Volunteering Studies (HUM204) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Volunteering Studies HUM204 1 0 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
It can be taken outside of the first two semesters of associate and undergraduate programs.
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Drill and Practice, Field Trip.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Staff
Course Assistants
Course Objectives In order to strengthen the ties between the university and the society by using the knowledge, skills and experience that students have acquired during their educational life: - To gain awareness about problems such as disabled people, disadvantaged groups, social or economic-related social migration and disasters. - To ensure the development of human, social, cultural, moral values and skills by participating in volunteering activities. - To create visibility and awareness on issues of high social sensitivity such as disability, disaster and migration. - To share the results obtained in the field of volunteering.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course; - Share the knowledge, skills and experience gained through university education with the society. - Develop human, moral, social and cultural values. - Help strengthen ties between the university and the community. - Contribute to social collaboration by creating social benefits in the relevant areas.
Course Content Participating voluntarily in the work of aid organizations established within public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations in order to support those who face difficulties, especially children, the elderly, the disabled and disadvantaged groups, and sharing what they acquired through the university education.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Volunteering concept and volunteering management. Introduction of basic volunteering areas (Health and social services, disabled people, disaster and emergency, disadvantaged groups, migration, environment, education and culture, etc.). Preparation of necessary input for the subjects.
2 Ethical, moral, religious and traditional values and principles in volunteering work. Project development related to volunteering work. Management and organization of public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Preparation of necessary input for the subjects.
3 Identification of public institutions, local administrations and non-governmental organizations that will be included within the scope of volunteering activities. Formation of working groups and election of their group leaders. Establishing contact with the public institutions, local administrations and non-governmental organizations to be collaborated with and establishing the necessary coordination.
4 Providing information about the working areas, goals and objectives of the public institutions, local administrations and non-governmental organizations to be collaborated with. Creation of necessary information by working groups.
5 Participating in volunteering activities in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Working groups, under the coordination of the group leaders, establish the necessary coordination for participation.
6 Participating in volunteering activities in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Working groups, under the coordination of the group leaders, establish the necessary coordination for participation.
7 Participating in volunteering activities in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Working groups, under the coordination of the group leaders, establish the necessary coordination for participation.
8 Participating in volunteering activities in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Working groups, under the coordination of the group leaders, establish the necessary coordination for participation.
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10 Implementation of volunteer work in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Carrying out volunteer work of working groups within the planned scope.
11 Implementation of volunteer work in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Carrying out volunteer work of working groups within the planned scope.
12 Implementation of volunteer work in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Carrying out volunteer work of working groups within the planned scope.
13 Implementation of volunteer work in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Carrying out volunteer work of working groups within the planned scope.
14 Implementation of volunteer work in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations. Carrying out volunteer work of working groups within the planned scope.
15 Presentation of the volunteer work done by the groups. Preparing presentations to include the work done, the achievements, the results and the benefits created.
16 Presentation of the volunteer work done by the groups. Preparing presentations to include the work done, the achievements, the results and the benefits created.

Sources

Other Sources 1. https://www.aile.gov.tr (Çocuk Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Engelli ve Yaşlı Hizmetleri, Şehit Yakınları ve Gaziler Genel Müdürlüğü, Aile ve Toplum Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü)
2. https://ankara.bel.tr/sosyal-hizmetler (Sokakta Çalışan Çocuklar Merkezi, Engelli Hizmetleri, Yaşlı Hizmetleri ve Şefkat Evleri) https://www.sivilsayfalar.org/stk/page/0

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application 5 30
Field Work 4 30
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 40
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 10 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Integrates and utilizes the information, skills, and approaches obtained from basic, clinical, and medical sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences when offering healthcare services.
2 Offers healthcare services to patients with a biopsychosocial approach where the sociodemographic and sociocultural backgrounds of these individuals are taken into consideration, focusing on the universal human values, ethical principles, and professional duties; without exercising discrimination on the basis of language, religion, race, or sex.
3 Aims to protect, improve, and develop individual and public health when offering healthcare services.
4 Performs the necessary studies in sustaining and improving health, taking into the individual, public, social, and environmental factors to affect it.
5 Trains healthy individuals/ patients, their relatives, and other healthcare workers in healthcare upon determining the features, requirements, and expectations of their target audience.
6 Exercises a safe, rational, and effective approach in the procedures of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation; while offering healthcare services.
7 Implements interventional and/or non-interventional practices in a way that is safe and effective for patients during the procedures of diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation.
8 Offers healthcare services taking into account the health and safety of patients and employees.
9 Takes the regional and global changes in physical and socioeconomic settings to affect health, as well as the changes in the individual features and behaviors of patients referring to them into account, while offering healthcare.
10 Takes the good medical practices into account while performing their duties.
11 Undertakes the tasks and duties within the framework of their professional ethical rules, as well as their legal rights and duties.
12 Stands for the improvements in the manner in which healthcare services are offered, taking into account the concepts of social reliability and social duty, in an effort to protect and improve individual and public health.
13 Evaluates the effects of health policies and healthcare practices on public health indicators, and, where required, amends their evaluation on the grounds of scientific and social needs; in an effort to help improve the quality of healthcare services.
14 Leads their healthcare team while offering healthcare services, in a participative, and collaborative manner.
15 Establishes positive relationships within their healthcare team; and where needed, easily adapts to various positions among their team.
16 Exercises effective communication with patients, the relatives of patients, healthcare professionals, and groups from other professions, as well as institutions and organizations.
17 Plans and conducts scientific studies on the society to which they serve, and use the results of these, or those from other studies, to benefit the society.
18 Accesses the current literature on their profession, and evaluates them with a critical approach.
19 Chooses the correct sources of learning to improve the healthcare services that they offer, and regulates their own learning process.
20 Demonstrates the skills of obtaining and evaluating new information, integrating newer pieces of information with their current ones, as well as adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 5 3 15
Laboratory
Application 5 3 15
Special Course Internship 4 3 12
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 3 48
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 11 11
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 101