GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The Faculty of Health Sciences conducts educational activities in five departments: “Speech and Language Therapy,” “Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation,” “Nursing,” “Audiology,” and “Health Management,” aiming to train health professionals who are competent in their field, committed to ethical values, open to development, equipped with leadership qualities, and able to apply their knowledge and skills in all circumstances. Our faculty has a total of 59 academic staff. The distribution of our academic staff is as follows: Professors (4), Associate Professors (17), Assistant Professors (16), Lecturers (6), and Research Assistants (16).
The practical training area for our faculty students is the İzmir Bakırçay University Çiğli Education and Research Hospital. Our faculty collaborates with various institutions and organizations according to the needs of the departments, utilizing these areas for practical training as well. Our faculty is equipped with sufficient and advanced technological facilities for practical education and research, including the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Professional Skills and Practice Laboratory, the Nursing Professional Skills and Practice Laboratory, the Audiology Laboratory, and the Speech and Language Therapy Laboratory, in addition to academicians capable of providing theoretical education.