News from Department

Dr. Pınar Gökçin Özuyar has been invited to be one of the 50 global members of Innovative Solutions Laboratory which includes Covid-19 improvements and innovative solutions in order to reduce inequalities initiated by “Strenthening of SDSN” programme of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

As Istinye University, we started the “Digital Billing BAP Project” that we developed in order to contribute to digital transformation studies that we believe will revolutionize the health sector. We held our online meeting with the Mlpcare Digital Transformation Team, which will support the development of digital transformation applications, and the managers of VM Medical Park Pendik Hospital, where we plan to carry out the field studies as a pilot. It was a pleasant and productive meeting where all the details of the project were discussed and opinions and suggestions were shared.

Our University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences Health Management Department Research Assistant Döne Tütüncü, Health Sciences University Dr. Instructor His article titled "The use of Internet of Things (NIT) in the management of epidemics: an example of COVID-19", co-written with Prof. Muhammed Fevzi Esen, was published in the Journal of Health Academics.

You can access the article from the link below.
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sagakaderg/issue/62334

Member of International Relations Department Res. Asst. Ceren Ece Göcen's new article has been published.

Our Head of Department Gülhan Kalmuk presented her paper titled “The Effect Of Core Self Evaluations On Job Performance: The Medıatıng Role Of Career Success” at the 6th International Health Sciences and Management Congress organized by Süleyman Demirel University on May 20-22.

OHSAD Institute Nursing Management Committee, which was established with the support of the Private Hospitals Association (OHSAD) with the aim of developing the nursing profession, organized an event for the 12-18 May Nursing Week, where I was the moderator of the OHSAD Institute Nursing Management Committee. OHSAD Board Chairman Dr. Reşat Bahat and Institute Advisory Board Chairman Dr. Ömer Güzel supported the meeting with their speeches. It has been a highly attended and productive meeting, which is the most important problem of today, where critical issues related to COVİT-19 vaccine applications and patient care are shared with industry experiences and concluded with the exercises of Hülya Özgür Yorga, who is an expert in Breathing Therapy as a social event. First of all, I would like to thank OHSAD Management for their support to the Nursing profession, which has a very important place in health services, for the support they give to the OHSAD Institute Nursing Committee for the development of the nursing profession, and to my nurse friends who struggle to do their profession in the best way by putting forward their lives in a very valuable field. Happy Nursing Week.

Our head of department, Gülhan Kalmuk, came together with İstinye University Mlpcare employees, academicians and students of the health management department for health communication training on "Health Communication Talks". The subject of health communication, which is important for health institutions, was handled in a very pleasant and interactive way with the sector experience of our teacher Gülhan Kalmuk and beautiful examples. We would like to thank our teacher Gülhan Kalmuk for giving us this training and our participants who participated in the program.

Prof. Dr. Hacer Özgen Narcı is under the responsibility of our teacher and Dr. Lecturer On May 12, 2021, the guest of the "Quality Management in Health Institutions" course, conducted with the contribution of our teacher Yasemin Aslan, was Dr. It was Hasan Güler. Ms. Güler shared with us the developments in the field of quality management and accreditation in the healthcare system of Turkey with the Health Transformation Program. We thank him very much for his valuable contribution.

Prof. Dr. Hacer Özgen Narcı was the guest of the "Health Economics" course on May 11, 2021, conducted under the responsibility of our teacher, Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Vice Director of Vaccine Institute Prof. Dr. It was Zafer Çalışkan. Our teacher shared with us his knowledge and experience about economic evaluation in health services, especially pharmaceuticals and medical devices-materials in Turkey. We thank him very much for his valuable contribution.

The "Digital HR" project has been among the entrepreneurs selected for the second stage in the TÜBİTAK BIGG entrepreneurship program. The project has been developed by department's research assistant Yasin Kırelli and our commissioned lecturer M. Taha Zeren with the consultancy of our department head Dr. Şebnem Özdemir. We wish them success and share our wishes for the successful progress of the application as a start-up project.

Our Management Information Systems 4th grade students presented their graduation projects at the SpeedTech Conference organized by the NewYork Institute of Technology. The projects presented with the consultancy of our Head of Department Dr. Şebnem Özdemir in the event with multinational participation are as follows:

The Adaptation of Moral Machine in Turkey: To Be Masked or Not (Murat Kayık - Emir Kalkan)
Considering Internet as the Source of Treatment for Diabetes : Hazards, Risks, Placebos (Mert Mertöz- Sena Çayırlı)
Deep Learning for the Sustainability of Natural Heritage: Tulip Classifications (Batuhan Ayhan)
Deep Learning for the Sustainability of Breeds: Cat Classifications (Gizem Aydın)
Reshaping Psychological Tools with AI (Aslı Tuncer-Umut Can Kocaman)

On May 8, 2021, given a speech titled "From Responsible to Problematic Artificial Intelligence" at the “Developer Students Event” organized by Kütahya Dumlupınar University IEEE Student Club.

Our head of department Dr. Lecturer Member. Gülhan Kalmuk, Dr. Lecturer Member. Yasemin Aslan and Res. See. End of term meeting was held with the participation of Döne Tütüncü. At the meeting, our students, who will be going to practice in the next semester, were informed about the applications. Opinions and suggestions from the students were listened to one by one. Activities / activities to be carried out were planned. We would like to thank our academicians and students who participated in this very enjoyable and productive meeting.

An essential panel on "Artificial Intelligence and Education" will be held on May 9, 2021 by the "Artificial Intelligence Policies Association - AIPA" that one of the important artificial intelligence associations established in 2021. Our head of department, Dr. Şebnem Özdemir will moderate the panel.

Important names share their knowledge and experiences with the world at the CloudTalk event held in Europe every year. This year the conference will be held on 26-27 May 2021. Our Head of Department Dr. Şebnem Özdemir will be an invited speaker.

Our department's " Professional Study" course brings together the business world and our students in both practical and visionary ways. In our lesson on May 4, 2021, we hosted Arif Bay, the very successful start-up owner and investor operating in Europe. Mr. Bay also shared the difficulties and advantages of establishing startups in Turkey, America and Europe.

Our Head of Department Dr. Şebnem Özdemir will make an important speech at Kütahya Dumlupınar University on May 8, 2021, stating how the factors of data, human and society have an impact on artificial intelligence.

Our Head of Department Dr. Şebnem Özdemir conduct a seminar titled "Bias in Artificial Intelligence and Explability" to students and faculty members of the Department of Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. The event on April 30, 2021 was held with wide participation. Two critical concepts that have the power to put artificial intelligence back to winter were explained practically in the activity.

Our senior students has started their proffessional lives in companies, where they will work for 14 weeks within the scope of the Professional Practice course. Thanks to the 7 + 1 Teaching Model, they had the chance to transform the academic knowledge they gained into practice. We are proud of our students.

Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, International Trade and Business Department Research Assistant Enes Kurt's new three articles have been published.

International Trade and Business Students have established a Book Club. Our students who wanted to support their time at home with activities outside of the pandemic. The March book was MOMO.

As in the sector, quality is of great importance in health institutions. In order to increase the awareness of our students on this issue and to share their experiences, a "Quality Management in Hospitals" training was organized in which Altınbaş University Medical Park Bahçelievler Hospital Quality Manager Sinan Öncül participated as an instructor. With the contributions and questions of our students and academics, the training was carried out in a pleasant and efficient manner.

At the "Artificial Intelligence and Law" summit organized by the Selçuk University Law Academy Community, our Department Head expressed her views. She explained the effect of artificial intelligence on law, artificial intelligence elements that remain in the grey area in terms of law, with case studies and their source.

Murat Çetinkaya, part-time lecturer at the department of Radio, Television and Cinema, is among the finalists at the TRT 12 Punto Script Days, with his new short film project “Family.”

Gülhan Kalmuk, in her training titled “Value Adding Service Delivery Strategies”, shared her valuable experiences in the field of service delivery strategies with the literature and shared it with the students and academicians of healthcare managers. Questions and curiosities related to the subject were explained in detail one by one. Our head of department Dr. Lecturer We would like to thank USSAM School of Health Management for inviting Gülhan Kalmuk, its member.

Dr. Lecturer Yasemin Aslan, a member of the program, in which the importance of quality and accreditation in healthcare services and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare quality practices were discussed, was held with the participation of our students.

Members of International Relations Department Dr. Efe Can Gürcan and Res. Asst. Dr. Can Donduran's new article has been published.