Department of Family Medicine

Assoc. Prof. Erdinç YAVUZ

Internal Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education: Undergraduate: 2001, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine. Specialisation in Medicine: 2005, Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. Chief Residency: 2015, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Family Medicine Clinic. Associate Professorship: 2017, Samsun Training and Research Hospital.

Research interests: Chronic disease management in Family Medicine, Type 2 diabetes, diabetic foot management in primary care, adult and childhood vaccines, primary care based approach in home health services, organisation of home health services, thyroid diseases, essential hypertension, workload in primary health care, electronic health records, information systems used in family medicine, health informatics and technologies, geriatric care, chronic wounds and formation mechanisms, chronic disease follow-up during the pandemic, home health services delivery in pandemic, rational drug use in family medicine, diagnosis and treatment of asthma in primary care, ECG use in primary care, arrhythmias. Current research topics include SARS-CoV-2 immunology, seroconversion frequency of COVID-19 vaccines, side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, clinical efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.

Selected studies: “The effect of weight gain during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes” (2005). “Possible COVID-19 Reinfection in Two Healthcare Workers: A First Case Report from Turkey with Review of the Literature” (2021), “Covid-19 Vaccines” (2020), “Unmet Health Needs in Patients Receiving Home Health Care Services” (2018), “Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus” (2017), “Factors affecting uptake of influenza vaccination among family physicians” (2016), “Euthyroid Diffuse Goiter (Iodine Metabolism)” (2015), “Diabetic Foot Patient Management in Family Medicine Practice” (2021), “Approach to Wound in Primary Care” (2020), “Chronic Disease Follow-up during Pandemic” (2020), “Rational Drug Use in Family Medicine” (2019), “Information Systems in Family Medicine” (2012) are some of his studies. He also has oral presentations, poster presentations and speeches presented at international and national congresses. He contributed to the preparation of national family medicine guidelines such as “Ministry of Health Obesity and Diabetes Clinical Guide for Primary Health Care Institutions” (2017), “Ministry of Health Educator Guide for Individuals with Adult Diabetes” (2014), “Ministry of Health Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis Treatment Follow-up Guide in Primary Health Care Institutions” (2018).

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Assoc. Prof. Mahcube ÇUBUKÇU

Internal Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education: 2002-Thrace University Faculty of Medicine

2008- Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Research Areas: Concepts in Family Medicine, job description, characteristics of the discipline, factors affecting the choice of speciality of medical faculty students, bad news, insulin initiation status of physicians, conditions affecting the quality of life and care burden of caregivers of patients receiving home care services, pressure sores of home care service recipients, nutrition, urinary incontinence, fall risk factors, obesity centre services, after-hours care, telemedicine services, family planning, pregnancy follow-up, preventive health services (vaccination, etc.), periodic health examinations, chronic patient follow-up, chronic wound care, monitoring of vitamin D levels in adolescents and children, palliative care and hospice services, geriatric patient follow-up. Among the current study and research topics; Management of the COVID-19 pandemic in primary care, tele-medicine practices in COVID-19 patients, approach to elderly health in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Selected Studies: She wrote her medical speciality thesis on “Evaluation of satisfaction in patients applying to primary health care institutions in Samsun” (2008). She supervised the medical speciality theses on “Factors affecting the sleep quality of elderly individuals living in nursing homes” (2018-2019), “Care burden and life satisfaction in caregivers of home health care service recipients”. “Concepts, job description and history of the discipline in Family Medicine” (2007), “Factors affecting the specialty choices of first-year medical faculty students” (2008), “Teaching medical students to give bad news” (2009), “Insulin initiation status of primary care physicians, factors affecting insulin initiation status, knowledge levels about insulin treatment” (2017), “Factors affecting quality of life in caregivers of cancer patients receiving home care services” (2018), “Evaluation of pressure sore risk factors in home care service patients” (2018), “The effect of urinary incontinence on quality of life in home care service patients” (2019), “Evaluation of vitamin D levels in adolescents and children according to age, gender and seasonal characteristics” (2020), “The relationship between vitamin D level and Body Mass Index in people registered in the obesity centre” (2021), “The relationship between coagulation and platelet parameters and PCR results in COVID-19 suspected patients” (2021) are some of her articles.

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Assoc. Prof. Onur ÖZTÜRK

Internal Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education: Samsun OMU Faculty of Medicine (2004- 2010), Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Physician (2011-2013), Samsun OMU Faculty of Medicine, Assistant Physician (2013-14), Associate Professorship (2019). Samsun OMU Health Sciences Institute, Health Management Master’s Thesis (2013- 2019), Samsun OMU Social Sciences Institute, Philosophy and Religious Sciences Doctorate (2015-Present), Anadolu University, Sports Management Associate Degree (2013-15), Samsun OMÜ Yaşar Doğu Spor Faculty of Sciences, Bachelor of Sports Management (2016- Present).

Research Areas: In addition to all family medicine applications, smoking cessation, Integrative medicine (GETAT), Check-up, Sexology, Palliative care, Health management, Medical statistics, Medical education, Medical journalism.

Selected Studies: The Relation Of Religious Attitudes And Behaviors With Depression In Boarding Quran Course Students (2016), The Relationship Between High HDL Levels And Certain Metabolic And Anthropometric Variables (2017), Interviews about life with individuals aged 100 years or older (2017), Author- based journal selection system that helps authors save time in article submission (2018), Evaluation of Painkillers In Regards To Rational Drug Use Principals In Patients Registered to A Family Medicine Unit (2021), Evaluation of the Patient Consultations For Admission to Palliative Care: A Descriptive Study (2022), A Novel Intubation Prediction Model For Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: The Oto-COVID-19 Scoring Model (2022).

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Assist. Prof. Muhammet Ali ORUÇ

Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Education: Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate (2006). Health Sciences University Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Specialization in Medicine (2012).

Research Areas: Communication skills of physicians, Health management, Tuberculosis (TB) Periodic examination in family medicine, Addiction, Smoking addiction, Gambling addiction, Obesity, adult and childhood vaccines, organization of home health services, newborn hearing screening programs, Cupping therapy, HPV, Family Planning, workload in primary health care, Cancer Screenings in Primary Care, Pregnancy Follow-up, Gynecological Cancers, Geriatric care, rational drug use, Patient rights.

Selected Studies: He wrote his medical specialty thesis titled “Evaluation of Communication Skills of Physicians Working in a Training and Research Hospital” (2012). “Characteristics of tuberculosis-related deaths and risk factors: a retrospective cohort study in Samsun province of Turkey”,

“Attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccine – A series from Turkey”,

“Investigation of disease process and drug combinations using favipiravir in suspected/confirmed COVID19 patients”,

“What is the Difference in the Effectiveness of Wet Cupping Treatment in Migraine Types?” ,

“Comparison of the efficacy of varenicline and bupropion and evaluation of the effect of drugs in the context of smoking cessation program”,

“Gambling Disorder: Samsun Province Data” are some of his studies. He also has oral presentations and poster presentations presented at international and national congresses.

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Tel: +90 (362) 311 15 00

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