Faculty of MEDICINE
Prof. Dr. Sina ERCAN Dean of the Faculty of Medicine We witness very rapid changes in our lives. The faster our daily life and environment change, the faster our health status and current health services are delivered. In today’s medical faculties, we have to train physicians ready for health services that will have very different practices and standards in the near future. We all work for Medical Faculties that aim for raising well-educated individuals who are experts in fields within the rapidly growing science of medicine such as artificial intelligence, tissue engineering, from genetic diagnostics and treatments to advanced robotic applications; as well as who internalized the increasingly important humanist aspect, health advocacy, evidence-based medicine and preventive medicine, primarily in the Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine. The recent Covid-19 pandemic, which made every industry to undergo drastic and mostly permanent changes, also showed us how high is the need for adaptation in the education of Medicine. By adapting to the distance education models within this new normal period as Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, we have proven how open and ready we are for any innovation by enabling our students to continue their education without a pause and without sacrificing the educational goals. Joint Commission International National Board of Accreditation for Medical Training 331 Clinical, Pre-Clinical & Health (2023): 801+
Faculty Of Medicine Faculty of Medicine raises medical doctors who know the health problems in Turkey and the World and have sufficient knowledge to deliver health service delivery and management in primary health care, equipped with skills and attitudes, who know, respect and implement the code of ethics, are open to up-to-date information at national and international level, who are able to think systematically, make research and interrogate, who constantly renew and develop themselves, are able to work in teams, use technology in medical science and relevant areas, have effective communication skills and qualifications of a community leader. Started its academic training in 1996, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine has gained the distinction of being the first Foundation University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey. The Faculty of Medicine, which has graduated 1209 students since its establishment, continues its education successfully with 758 students, 141 faculty members and 61 research assistants. The education period of our faculty, which provides education in English, is 6 years excluding the preparatory period. Accreditation The Faculty of Medicine, which has been followed by the Association of Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Training Programs (TEPDAD) and National Board of Accreditation for Medical Training (UTEAK) has completed all of its accreditation processes again in 2019 andin accordance with our achievement of meeting the criteria of Undergraduate Medical Training National Standards of our Faculty of Medicine, has been reaccredited until 2026. 25% of our students are on a scholarship First foundation university Faculty of Medicine in Turkey UTEAK-accredited program Practical education in Yeditepe Hospitals and laboratories 332
Skills training and simulated patient applications for pre-clinical and clinical students are carried out in the Clinical and Vocational Skills Laboratory, whose infrastructure and technical equipment have been renewed due to both current technological developments and the increase in the number of students. Simulators, models, audio-visual training materials (video, barcovision) are used as training tools in the laboratory allocated to the students of our faculty in our Introduction to Clinical Practice I, II and III programmes. Assessment is made by objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Our Basic Medical Sciences Laboratories provide our students with the most up-to-date and rich educational materials. With the recent improvements in our Anatomy Laboratory, many model collections, plasterized cadavers and 2 regular cadavers, anatomical education material amount per student has become quite rich, in addition to an additional Anatomy Laboratory that has been put into service. In our renewed faculty building, there are 4 Problem-Based Learning Room and one fullyequipped lecture hall with 140 capacities (smartboard, markers, computers, projectors and internet connection), and has been put into use. Students Students conduct research with universities, research centers and industrial institutions in various countries under EMSA-European Medical Student Association, where students assume a position in different levels. Internationalization With the recognition of Yeditepe University, Faculty of Medicine Medical School by the Medical Board of California, our graduates can participate in “Postgraduate Training Authorization Letter” or “Physician and Surgeon’s Certificate” programs in California as in other states of the USA and continue their postgraduate education in medical centers in California. Thanks to the student exchange programs with Erasmus +, TurkMSIC SCOPE and SCORE and non-ERASMUS + exchange programs, the Faculty of Medicine has achieved studentlevel success in terms of internationalization. Apart from the Erasmus Program, Yeditepe University, Faculty of Medicine has an Academic Collaboration Agreement with the Houston Methodist Global, located in the US state of Texas in 2018. Following the agreement with the Education, Training and Consultancy Department of Texas Medical Center, the largest healthcare community under one roof in the world, our students and faculty members participate in exchange programs. Yeditepe University, which initiated a mutual cooperation and exchange program with Kharkiv University, provided 7 students with summer internship opportunities in our university hospital. Based on the satisfaction of the program, an agreement has been made for the permanent student exchange of the Working Program. Yeditepe University, Faculty of Medicine joined the Belt and Road International Medical Education Alliance, as a founding member, where 15 countries along the Silk Road are represented and which paved the way for well-established medical faculties of Asian countries. 333
334 Double Major and Minor Agreement Having a Double Major agreement with the Department of Psychology, the Department of Medicine also provides many minor opportunities. Mentoring Student Peer Mentoring System which has been designed for Prep Students and First term students have started as a pilot project in 2019-2020 academic year within the Faculty of Medicine. Alumni Relations Thanks to the interactions of Yeditepe University Alumni Association, Yeditepe University Alumni Association of the Faculty of Medicine and Alumni Communication Unit within the university, we are in constant contact with the alumni. E-Bulletin Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine publishes its Medical Bulletin which is designed to share information with internal and external stakeholders every 6 months. Healthcare Institutions (University Hospital and Related Institutions) • Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital • Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital • Yeditepe University Ophthalmology Research and Application Center • Yeditepe University Bağdat Street Clinic • Yeditepe University Genetical Diagnosis Center and Tissue Typing Laboratory • Yeditepe University Traditional and Complementary Medical Center Faculty Of Medicine
Our faculty hosts academics who never fail to support us and who we can easily contact for any issue we have during our years of theory at the campus and our years of practice at our hospitals. Our academics, who work selflessly for us, teach us to stay up-to-date and provide us with various opportunities, including internships abroad in the fields that we are interested in; helping us to participate in clinical and laboratory studies. The six years of education that I received at our faculty, where loving humans and helping them is before anything else, formulates a strong foundation in my medical career. Our Faculty of Medicine teaches us the art of being a successful physician who puts human love at the forefront with the best lecturers in their fields from the first moment we step into the school. Yeditepe raises global physicians who can work in every corner of the world thanks to its visionary education approach and quality education in preclinical and clinical years. With the intensive support of our faculty, students go on internships abroad and carry out academic studies in the field they are interested in within our university and in the international arena. We sincerely believe that we will contribute to medical science and treat our patients in the best way at the end of the 6 unique years we spent at our medical faculty. Ece Ezelsoy & Begüm Ezelsoy 6th Year Students Edis Hacılar Alumni 335 Student Comments Equipped Clinical and Professional Skills Laboratories
Hospitals Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital serves with a capacity of 152 beds with its infrastructure equipped with smart systems, advanced technology and expert staff. Multislice CT (Multislice Computed Tomography), 3 Tesla MRI, PET-CT and Gamma Camera in the Imaging Centre are some of the most advanced technology devices in the world that provide great convenience in diagnosis and treatment. Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital 336 Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital offers healthcare services in a 35,000 m2 closed area with 180 beds including 6 intensive care units, 9 equipped operating theatres, nearly 100 specialists and academicians, and 52 outpatient clinics in 32 clinical branches. Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital, which targets zero spread of nosocomial infections thanks to a special molecule developed in Yeditepe University Laboratories, patented and a first in the world, is Turkey’s first antimicrobial hospital. The Genetic Diagnosis Centre includes Cytogenetic Laboratory, Molecular Cytogenetic Laboratory and Molecular Diagnosis Laboratories. In the centre, molecular karyotyping and chromosome analysis can be performed; copy number changes of the whole genome can be monitored with a single test and over 140 genetic diseases can be detected.
Yeditepe University Bağdat Street Clinic The polyclinic offers services in all medical branches with a total of 30 examination rooms, including Tomographic Imaging Systems, USG, Digital X-ray, Stone Crushing (ESWL), Specialised Neuropsychiatry area, large Physiotherapy Area, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Emergency Outpatient Clinic, Laboratory, Voice-Broken Palate and Lip Diseases Unit, Family Medicine, Home Health Service, Nutrition and Diet. Genetic Diagnosis Centre and Tissue Typing Laboratories The tests offered in the laboratory have ISO 15189 accreditation. All tests and related processes are carried out through LIS (Laboratory Information System) and this programme is integrated with HIS. Service units have ISO 27001-Information Security Management System accreditation. The first Turkish University Hospitals Group to be accredited by the Joint Commision International (JCI) Yeditepe University Hospital and its affiliated institutions became the first Turkish University Hospitals Group to be accredited by JCI (Joint Commission International), the world’s most important organisation in health standards. In 2010, the Faculty of Medicine repeated this success it achieved in 2007, and in 2014, it became the first Academic Medical Centre Hospitals Group in Turkey to be accredited by JCI. JCI accreditation was successfully renewed in 2021 as Academic Medical Centre Hospitals Group in all our hospitals. Our central laboratory is the first university hospital laboratory to receive ISO 15189 Accreditation of Medical Laboratories certificate. ISO 27001 Information Security Management System accreditation is available and the in-house quality culture has become widespread and reflected in practices at Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, where Quality Management System (QDMS) has been used in the service area since 2013. Yeditepe University Eye Diseases Research and Application Centre Yeditepe University Eye Centre also trains students and assistants in the Department of Ophthalmology established within the university. Providing services in 15 different branches, Yeditepe University Eye Diseases Research and Application Centre is an eye centre accredited by JCI (Joint Commission International), which is accepted as the world’s important institution in terms of health standards. The centre is an innovative, researcher and a reference eye centre to be taken as an example in eye diseases. 337
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