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Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy and Asst. Prof. Melik Ertuğrul at the 1. International Waqf Institution Syposium

Department of Health Management Dr. Gülhan KALMUK, Member of Oxford University on June 28-30, 2018. He participated in the Health International Health Conference ’event organized by Hugh’s College with a paper titled Effect The Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Practices on Job Performance Health.

Our Head of Department's article was published in the June 2018 edition of Australian Accounting Review

Health Management Department Academicians and Students came together at the iftar dinner.

Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy's book chapter was published in Global Approaches in Financial Economics, Banking, and Finance (Springer).

Res. Ass. Osman ÖZKAN shared his experiences on personal and professional development in health management profession at the event entitled ‘Health Management from Today to Tomorrow” organized by Arel University Medical Documentation and Secretariat Department .

Chief Physician of Gaziosmanpaşa Medicalpark Hospital Dr. Mustafa CANTÜRK shared his experiences and knowledge about the health sector with students at the conference entitled “Career Discourses on Health – 1” organized by Health Management Club.

Founder of Sigorta Akademi, Ali CİVAN shared his experiences and knowledge about the health sector with the students at the conference entitled “Health Tourism in New Generation Health Management and Internet & Social Media in Marketing of Health Institutions” organized by Health Management Student Club.

Dr. Gülhan Kalmuk from Department of Health Management at Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences presented the paper entitled “Investigation of the Effect of Entrepreneurial Behavior of Healthcare Professionals on Innovation: A Case Study of a Private Hospital” 17th International Congress of Management organized by İzmir Katip Çelebi University.

Head of Healthcare Management Prof. Dr. Hacer ÖZGEN NARCI presented a paper entitled “An Investigation of Decision-Making Styles and Associated Factors in the Public Healthcare Sector of Turkey”, which was prepared with Specialist Nürşen Şen and Dr. Gülhan Kalmuk’s contributions, at the 6th International Scientific Conference organized by Warsaw University of Technology on 19 April 2018.

Asst. Prof. Çiğdem Gürsoy from the Department of Economics attended the Conference on the History of Business and Management

Academicians of the Healthcare Management Department Prof. Dr. Hacer ÖZGEN NARCI and Dr. Gülhan KALMUK participated in HTLS Leaders of Health Technologies Summit held in Swissotel The Bosphorus Istanbul on 27 March 2018 Tuesday. Many people from healthcare, technology, universities and NGOs participated in the chronic diseases-themed summit.

Dr. Gülhan KALMUK and Res. Ass. Osman ÖZKAN presented their joint paper entitled “Investigation of the Relationship Between Lean Practices and Demographic Characteristics in Healthcare Professionals: The Case of a Private Hospital” at‘7th International Lean Hospital Congress organized by Bursa Private Medicabil Hospital between 29-31 March 2018.

The Head of Department of Health Management Prof. Hacer ÖZGEN NARCI and students of the department attended a program entitled “The Importance of Patient Services as the Vascular Life of Health Institutions” organized by Liv Hospital Ulus on March 31, 2018. In the program, the current status of patient services, staff turnover, applications for patient satisfaction, modern management in patient services, career management, issues of the occupational unionization were discussed. Liv Hospital General Coordinator Meri ISTİROTİ' end the program by thanking the guests and presenting their plaques.

Trained manpower needs in the healthcare sector is increasing day by day due to technological innovations and increasing number of health institutions. It is important to use the necessary knowledge and skills for the management, operation and planning activities of healthcare institutions and organizations. For this reason, Healthcare Management Student Club organized a conferance about “Where Health Management Goes in the World?”. Liv Hospitals Group Coordinator, Meri İstroti, come together wiht the healthcare management students and share her experiences and knowledge.

Healthcare Management Student Club was held a seminar about “Future and Crisis Management in Healthcare Sector”. TÜSPE Health Policies of the Scientific Committee Member Professor Melih BULUT, M.D. shared his experiences about healthcare sector.

Yalçın İPBÜKEN, Chairman of Lean Institute Association, shared his experiences and knowledge about ‘Management of Learning” at the seminar which organized by Healthcare Management Student Club.

TÜSPE Health Policies of the Scientific Committee Member Professor Melih BULUT, M.D. visited to our Healthcare Management Department and shared his experiences. We would like to thank BULUT for his contributions.

“15th. Health Management Department Heads Workshop ” was held by Istanbul Medeniyet University Department of Healthcare Management on December 22, 2017. 35 Department heads and faculty members from several universities graduate and undergraduate programmes, participated to the workshop. During the workshop, a number of issues were discussed and joint decisions were made, such as the organization of core training programs in Health Management, employment of health managers and the organization of professional congresses for the effectiveness of training. These decisions are expected to contribute to the development of vocational training, specialization on the basis of the department and the employment of our colleagues to perform administrative, technical and financial services in health institutions and to increase awareness of health management.

As İstinye University Healthcare Management Department, we took part in the special edition December issue of the Hospital Manager Magazine.

Head of Healthcare Management Department Professor Hacer ÖZGEN NARCI, PhD. participated in the SABAK Evaluator Training Programme on February 17, 2018 in Ankara. This program will serve for the education of accreditators who took part of healthcare management undergraduate programs.

Core Curriculum (SAYÇEP-2017) has approved by the Higher Education Board to make a standardization Healthcare Management degree programs in Turkey. Istinye University Head of Healthcare Management Department Professor Hacer ÖZGEN NARCI, PhD. is chairing the SAYÇEP-2017 Commission Meeting which formed by the Heads of Healthcare Management Departments in Universities in Turkey. The Commission held its first meeting on 20.01.2018.

Head of Healthcare Managament Hacer Özgen Narcı, PhD. was the chairman of the “7 th International Congress on Performance and Quality in Health.”

İstinye University Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences Department of Health Management students, 32 universities with the participation of 1250 students attended the Health Management Summit in Ankara. The summit headed by Osman ÖZKAN, Research Assistant at the Health Management Department of İstinye University; Health Innovation and Organization Association, Hospitalmanager Magazine and Global Health Conferences.

Our students from Istinye University Health Management Department took part in the December issue of Hospital Management Magazine's Health Management Department.

Prof. Dr. Hacer ÖZGEN NARCI in the Department of Health Management International Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Management of OBOR Countries with a speech titled “Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: Turkey Case

Head of Department of Health Management Prof.Dr. Hacer ÖZGEN NARCı December 11-13 2017 in China - organized by the Shandong University and OBR (Silk Road) by researchers from countries participate as an invited speaker at the conference "Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases in Turkey" will give conference.

28 to 29 October 2017 in Istanbul Hilton Hotel in Turkey Bomonti Institutes of Health Administration (TÜSEB) was organized by the 4th World Congress of Turkish Medicine.