DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

General Description

History

Qualification Awarded

Doctorate Degree in Community Health Nursing, PhD

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) diploma. Minimum GPA 80/100 or 3/4, minimum score of 60 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields, or 50 in graduate medical residency examination (TUS) minimum score of 55 from the Foreign Language Exams (ÜDS/KPDS) or the equivalent exams scores obtained fromTOEFL/etc, and being successful at the science examination of the Institute in the related fields (minimum score of 75).Transcript.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

A successful student who has completed at least one semester at any postgraduate programme may be admitted to an institute at the University by lateral transfer. Requirements for admission of students by lateral transfer are determined by the Board of Directors of the Institute.Students who have matriculated after they have successfully passed the postgraduate entrance exam may be exempted from the courses they have already taken in other institutes upon the proposal of the relevant department and the approval of the Board of Directors of the Institute. However, the total credits of the exempted courses cannot exceed 1/3 of the credits required to finish the relevant programme.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Programdan mezun olabilmek için 78 ECTS karşılığı ders alması, 12 ECTS karşılığı uzmanlık alanı alması ve 150 ECTS karşılığı tez çalışmasını tamamlaması gereklidir. Toplamda 240 ECTS kredisini tamamlamalıdır. En az not ortalaması her ders için 2.50 /4.00 olmalıdır.

Profile of the Programme

Key Learning Outcomes

1   1. Depending on the master degree competences, by making the interaction that public health field is related with and by analyzing, synthesizing and assessing new and complicated ideas, reaching original results
2   2. Using the knowledge in public health area by assessing it with a systematic approach
3   3. Making research in the solution of the problems in public health area
4   4. Taking the lead in an applicable method that will bring innovation to public health area or in a known method.
5   5. Conducting researches by using models and theories in the solution of the problems in public health area
6   6. Having published at least one scientific article in international refereed journals
7   7. Developing guides and application standards about public health area
8   8. Establishing policy, producing knowledge, developing vision in forming research and theory for the development of public health nursing services
9   9. Making an effective communication with experts which will show the competence of supporting his/her original ideas
10   10. Observing the social events with sociological point of view in a critical way, as well as developing them, stimulating the sources and making cross-sectoral cooperation and acting the change agent, if necessary
11   11. Bringing solutions to social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems encountered in public health area and supporting the development of these values
12   12. Making verbal, written and visual communication in advanced level in at least one foreign language (European Language Portfolio General Level: C1 Level)

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

This degree enables the holder to exercise the profession in the public or private sector

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to post doctorate studies.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Every student must register to total of 30 ECTS. 150 out of 240 ECTS must be thesis studies. Throughout PhD study, each student must collect 90 ECTS (including 12 ECTS of Specialty Area course) in 3 semesters. During course period of PhD study, every student should enroll to at least 20 ECTS of common elective courses (such as, Research culture, research methods and transferrable skills) and at least 20 ECTS more from discipline based and laboratory skill courses. Also, student may enroll to a common elective, discipline based and laboratory skill courses in a different institute or university to complete 20 ECTS. Every student must register to Thesis related reseach topic I in first semester and Thesis related reseach topic II in second semester. Furthermore, during course period , each student should attend to a Ethics course or training.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 SBE 6025 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
G 2 SBE 6081 MILESTONES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
G 3 HEM 6049 RESEARCH IN NURSING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
G 4 SBE 6054 DATA-BASE SEARCHING IN HEALTH SCIENCES AND EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
G 5 SBE 6027 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
G 6 SBE 6080 INTERDISCIPLINARY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN HEALTHCARE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
G 7 HSH 6021 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ELECTIVE 0 6 0 9
G 8 HSH 6020 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 9 HSH 6018 THEORY AND MODELS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9
G 10 HSH 6300 RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS II REQUIRED 3 0 0 10
G 11 HSH 6200 RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS I REQUIRED 3 0 0 8
G 12 HEM 6065 COUNSELLING SKILLS IN NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 13 HEM 6059 NURSING THEORIES REQUIRED 2 0 0 6
G 14 HEM 6053 HEALTH POLICY AND NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 15 SBE 6079 PLANNING, CARRYING OUT AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
G 16 BEP 6001 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
G 17 SBE 6078 ETHICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES II REQUIRED 1 0 0 3
G 18 SBE 6061 RECORDING AND PRESENTING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DATA ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
G 19 SBE 6075 GENDER EQUALITY ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6
G 20 SBE 6068 COMPUTER APPLIED STATISTICS ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6
G 21 SBE 6071 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
B 22 HSH 6400 SEMINAR SEMINAR 0 3 0 3
B 23 SBE 6058 CREATIVITY, DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
B 24 HSH 6199 THESIS STUDY THESIS 0 0 0 150
B 25 HSH 6098 SPECIALITY AREA EXPERTNESS 3 0 0 12
B 26 HSH 6017 HEALTH PROMOTION AND PROTECTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
B 27 HEM 6064 EVIDENCE BASED NURSING ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
B 28 HEM 6061 SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 29 HEM 6060 TRANSCULTURAL NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 30 SBE 6070 MEDICAL EDUCATION: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
B 31 SBE 6069 RESEARCH METHODS AND ADVANCED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH SCIENCES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
B 32 HSH 6019 HEALTH DYNAMICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 33 SBE 6066 DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
B 34 SBE 6065 BIOMEDICAL MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
B 35 SBE 6062 HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH RESEARCH ARTICLES ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3
B 36 HEM 6042 EDUCATION APPROACH AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN NURSING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) Program is comprised of courses, (at least 78 ECTS), field study (12 ECTS) and thesis (150 ECTS), in total 240 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50/4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Doç.Dr.Fatma Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKÇI
e-mail: ozbicak@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 90.232.4124769