Healthy Living Competency Program

Related Center: Healthy Living and Physiotherapy Application and Research Center

Language of Instruction: Turkish

Program Description: This certificate program aims to help create lasting positive changes in life and health for individuals and society. At the end of the program, students who complete the courses will have learned basic first aid practices, the exercise practices needed to maintain a healthy life, and proper nutrition methods.

Application Requirements: The "Healthy Living Competency" certificate program is open to all students. To be entitled to receive the certificate, our students must pass the courses in the table below with a letter grade of at least "B". Our students may subsequently request their certificates by submitting a petition to their academic advisors.

Completing the Program: To complete the program, all courses in the program must be passed with a letter grade of at least "B". In this case, our students will be awarded a certificate stating that they have completed the program. Students who take a course and fail ("F" or "NA") may repeat the relevant course.

Program Courses:

Course Descriptions:

GEP0015 BASIC FIRST AID

The aim of this course is to develop the ability to intervene in any life-threatening situation that may be encountered within the scope of first aid. The course content covers the definition of first aid and the KBK rule, the objectives of first aid, the ABC rule of first aid and basic life support, removal of foreign bodies from the airway, types of bleeding and bleeding control, tourniquet application, first aid in impaired consciousness, shock and fainting, types of injuries and regional injuries, spinal injuries, first aid for fractures, dislocations and sprains, types of burns and first aid, types of poisoning and first aid, first aid for heatstroke and frostbite, and methods of transporting patients and injured persons.

GEP0013 HEALTHY NUTRITION FOR EXERCISING INDIVIDUALS

The aim of this course is to determine the nutritional needs of people who exercise and to teach exercise-specific nutritional approaches that improve performance and prevent the risks of injury and illness. The course content covers the interaction of exercise, nutrition and health, energy and macronutrients, nutritional characteristics before, during and after exercise, the importance of fluid intake, ergogenic aids, body composition and weight control, and nutritional characteristics of exercise under different conditions.

GEP0014 EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS

The aim of the course is to enable students to explain the relationship between physical activity and health and the concepts of physical fitness, and to teach how to design the exercise program needed for physical fitness. The course content covers the definition, components and importance of physical fitness, concepts related to physical fitness, measurement and evaluation of physical fitness, training methods for developing and maintaining physical fitness at all ages and fitness levels, and the arrangement, management and organization of exercise areas.