Health Services Vocational School Students’ Opinions About Applied Courses

The purpose of this research is to describe the opinions and thoughts of students at the Health Services Vocational School related to applied courses. The sample was determined as two programs using the convenience sampling method in the relevant phase. Participants were 67 associate degree program students at a private university, 70 % male, 30 % female. Personal ？nformation Form and Student Opinion Survey were used as data collection tool. Results of the research, the reasons why students choose the program they are studying and their opinions about practical courses differ. For example students say they prefer the program because they like 36 % of the students, 28 % prefer the program to be a short-term business owner and 15 % prefer the program because of the examination system. 66 % of the students thought that the practice would gain experience before the practice, while the proportion of those who thought that 43 % of the students thought that this thought had changed and contributed to the practice was found to be 52 %. This result can be interpreted as the fact that the expectations of the students cannot be fully met in practice. In order to make practical lessons more effective, what kind of method should be applied to you? 51 % of the students say that they should be good at technical equipment etc.; only 16 % of the students say that the current system is good. The findings were discussed and suggested based on the literature