COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPIDEMIYOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSH 5003 EPIDEMIYOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

The aim of this course includes the ability to apply the current knowledge of student having taken basic nursing education into the development of public health and the ability to use research methods in understanding the determinatives of health and illness. It develops the students competence in assessing the health status of society by giving them necessary knowledge and skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knows the principles of the epidemiology
2   2. Knows the usage area of the epidemiology
3   3. Explains the description steps of an area.
4   4. Knows notice and surveillance systems
5   5. Explains the prevention principles of an epidemic or infectious disease
6   6. Knows diagnosis principles by using epidemiological standards
7   7. Knows 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 Description and principles of epidemiology
2 Usage areas of epidemiological methods
3 Area population (population density, demographic speed, population growth, population information sources, accuracy of data)
4 Instruments used in data collection in epidemiology
5 Notice and surveillance systems
6 Epidemiological observation of epidemics
7 1st midterm exam
8 Epidemiology of the contagious diseases
9 Epidemiological standards
10 Epidemiological area researches Case control researches
11 Cross-sectional researches Area searching
12 Cohort researches
13 2nd midterm exam
14 Intervention researches
15 Continuation

Recomended or Required Reading

Akbulut t, Sabuncu H (1993). Sağlık bilimlerinde araştırma yöntemi epidemiyoloji prensip ve uygulamalar. Sistem Yayıncılık,Yayın no:014,Istanbul.
Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Halk Sağlığı Anabilimdalı (1990). Bölge sağlık yönetiminde epidemiyoloji el kitabı. Ed. Vaughan JP,Morrov RH. Çeviri ed. Bertan M, Enünlü T.Can Ofset, Ankara.
Tezcan S (1992). Epidemiyoloji Tıbbi araştırmaların yöntem bilimi. Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı.Meteksan Anonim Şirketi, Ankara.
Güler Ç., Akın L ( 2006). Epidemiyoloji. Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler . Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, literature review, self learning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.45 +FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.45 +RST* 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.

In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Beşer
02324124752
ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It may show a mutual day and hour for each instructor.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 2 7 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 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.15PO.16
LO.1555
LO.25555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.555
LO.6555
LO.75