Within the scope of the Continuing Education Center Events, the event "The Future of Health Sciences Departments after Pandemic" was held with the moderation of Assist. Prof. Dr. Emel Tozlu Öztay the Director of the Continuing Education Center, and with the participation of the Heads of the Faculty of Health Sciences Departments and the students.
Assist. Prof. Dr. Emel Tozlu Öztay said “What will be the future of our departments of Faculty of Health Sciences after the pandemic? What awaits our students? Now, we encounter situations that we call 'new' normal. So what awaits us in this new normal? I would like to ask these questions to the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Rıfat Mutuş. Later, I will ask our Heads of Departments."
Prof. Dr. Rıfat Mutuş said, “We are going through a period when we are all affected. According to the reports of the World Health Organization, it is stated that the mass trauma caused by this global epidemic is higher than the trauma that occurred in World War II. During the pandemic, healthcare workers are fighting with the virus at the forefront. But at the same time, this has increased the trust in the health sector. It has further increased the value and reputation of healthcare professionals. Therefore, I think that the pandemic will affect the choices of university candidates and the demand for health departments will continue to increase. We say that health always comes first. That's why there is always a need for healthcare professionals and this need will continue to increase."
In the continuation of the event, the Head of Nutrition and Dietetics Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Huri Özkarabulut, Head of Child Development Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurten Elkin, Head of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Eng) Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Motaz Alawna and Lecturer Buse Terim, Head of Nursing (Eng) Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Funda Karaman, Head of Social Service Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Aydın, Head of Speech and Language Therapy Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Emrah Tüncer, Department of Occupational Therapy Lecturer Çağıl Erturk, Head of Department of Gerontology Assist. Prof. Dr. Aslı Genç, Head of Audiology Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Selva Zeren, Head of Orthotics Prosthetics Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Turgay Dağtekin, Head of Perfusion Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Deniz Yıldız, Head of Health Management Department Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Çetin Yiğit expressed their thoughts on the future of healthcare departments after the pandemic.
Prof. Dr. Rıfat Mutuş said, “Our country has a strong health system. For this reason, 141 of the 203 universities in our country have Faculty/Schools of Health Sciences.101 of them are in state universities and 40 of them are in foundation universities. Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Health Sciences is one of the biggest Health Sciences Faculties of our country with its 17 departments, 147 tutors, and 3695 students. In addition, our faculty has the highest occupancy rate in our university. The most important thing that makes our faculty stand out is its International Accreditation. Thirteen out of 14 departments that accept students in the 2020-2021 Academic Year were unconditionally accredited for 5 years by the AHPGS Accreditation Agency from Germany. We are the only faculty in our country that has received accreditation from this institution. As you can see, we are moving fast on the road to internationalization. Therefore, I recommend that candidate students take these features into consideration while choosing their health departments.".
Faculty of Health Sciences Vice Dean Assist. Prof. Dr. A. Yüksel Barut said, “After Covid-19 emerged, we saw the rise of artificial intelligence. What happened in the pandemic? Let's take a look at this through the presentation. The world balance has changed in political matters. There were uncertainties in the economic system. People's social attitudes and preferences have changed because social life has passed from the active period to the passive period. Digitalization and automation have gradually gained momentum. The crisis caused by the pandemic brought legal regulations. The climate crisis made its effects felt more. Smartphones, wearable devices, subcutaneous technologies and new generation automobiles will be developed with artificial intelligence. Instead of the internet of objects that connect machines to each other, the internet of people connecting people to each other and certain centers will be used. It brought together smart automation and machine learning, artificial intelligence and process automation technologies. Online health consultation platforms were established. Software and hardware technological studies have accelerated to be used in digital health. In the future, besides wearable technologies, artificial intelligence, sensor technologies, big data analysis, robotic surgery, cloud systems, and 3D printers, will be used more intensively in implant production. The technology will also move towards the establishment of personalized medical practices and patient-centered healthcare systems. The healing process of patients who receive treatment from home will be monitored remotely. Preventive healthcare will change from post-illness treatment to preventive treatments. The use of many data from the physical state to the psychological state will allow for an early and proactive approach as possible. In the micro-personalized treatment approach, in addition to extracting data from external sources, hereditary characteristics will also be considered. The risk of incorrect treatment will be minimized, and the financial burden of unsuccessful treatments will be reduced. Remote surgeries will become widespread in the future with the combination of surgical robots, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies and the use of artificial intelligence.”.
After celebrating of the 14 March Medicine Day, the event was ended with words of Assist. Prof. Dr. A. Yüksel Barut and Prof. Dr. Rıfat Mutuş.
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