T.C.

ÜSKÜDAR UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOTICS-PROSTHETICS
COURSE CONTENTS

FIRST YEAR (FALL)

OPS109- Biomechanics I	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
This course includes introduction to biomechanics; basic skills, order of mathematical operations, center of gravity and body center of gravity, motion analysis, soft tissue biomechanics, hard tissue biomechanics, sports biomechanics, orthosis and prosthesis designs, modeling-simulation studies, fluid mechanics.

OPS111- Orthotics Prosthetics Science I 	(3+2) 4 ECTS: 5
Introduction to orthosis, introduction to foot-ankle biomechanics, foot orthosis evaluation parameters, foot and wrist orthotics and patient compliance principles, introduction to lower extremity prostheses, introduction to knee and hip biomechanics, evaluation parameters of transtibial prosthesis, evaluation of knee disarticulation prostheses, biomechanics of transfemoral prostheses, evaluation parameters of transfemoral prostheses, biomechanics of hip disarticulation prostheses, hand-wrist prostheses, shoulder prostheses

FSH143- Applied Basic Anatomy I 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes the function of the systems related to the anatomy of the body organs, the morphological structure of the all human body systems, functions and adjacencies of the organs and applying this knowledge in clinical practice is expected.

FSH129- Human Physiology I 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 5
Concepts related to human physiology, cell physiology, blood, muscle and skeletal system, nervous, cardio-vascular, respiratory, urinary, endocrine system, gastrointestinal system, sensory organs and their physiological structures and functions will be studied.

RPSC109- Positive Psychology and Communication Skills 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes description and basics of positive psychology, theoretical basis of positive psychology, introduction to cognitive neuroscience-cerebral basis of social behavior, self-awareness, familiarization with others and empathy, problem solving skills, motivation and planning, anger management, relationship management, healthy decision making and conflict management. The course includes subjects like the general framework of the basic concepts of communication sciences, solutions and recommendations to strengthen communication skills, interpersonal communication, group communication, organizational communication, mass communication, public communication, international communication and intercultural communication.

ENG101- English I 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 3
This course includes the use of be (present)-meeting people-the use of have got/has gotdescribing people-the use of can and have to-telling the time- the present simple- the use of would liketalking about daily life-the use of there is/there are-the use of be in the simple past tense-regular and irregular verbs and their uses in the past tense- giving dates- present continuous tense-nonprogressive verbs-talking about health-be going to- some phrasal verbstalking about experiences-the present perfect tense-future- will-past continuous tense-talking about people and places-possibilities-talking about activities

TURK101- Turkish Language I 	(2+0+0) 2 ECTS:3
This course includes syntactic elements of Turkish language, the sentence types, expression errors, punctuation marks, presentation, poem, essay, composition, story, newspaper, and magazine studies and applications.

RCUL101 University Culture I 	(0+2+0) 1 ECTS:1 
This course of university students, social, cultural and political events related intellectual knowledge to have the general curriculum outside the multidisciplinary knowledge in the process of being open, critical and critical thinking and analytical acting ability that aims to give. Students also discussed in public outside their areas of science, technical, social, political and cultural issues in the field of people who are experts attending the seminar will have the ability to comment. Students to college life and joined the program during the seminar will be about 10-12.

FIRST YEAR (SPRING)

OPS110- Biomechanics II	(2+0) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes introduction to biomechanics; basic skills, order of mathematical operations, center of gravity and body center of gravity, motion analysis, soft tissue biomechanics, hard tissue biomechanics, sports biomechanics, orthosis and prosthesis designs, modeling-simulation studies, fluid mechanics.

OPS112- Orthotics Prosthetics Science II 	(3+2) 4 ECTS: 5
Introduction to orthosis, introduction to foot-ankle biomechanics, foot orthosis evaluation parameters, foot and wrist orthotics and patient compliance principles, introduction to lower extremity prostheses, introduction to knee and hip biomechanics, evaluation parameters of transtibial prosthesis, evaluation of knee disarticulation prostheses, biomechanics of transfemoral prostheses, evaluation parameters of transfemoral prostheses, biomechanics of hip disarticulation prostheses, hand-wrist prostheses, shoulder prostheses

OPS114- Special Anatomy for Orthotopic Prosthesis II 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes the function of the systems related to the anatomy of the body organs, the morphological structure of the all human body systems, functions and adjacencies of the organs and applying this knowledge in clinical practice is expected.

OPS130- Human Physiology II 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 5
Concepts related to human physiology, cell physiology, blood, muscle and skeletal system, nervous, cardio-vascular, respiratory, urinary, endocrine system, gastrointestinal system, sensory organs and their physiological structures and functions will be studied.

RPSC104- Entrepreneurship and Project Culture 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
This course includes comprehensive information about graduation project implementation instead of graduation project, student-centered, bringing all academicians for determining a goal for real life, discovering new things, problem solving, time management skills and community service.

ENG102- English II 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 3
This course includes simple past tense, countable and uncountable nouns, some / any / a few / a little, comparatives and superlatives, present continuous, possessive pronouns, going to future tense adverbs and adjectives, present perfect tense.

TURK102- Turkish Language II 	(2+0+0) 2 ECTS:3
This course includes the students with knowledge on the status and importance of language as a social structure of a nation, language-culture relations, the place of Turkish among other languages with its historical development and spread.

RCUL102 University Culture II 	(0+2+0) 1 ECTS:1 
This course of university students, social, cultural and political events related intellectual
knowledge to have the general curriculum outside the multidisciplinary knowledge in the process of
being open, critical and critical thinking and analytical acting ability that aims to give. Students also
discussed in public outside their areas of science, technical, social, political and cultural issues in the field
of people who are experts attending the seminar will have the ability to comment. Students to college life
and joined the program during the seminar will be about 10-12.

SECOND YEAR (FALL)

ATA101- Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I 	(2+0+2) 2 ECTS:3
This course includes reform movements as a reaction to decline and disintegration of the
Ottoman Empire caused by political, social, cultural and socio-psychological problems that emerged as a
result of the encounter of the western and Turkish cultures; political events during the transitional period
from the Ottoman Empire to the national state and the foundation of the Turkish Republic following the
national struggle led by Mustafa KemalAtatürk.

OPS201- Information Technologies I 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
This course provides students a basic understanding of medical documentation, historical development, important, types, standardization, security and maintenance of medical documentations; and develop a critical understanding of information management policies and strategies in organizations

OPS203- Vocational English I 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 4
This is an elementary level professional English course. The learners are expected to develop four basic language skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing through various kinds of teaching techniques and practices. Furthermore, they are able to read and understand the texts about their professional fields and gain some related knowledge about them in English language.

OPS205- Biomechanics III 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes introduction to biomechanics; basic skills, order of mathematical operations, center of gravity and body center of gravity, motion analysis, soft tissue biomechanics, hard tissue biomechanics, sports biomechanics, orthosis and prosthesis designs, modeling-simulation studies, fluid mechanics.

OPS213- Electrotechnology 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
Basic electronics elements, inductance and capacitance, circuits, transformers, power supplies, amplifiers, feedback, filtration, screening, digital element measurements, analog element measurements, electrodes, security

MAT103- Mathematics 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
Equations, Inequalities, Single Variable Functions, Permutation, Combination, Financial Mathematics, Limit, Derivatives, Multiple Variable Functions, Matrix and Determinants

OPS211- Three-Dimensional And Computerized Drawing I 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
Screen editing commands, object selection service, to be able to draw objects, adding the covering to objects, material settings, introduction to modeling, modeling techniques, line use, obtaining three-dimensional objects from lines, drawing lines and drawing space, lighting, render receiving, animation

SECOND YEAR (SPRING)

FHS111- Public Health 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
Health issues in the community the aim of this course is to recognize the affect of the environmental, social, and behavioral formations to grasp the principles of preventive medicine and adopt this health information management applications to ensure coordination in the use of information, skills.

OPS202- Information Technologies II 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
This course provides students a basic understanding of medical documentation, historical development, important, types, standardization, security and maintenance of medical documentations; and develop a critical understanding of information management policies and strategies in organizations

OPS204- Vocational English II 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 4
This is an elementary level professional English course. The learners are expected to develop four basic language skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing through various kinds of teaching techniques and practices. Furthermore, they are able to read and understand the texts about their professional fields and gain some related knowledge about them in English language.

OPS206- Biomechanics IV 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes introduction to biomechanics; basic skills, order of mathematical operations, center of gravity and body center of gravity, motion analysis, soft tissue biomechanics, hard tissue biomechanics, sports biomechanics, orthosis and prosthesis designs, modeling-simulation studies, fluid mechanics.

HMN212- Environmental Health 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
To understand the relationship of health and environment, to understand the importance of individual and public health, to be informed about health problems.

FSH125- Biostatistics 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 3
This course includes topics that contain collecting data about social sciences, summarizing, analysing and interpretation of the data for certain purposes and steps to follow to make accurate decisions based on the data.

OPS212- Three-Dimensional And Computerized Drawing 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
Screen editing commands, object selection service, to be able to draw objects, adding the covering to objects, material settings, introduction to modeling, modeling techniques, line use, obtaining three-dimensional objects from lines, drawing lines and drawing space, lighting, render receiving, animation

ATA101- Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II 	(2+0+2) 2 ECTS:3
This course includes political social, economic and cultural changes and developments caused by the restructuring of the state and society in line with the Atatürk's principles and revolutions which aimed at raising the Turkish Republic to the level of modern nations; evaluation of the internal and external political events with the aim of finding solution to current problems.

THIRD YEAR (FALL)

HMN312- Disaster and Crisis Management 	(3+0+0) 3 ECTS:4
What is a disaster? Disaster types, effects on the sustainable development of Disaster, Disaster Management Cycle Disaster Terminology What is an earthquake? Earthquake magnitude and intensity, Turkey and the world's seismicity, floods, landslides, tsunami, Turkey and Disaster Mitigation efforts around the world, Disaster Management Coordination, Emergency and Disaster Coordination Center. Crisis management and ways of coping.

HMN105- Basic Health Information And Medical Terminology 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 5
In this course, the students gain knowledge on: properties of medical terms in formation; roots, prefixes and suffixes; analysis of the terms with these properties; most frequently used anatomic, diagnostic, operative and symptomatic terms; international classification of diseases.

OPS301-  Materials Technology 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
Properties and production of metals, solid solubility, welding techniques, soldering techniques, adaptation of metals to orthosis and prosthetic technology, types of plastic and molecular structures, composite materials and properties, place and importance of fabrication processes in prosthetic orthosis technology, plastic types used in prosthetic and orthotic technologies, latest technologies used in prosthetic orthosis technology

OPS305- Biomechanics V 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes introduction to biomechanics; basic skills, order of mathematical operations, center of gravity and body center of gravity, motion analysis, soft tissue biomechanics, hard tissue biomechanics, sports biomechanics, orthosis and prosthesis designs, modeling-simulation studies, fluid mechanics.

OPS307- Growth And Development 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 4
Normal development parameters, development theories, development concepts, motor control, learning and models, reflex, sense, experience, musculoskeletal factors affecting development, important events of development, motion components, postural reactions, correction, protection and balance reactions, the development of movement, turning points by the month, neonat and infant circuit development, child development in the age of walking

OPS309- Physiotherapy Rehabilitation I 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
Objective of this course is to acquire basic knowledge for definition, content, development,
area of practice in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, principles of psychosocial rehabilitation,
legal regulations, team work and communication

FSH136- Health Laws And Legislation 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
The concept of health law, resources and organization, the relationship between patient and physician, organ and tissue transplantation, clinical research, medical intervention in terms of legality, the physician and the patient´s obligations, responsibilities and compensation for malpractice, medical criminal justice.

THIRD YEAR (SPRING)

HMN302- Buy and Materials Management in Health Institutions 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
This course covers the basic concepts and definitions of classification of materials such as health care classification of materials, material needs assessment, decision-making process of purchasing and procurement, health establishments purchase methods, methods of inventory control and stock valuation methods, management techniques, modern materials stockless Materials Management (JIT) System, health care logistics, supply chain.

FHS121- Occupational Health and Safety 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
This course covers the topics such as preventing the deterioration and destruction of the environmental values and ecological balance, repairing the existing distortions, basic information to prevent environmental pollution, historical development and importance of work safety, general view of work safety in our country and occupational health and safety legislation, rules of work safety, sources of hazards, determination of hazards, risk assessment, control of risks, occupational diseases, occupational accidents, physical, chemical, biological, and psychological factors in terms of the effects on worker's health.

FSH131- First Aid Information 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
This course includes basic concepts of the first aid and emergency care, management of
emergency care, maintaining the homeostasis.

OPS304- Computerized Patient Evaluation 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 3
Basic definitions and terms of image processing, medical imaging techniques and devices, two-dimensional image data, three-dimensional image data, reading of multislice radiological data, three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) tools, measurement in modeling software, the quality of scaling and area calculations, introduction of boundary conditions in modeling software, segmentation operations in modeling software, to process surface and volume in mathematical modeling, mathematical modeling with patient anatomy, acquisition of models and products through reverse engineering, applied modeling work,

OPS308- Biomechanics VI 	(2+2) 3 ECTS: 5
This course includes introduction to biomechanics; basic skills, order of mathematical operations, center of gravity and body center of gravity, motion analysis, soft tissue biomechanics, hard tissue biomechanics, sports biomechanics, orthosis and prosthesis designs, modeling-simulation studies, fluid mechanics.

OPS306- Occupational Therapy 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
Occupational therapy based theories and frame of references, identification, evaluation and
implementation of occupational therapy theories in different areas, case studies.

OPS310- Physiotherapy Rehabilitation II 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
Objective of this course is to acquire basic knowledge for definition, content, development,
area of practice in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, principles of psychosocial rehabilitation,
legal regulations, team work and communication

OPS312- Care And Support For Elderly And Disabilities 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 5
Demographic profiles of elderly individuals in our country or in the world, aging concept and theories, evaluation of the elderly individual and physiological changes, accidents in the elderly and orthosis-prosthesis use, improve the planning and practice skills of orthosis and prosthesis use in the elderly and the disabled

FOURTH YEAR (FALL)

HMN407- Sociology and Anthropology of Health 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 4
To teach students sociology and health sociology in theoretical and practical framework enhance their vision and inquiry make use of their knowledge and attitude throughout education and career life.

OPS402- Clinical Practice I                                                                                       (0+32) 16 ECTS:22
In the internship program, students strengthen the knowledge and skills of nursing care in the fouryear period determined by the department (compulsory), and the student's interest (elective) to specific areas of clinical practice, during practice critical thinking and decision making, problem-solving, communication, and so on.

OPS401- Graduation Project I 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
Studying examples of dissertation or article, with the students to identify the different research issues related to the field, determined to do research in the research plan, discussion of applications related to the research, the research of the report.

FOURTH YEAR (SPRİNG)

SOH328- Social WelfarePolicies 	(3+0) 3 ECTS: 4
Conceptual Framework and Development of Social Policy, Aims of Social Policy, Scientific and Religious Background of Social Policy, Protection Social Policy in terms of Combating with Social Risks.

OPS403- Clinical Practice II                                                                                   (0+32) 16 ECTS: 22
In the internship program, students strengthen the knowledge and skills of nursing care in the fouryear period determined by the department (compulsory), and the student's interest (elective) to specific areas of clinical practice, during practice critical thinking and decision making, problem-solving, communication, and so on.

OPS406- Graduation Project II 	(2+0) 2 ECTS: 4
Studying examples of dissertation or article, with the students to identify the different research issues related to the field, determined to do research in the research plan, discussion of applications related to the research, the research of the report.