Student Improvements
At the Quality Ambassadors Information Meeting held on 15.12.2022, opinions were received regarding the insufficient capacity of projection devices, speakers and computers in the classrooms. On 16.05.2023, a technical work request was made to the Information Processing Department. After receiving opinions regarding the negativity of not having a canteen in our building, a food and beverage vending machine was provided to our building. In addition, the number of social areas was increased together with the Youth Center located under our building. A request was received to focus on sector-related interactive courses related to our program instead of general courses in the curriculum. This demand was met with elective courses in the 2023-2024 Education Plan.
In the meeting with foreign students held on 13.04.2023, a request to open a Vocational Turkish course was submitted to our Department Head Office. On 24.07.2023, a request to open a Vocational Turkish course was submitted to the Language Teaching Application and Research Center Directorate. It was decided not to open the course due to insufficient numbers and to add the Vocational Foreign Language course to the education plan as a result of other stakeholder opinions.
In the meeting held with our students on 07.06.2023, a request was received for the Health Economics course to be an elective course. In this context, this course has been updated as an elective course in the 2023-2024 Education Plan.
Meetings were held with our Health Institutions Management Program students (second year on April 3, 2024, first year on April 4, 2024). In this context, considering the demands of the students, Environment and Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Professional Foreign Language and Digital Literacy and Artificial Intelligence courses were added to the curriculum.
Graduate Improvements
On April 15, 2024, our graduate students were brought together and informed about the MEDEK Accreditation process. Opinions were received for the program mission, vision, education plan, outcomes and educational objectives. In addition, feedback was received on the compatibility of the determined goals with the university's core missions, the level at which the goals were achieved and the suggestions on the measurement and evaluation system regarding this, and possible improvements. The results obtained through the survey were discussed with the program academicians and decisions were made on corrective and remedial activities on April 17, 2024. According to the survey results, 81.9% of the graduate students responded that they could participate in the project, while 18.2% stated that they participated in the project, so it was decided to give more importance to project-based courses and prioritize them in the curriculum. In addition, considering that 4.5% of our graduate students work in the field they graduated from, it was decided to receive support from our University's Career Planning Application and Research Center in order to expand the students' professional networks with the sector. In this context, the Project Management course was added to the Health Institutions Management Program curriculum. Career Planning Application and Research Center organized the Health Career Panel and Student Sector Meeting event on May 28, 2024.
Improvements by industry representatives
After the decision to hold career activities that would increase students' interaction with the sector was made in the meeting held with the İşKur representative on 17.10.2022, sector representatives in the fields of health informatics and health tourism were brought together with students. A meeting was held with our external stakeholder Program Advisory Board consisting of sector representatives on 5 April 2024, and with our graduates on 15 April 2024. The curriculum of the program was discussed at the meeting and suggestions were received. In this context, upon recommendation, the courses Sustainability and Environment in Healthcare Institutions, Professional Foreign Language, Project Management, Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare Institutions were added to the curriculum.
Staff improvements
At the Academic Performance Evaluation Meeting dated 17.03.2023, decisions were made to continue the reward system upon the requests of the academic staff. In this context, awards are presented to our program academic staff within our Unit for their successful work.
