ENG 101 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Knowledge for Practice: Uses knowledge in biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, social and behavioral sciences for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of medical problems.

Information Management and Research: Uses the information generated through research and accessed from different sources in evidence-based patient management processes

Patient management: Provides patient-centered, holistic, safe, reliable and evidence-based health care for common health problems in the community, prioritizing health protection and improvement*.

Patient and employee safety: Provides health services by considering the health and safety of patients and employees.

Protection and promotion of health: Prioritizes protecting and improving the health of individuals and society in the provision of health services under usual/unusual situations. Performs clinical and public health practices in a holistic and competent manner

Adherence to ethical principles: Fulfills the duties and obligations within the framework of ethical principles and, rights and legal responsibilities required by the profession.

Professional competence: Provides a high-quality healthcare service that prioritizes patient safety. While applying the profession, he/she knows his/her limits, evaluates his/her own performance, determines the aspects that need to be developed and improves them within a plan

Professional virtues: Avoid behaviors that will undermine the public's trust in medicine. S/he approaches her/his patients with compassion and care without discrimination, and puts their welfare ahead of her/his own interests

A healthy physician- a healthy society: Gives importance to his/her personal health, safety and appearance, sets an example for his/her colleagues and society by taking the necessary precautions.

Planetary health and healthy lifestyles: Considering the effects of the resources offered by our planet on individual and public health, he/she accepts promoting healthy lifestyles and eliminating the factors that negatively affect health his/her duty.

Protecting and improving health as a social responsibility: Accepts protection and improvement of public health as a social responsibility, identifies the primary health problems of the society served and produces solutions.

Health policies: Evaluates the impact of health policies on the health indicators of individuals and society, and advocates increasing the quality of health services.

Change management: Systematically identifies and manages the issues/processes and the necessary resources that require change in order to provide quality, safe and cost-effective health care.

Personal qualifications: Provides evidence exerting that he/she is equipped enough to lead changes to make healthcare more qualified, safe and cost-effective

Communication skills: Uses verbal and non-verbal communication effectively. Communicates with patients in a way that makes them feel understood, with active listening behaviors (eye contact, affirmation, summarizing, etc.)

Communication with patients and their relatives: Establishes supportive relationships with patients and their families that contribute positively to the treatment process

Communication for qualified and safe health care: Communicates with patients, their relatives, health workers, other professional groups, institutions and organizations in a clear, understandable and professional manner that will minimize patient safety risks and increase the quality of health care. Considers and protects patient privacy and data security in all communications.

Explains the place and importance of scientific research and evidence in providing qualified and safe health care. Analyzes the health problems in the society s/he serves with scientific methods. Reaches information to access evidence. Uses the information analyzed and the evidence accessed from the literature to provide more qualified and safer health care

Reflection: Using reflective approaches, he/she questions his/her professional performance, identifies areas that require improvement, and develops his/her professional knowledge and skills by identifying learning needs.

Stress management: Explains and applies strategies for coping with stress and preventing burnout