COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPIDEMIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 2087 EPIDEMIOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR KÜBRA PINAR GÜRKAN

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The Purpose of this course is to allow students to apply their existing knowledge to improve the community's health and use research methods to understand determinants that influence health and disease status. This course improves their competencies in analysis, synthesis and planing by provide them with required knowledge and skills to evaluate the health status of the community.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student knows the principles of epidemiology
2   The student knows the application fields of epidemiology
3   The student can explain the steps to identify an area
4   The student knows the notification and surveillance systems
5   The student can explain the principles of pandemic and infectious disease prevention
6   The student knows the principles of diagnosis via epidemiological criteria
7   The student knows the epidemiological research methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition, principles, strategies, history of epidemiology Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecture, question and answer,
3 Application fields of epidemiological methods Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecture, question and answer, Brainstorming
4 Descriptive epidemiology Epidemiological criteria HOMEWORK Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecture, question and answer, Brainstorming
5 Data collection tools used in epidemiology Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecture, question and answer,Kahoot
6 Causality of Epidemiology Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Research Asst.Dr.Burcu CENGIZ Lecture, question and answer,survey, power
7 Case control studies Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Research Asst.Dr.Burcu CENGIZ Lecture, question and answer, discussion,
8 1st Midterm Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN
9 Cross-sectional studies Field scans Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecture, question and answer, article review
10 Cohort studies Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecture, question and answer,article review
11 Intervention studies Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecture, question and answer, article review
12 Methodological studies HOMEWORK Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecture, question and answer, article review
13 Epidemiology of infectious diseases Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecture, question and answer, discussion,kahoot
14 Epidemiological investigation of the outbreak Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecture, question and answer, discussion,
15 Reporting and surveillance systems Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN Lecturer Dr. Gülcihan ARKAN Lecture, question and answer, discussion,

Recomended or Required Reading

1. 1.Erefe I. Hemşirelikte Araştırma: Ilke, Süreç ve Yöntemler. Odak Ofset, Ankara, 2002.
2. Polit DF, Beck CT, Hungler BP. Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization. Fifth Ed. Lippincott, USA,2001.
3. Sümbüloglu K ve Sümbüloğlu V. Biyoistatistik. Somgür Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2003.
4. Alpar R. Spor, Sağlık ve Eğitim Bilimlerinden Örneklerle uygulamalı istatistik ve geçerlik-güvenirlik. Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2010.
5. Wood GL, Haber J: Nursing Research, Methods And Critical Appraisal For Evidence-Bese Practice. Mosby Elseiver. 2006.
6. Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin N. Hemşirelikte Araştırma: Süreç, Uygulama ve Kritik. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Istanbul, 2014.
7. Güven Tezcan S. Temel Epidemiyoloji. Hipokrat Yayınevi, Ankara, 2017.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Discussion, Question-Answer, article review, sakai survey, brainstorming, kahoot

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm grade:1 midterm exam
Course Success Grade: 50% of the midtearm grade + 50% of the final or make-up exam grade
Minimum course grade: 60 out of 100 full grades
Minimum final and make-up exam grade: 50 out of 100 full marks

Assessment Criteria

Midterm grade:1 midterm exam
Course Success Grade: 50% of the midtearm grade + 50% of the final or make-up exam grade
Minimum course grade: 60 out of 100 full grades
Minimum final and make-up exam grade: 50 out of 100 full marks

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer Dr. Kübra Pınar Gürkan
kubra.gurkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (reading course materials, essays etc.) 13 2 26
Preparation for midterms exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Independant Study 12 2 24
Final Exam 1 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.145234313441
LO.2333131443142
LO.345143423134244
LO.4441442424131441
LO.543124421423244
LO.644333444333233
LO.711313423433323

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