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Pemra C. Unalan

Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Türkiye

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Academic Background
MD or equivalent, MSc or equivalent
Qualification
General Practitioner/Family Doctor
Short Bio
Pemra C. ÜNALAN, MD. completed her postgraduate training in Family Medicine in 1997 at Şişli Etfal Public Hospital, in Istanbul with a thesis: “A Prospective Study To Investigate The Natural Immunity Against Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Among The Children Between 0-6 Years Of Age”. She worked as a Family Physician in Ministery of Health, Mother and Child Health Care Centers between 1996-1998. She began her academic career in Marmara University Medical Faculty Department of Family Medicine as a trainer. Completed her M.Sc. degree in 2009 in Medical Biology and Genetics, Marmara University Health Sciences Institue with a thesis named “Genetic Consultancy for Women Who Have Risk of Familial Breast Cancer: Baseline Situation in Turkey and a Model Suggestion”. She became an Associated Professor in 2010 and Professor in 2015 in Family Medicine. Her major educational and clinical interest was about medical education, elderly care, home care, mental health, behavioral approach and preventive medicine. She has experienced memberships in Home Care Society and Breast Health Society in Turkey as non-govermental organizations. Her interest in under and postgraduate medical education led her to take role as the Coordinator of an innovative program “Introduction to Clinical Practice” in Marmara Medical School Undergraduate Medical Education program since 2001. She is an experienced medical teacher and a clinical tutor who was an elected member for the Board of the Turkish Family Medicine since 2009, Head of the Istanbul Branch of Turkish Family Medicine Specialists Association (TAHUD) 2010-2020, a direct member of World Organization of Family Doctors (1998) and EGPRN (2009).

Published Abstracts 22

Factors related to smoking cessation success in smoking cessation outpatient clinics

Pemra C. Unalan, Merve Ölüç, Muhammed Selim Eryılmaz, Nurefşan Dalgıç, Tuba Dilek Erdoğan, Umut Yalman, Tevfik Tanju Yilmazer

Presented on 06/10/2018 at the 87th EGPRN Meeting.

Thoughts of Intern and Resident Doctors Living in Istanbul about Mobbing at Work

Pemra C. Unalan, Kübra Temel, Arda Kekilli, Ceren Karabiber, Öykü Uslu, Pınar Günay

Presented on 17/10/2020 at the 90th EGPRN Meeting.

The perception of medicalization of the final year students in the Marmara University Health Sciences related schools

Pemra C. Unalan, Irem Kartal, Yunus Koc, Fatma Yurdanur Kucuk, Oguzhan Turhan, Civan Hacıogulları, Serap Cifcili

Presented on 21/10/2017 at the 85th EGPRN Meeting.

How Does “Home Health Services” Training During Family Medicine Residency Influence Medical Practice of the Physicians?

Pemra C. Unalan, Ezgi Yigit Ercan, Memnune Çigdem Apaydin Kaya, Kübra Temel

Presented on 21/10/2022 at the 95th EGPRN Meeting.

The relation between the somatization and fatigue as the chief complaint

Pemra C. Unalan, Zeynep Ayaz, Arzu Uzuner, Serap Cifcili

Presented on 11/05/2019 at the 88th EGPRN Meeting.

Factors That Influence the Mortality Rate Among Individuals Who are Over 65 Years Old and Utilize Home Health Care Services

Nida Ayhan, Pemra C. Unalan, Büşra Çimen Korkmaz

Presented on 16/10/2021 at the 93rd EGPRN Meeting.

Experiences of Family Physicians Who Encountered with Cases of Child Abuse/Neglect in Turkey

Kübra Celen, Pemra C. Unalan, Irem Gelgec, Cigdem Apaydin Kaya

Presented on 14/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

Evaluation of the Relation Between the Personality Traits and the Health Perception of the Caregivers of Home Dependant Patients

Altug Koraltan, Pemra C. Unalan, Ülker Meral Çulha, Serap Çifçili

Presented on 05/10/2018 at the 87th EGPRN Meeting.

Role of Educative Family Health Centers in Family Medicine Residency Programme of Turkey

Hasan Hüseyin Şahin, Pemra C. Unalan, Serap Cifcili

Presented on 10/05/2019 at the 88th EGPRN Meeting.

The Effect of Basic Carbohydrate Counting on HbA1c in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial

Hamide Vural, Arzu Uzuner, Pemra C. Unalan, Hayal Özkan Sınav

Presented on 13/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

Assesment of the needs and expectations of inhabitants of İstanbul - Pendik county from primary care services.

Tevfik Tanju Yilmazer, Emre Yaris, Pemra C. Unalan, Ayşe Çaylan

Presented on 11/05/2019 at the 88th EGPRN Meeting.

What Do The Experts Think About The Skills Content of Family Medicine Curriculum: A Delphi Study

Selahattin Koroglu, Serap Cifcili, Pemra Cobek Unalan

Presented on 11/05/2018 at the 86th EGPRN Meeting.

Is there any change in the Career Perceptions of Family Medicine Residents After Working in COVID-19 Clinics During the Pandemic?

Serap Ateş Neng, İbrahim Halil Özden, Pemra C. Unalan

Presented on 13/05/2023 at the 96th EGPRN Meeting.

Characteristics of the Visits to a Family Heath Center in a District of Istanbul During Covid -19 Pandemics

Bengisu Olgun Bekman, Abdullah Ozan Polat, Pemra C. Unalan

Presented on 14/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the “Scale for BioPsychoSocial Dimension of Family Physician’ Work”

Meryem Seda Ustun, Arzu Uzuner, Pemra C. Unalan

Presented on 13/05/2023 at the 96th EGPRN Meeting.

A Study on the Effect of COVID-19 on the Healthcare Workers of a University Hospital

Yusuf Arman, İkbal Hümay Arman, Pemra C. Unalan

Presented on 13/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

The effectiveness of a school-based intervention to decrease the risk of obesity in primary school children: non-randomized clinical study

Lacin Aksoy, Arzu Uzuner, Pemra C. Unalan, Aysegül Cengiz, Sümeyya Kılıççıoğlu, Uğur Salman, Batuhan Öçbe

Presented on 14/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

The Contraception Attitudes and Accessibility to Primary Care Centers for the Women in Reproductive Age (15-49 years old) During The Pandemic

Merve Koçak, Kaan Yurtcanlı, Halil İbrahim Özden, Pemra C. Unalan

Presented on 14/10/2023 at the 97th EGPRN Meeting.

Unmet health needs of adolescents who are newly registered to a training primary health care center

Merve Kayan, Serap Çifçili, Cigdem Apaydin Kaya, Pemra C. Unalan

Presented on 19/10/2019 at the 89th EGPRN Meeting.

Opinions of Primary Care Family Physicians in İstanbul about The New National Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases Management Programme

Hilal Özkaya, Güzin Zeren Öztürk, Yasemin Doğan Kaya, Pemra C. Unalan, Didem Kafadar, Hülya Akan, Memet Taşkın Egici, Buğu Usanma Koban, Sabah Tüzün, Senem Aslan, Kemal Murat Ünalmış

Presented on 14/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

Predicting Body Mass Index From Self-Declared Socio-Demographic, Psychological, and Behavioral Data With Artificial Neural Network

Erkan Tiyekli, Olgun Duran, Nimet Gök, Pemra C. Unalan, Hatice Kurdak

Presented on 16/10/2021 at the 93rd EGPRN Meeting.

What’s in Their Mind? High School Students’ Perspective of Vaccination

Yağız Varol, Öznur Akdıkan, Osman Buğra Tuncer, Fatma Sultan Yağcı, Okan Ayan, Pemra C. Unalan, Meltem Aydın

Presented on 14/05/2022 at the 94th EGPRN Meeting.

Interests

Methodology
Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Surveys