical and hazardous waste control legislation	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
9)	Medical and hazardous waste control	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
10)	Climatology and indoor air quality	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
11)	Heavy metals and pollution	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
12)	Global and national environmental health issues	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
13)	Forest fires and their effects on the environment	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard
14)	Suggestions for the environmental problem	Lecture notes uploaded to Blackboard

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1. İzzet AYDEMİR, 2017. Türkiye’de Çevre Bilinci· Kapsamında Tıbbi· Atik Üretim Süreçleri· ve Yönetimi·. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi.7(13):295-311.

2. Ayşe CİNGÖZ, Selma TİNN, 2020. Katı Atık Yönetimi ve Sorunları: Tıbbi Atıklar Üzerine Hastanelerde Yapılan Bir Uygulama. Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 13(2):371-385.

3. Özlem CAVKAYTAR, Özge Uysal SOYER, Bülent Enis ŞEKERER, 2013. Türkiye’de Hava Kirliliğinden Kaynaklanan Sağlık Sorunları, Hava Kirliliği Araştırmaları Dergisi 2, 105 – 111.

4. Hasan Ertaş, Muhammed Ali Güden, 2019. Hastanelerde Tıbbi Atık Yönetimi. Sosyal Araştırmalar ve Yönetim Dergisi, (1), 53-67.

References:

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Medium	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Ability to integrate the necessary scientific knowledge and methods in order to make the necessary audiological/vestibular evaluations for patients with hearing and/or vestibular complaints.
2)	To be able to interpret the basic information of the science of audiology, within the scope of general medical knowledge, to determine and apply the necessary approaches for the patient.
3)	Ability to apply audiological test methods suitable for the disease.
4)	To be able to plan the audiology program with the theoretical and applied knowledge learned.
5)	Ability to work collaboratively with members of the healthcare team and other disciplines.
6)	To be able to measure the effectiveness, continuity and quality of services related to audiology, as well as to be able to conduct training and practice studies related to the science of audiology.
7)	To be able to make noise measurements in noisy environments and to be able to take part in the implementation of noise control programs in order to regulate the environmental modifications to be made to reduce the noise level, to determine the individual protectors and to implement them.
8)	To be able to work on developing, placing and coordinating the necessary hearing screening programs in work, school and community environments in order to protect hearing health and prevent hearing loss.
9)	Ability to develop professional standards and policies.
10)	Being able to take part in the Implant Board by advising the patients that he/she deems appropriate in rehabilitation about applications such as Cochlear implant, Middle Ear Implant, bone-implanted hearing aids (BAHA) and Brainstem Implant.

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Anlatım
Beyin fırtınası /Altı şapka
Grup çalışması ve ödevi
Problem Çözme
Soru cevap/ Tartışma

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Criteria

Yazılı Sınav (Açık uçlu sorular, çoktan seçmeli, doğru yanlış, eşleştirme, boşluk doldurma, sıralama)

Assessment & Grading

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

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities	Number of Activities	Aktiviteye Hazırlık	Aktivitede Harçanan Süre	Aktivite Gereksinimi İçin Süre	Workload
Course Hours	14	2			28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2			28
Midterms	1	1			1
Final	1	1			1
Total Workload					58