ECTS - Health and Physical Activity

Health and Physical Activity (REH506) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Health and Physical Activity REH506 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level ects.course_level_Sağlık_Bilimleri_Yüksek_Lisans
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Problem Solving, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Zehra Can Karahan
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To gain an understanding of the importance of physical activity in promoting health, the importance of physical activity for different age groups and in different health conditions, and recommendations for physical activity
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Comprehensively understands the importance of physical activity in maintaining and improving health
  • Comprehensively understands the importance of physical activity across different age groups and plans physical activity programmes
  • Comprehensively understands the importance of physical activity in different medical conditions and plans physical activity programmes
Course Content Health-physical activity, personal physical exercise prescription, and physical activity prescription in special cases.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Course content and description
2 The terms physical activity, health, and sport R1 Section 1, R4 Section 1
3 The impact of physical activity on health R2 Section1, Section 8
4 Assessment of physical activity R3 Page 1-92, R4 Section 3
5 A review of international physical activity guidelines R3
6 Physical activity counselling R4 Section 2
7 Physical activity in healthy adults R4 Section 2
8 Physical activity in children and adolescents R1 Section 20, K4 Section 12
9 Physical activity in older people R1 Section 18
10 Physical activity among people with disabilities R1 Section 21, R4 Section 6
11 Obesity and physical activity R2 Section 60, R4 Section 7
12 Physical activity in cardiac diseases R2 Section 10,12, R4 Section 11
13 Physical activity in pulmonary diseases R2 Section 18,19
14 Physical activity in diabetes R2 section 59, R4 Section 10
15 Physical activity in hypertension R2 Section 9
16 Final exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Atalay Güzel Nevin, Kafa Nihan. (2025) Sporcu Sağlığı Hipokrat Kitapevi
2. Çırak Buran Yasemin, Yelvar Yılmaz Gül Deniz (2023) Kronik hastalıklarda fiziksel aktivite ve egzersiz kanıta dayalı uygulamalar. Hipokrat Kitapevi
3. Ayda Karaca (2017) Fiziksel Aktivite Değerlendirme Yöntemleri. Spor Yayınevi
4. Atalay Emre Serdar,Ün Necmiye. (2024) Her Yönüyle Fiziksel Aktivite. Hipokrat Kitabevi

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 3 50
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 50
Percentage of Final Work 50
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 Utilizes knowledge from the literature in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation systematically, assessing, evaluating, describing, analyzing, and planning for professional and academic work with essential concepts and principles. X
2 Plans and implements academic studies using evidence-based literature in physiotherapy and rehabilitation. X
3 Collects data according to ethical principles, selects suitable statistical methods, analyzes results, critiques them by comparing with literature, and presents or publishes at national/international scientific meetings. X
4 Takes responsibility individually within multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary teams for problem-solving in academic and scientific work and collaborates effectively using communication skills.
5 Identifies learning needs and goals, adopts lifelong learning for personal growth, uses a foreign language and information-communication technology, follows developments in the field, and organizes and supports quality improvement programs.
6 Understands the duties, rights, and responsibilities related to scientific work in physiotherapy, adheres to academic ethics and standards, and maintains professional conduct internationally.
7 Applies evidence-based preventive and rehabilitative approaches aligned with changing and growing community needs in physiotherapy and rehabilitation to contribute to health policy development and raise public awareness.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 2 10 20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 25 25
Total Workload 125