Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Department of Surgical Nursing was established at September 26, 1994 as a department of Institute of Health Science by approval of the Senate. Our academic staff are consist ed of members of Department of Surgical Nursing of the Nursing Faculty and members of the Faculty of Medicine Department of General Surgery. Surgical Nursing PhD program has been started education at 2008 by approval of The Council of Higher Education. Program duration is 4 years (2 year is course, 2 year is thesis study. The language of program is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Surgical Nursing

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

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

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) Program is comprised of courses, (at least 78 ECTS), field study (12 ECTS) and thesis (120 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 grades.

Profile of the Programme

Surgical Nursing PhD program has been started education at 2005. The oblectives of this programme are contribute of improving to surgical nursing by doing original researches for developing new idea, methods and practices; to follow and use evidence based practices; and to decide according to take into consideration of patients preferences. Program contains Compulsory Course of Institute (4 national credits), compulsory course of Surgical Nursing department and and elective courses in different Surgical Nursing fields. Students may take courses from different programs and university.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	Students develop, deepen the current and advanced information in the field of surgical nursing based on postgraduate competencies to the level of expertise with original ideas and/or researches and reach to original definitions that will bring innovations to the field of surgical diseases nursing.
2	They possess information on nursing theories and models
3	They possess advanced research information
4	They evaluate and use the new information in the field of surgical diseases nursing systematically.
5	They conduct researches by using the models and theories to solve the problems in the field of nursing care.
6	They use the relevant theories and models in the nursing care of patients requiring surgical intervention
7	They follow and use the innovations in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative patient care.
8	They use their information on the basic concepts of surgical diseases nursing in the nursing care of the diseases requiring surgical intervention
9	They display their critical thinking, decision-taking and leadership characteristics in the field of nursing.
10	They follow the evidence-based practices and they can take clinic decisions by evaluating the evidences in the light of their expertise knowledges and the patient preferences
11	They contribute to the progress of their fields by independently conducting an original research which develops a new thought, method, design and/or practice in the field of surgical diseases nursing or applies a known thought, method, design and/or practice to another field.
12	They extend the borders of their field by publishing at least one scientific article related to the health in national and/or international refereed journals
13	They can maintain the life long learning.
14	They can provide consultancy.
15	They assume effective roles in the team works
16	They have the competence of using the legal responsibilities in the working place
17	They have a foreign language of at least C1 General Level of European Language Portfolio and establish advanced levels of written, oral and visual communication
18	They contribute to the solution of social, scientific, cultural and ethic problems encountered in the field of health and promote the development of these values.
19	They use the current developments and information related to the health sector for the benefit of the society in line with individual, family and country realities and national values.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of this program can work as a nurse specialist in the field of Surgical Nursing.

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to post doctorate studies

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
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
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	CHH 6031	SURGICAL NURSING PRACTICE III	ELECTIVE	0	6	0	9
G	8	CHH 6027	TRANSPLANTATION NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	9	CHH 6025	THEORIES AND MODELS OF SURGICAL NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
G	10	CHH 6300	RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS II	REQUIRED	3	0	0	10
G	11	CHH 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 6063	OPERATING ROOM NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	14	HEM 6059	NURSING THEORIES	REQUIRED	2	0	0	6
G	15	HEM 6053	HEALTH POLICY AND NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	16	SBE 6079	PLANNING, CARRYING OUT AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	17	BEP 6001	SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	18	SBE 6078	ETHICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES II	REQUIRED	1	0	0	3
G	19	SBE 6061	RECORDING AND PRESENTING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DATA	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	20	SBE 6075	GENDER EQUALITY	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	21	SBE 6071	PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	22	SBE 6068	COMPUTER APPLIED STATISTICS	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
B	23	HEM 6062	CRITICAL CARE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	24	SBE 6058	CREATIVITY, DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	25	CHH 6030	SURGICAL NURSING PRACTICE II	ELECTIVE	0	6	0	9
B	26	CHH 6024	CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF SURGICAL NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	27	HEM 6042	EDUCATION APPROACH AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	28	CHH 6029	THEORIES AND MODELS OF SURGICAL NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	29	CHH 6028	OPERATING THEATRE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	30	CHH 6199	THESIS STUDY	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	31	CHH 6098	SPECIALITY AREA	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	12
B	32	CHH 6400	SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	3
B	33	HEM 6064	EVIDENCE BASED NURSING	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	34	SBE 6070	MEDICAL EDUCATION: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	35	SBE 6069	RESEARCH METHODS AND ADVANCED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH SCIENCES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	36	CHH 6026	SURGICAL NURSING PRACTICE I	ELECTIVE	0	6	0	9
B	37	SBE 6066	DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	38	SBE 6065	BIOMEDICAL MANAGEMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	39	SBE 6062	HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH RESEARCH ARTICLES	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	40	HEM 6060	TRANSCULTURAL NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) diploma. Minimum GPA 80/100 or 3/4, minimum score of 60 from the nation-wide Academic Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related fields, minimum score of 60 from the Foreign Language Exams (UDS/KPDS) or the equivalent exams scores obtained fromTOEFL/IELTS/etc, and being successful at the science examination of the Institute in the related fields (minimum score of 70)

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

Yrd.Doç.Dr.Özlem BİLİK
e-mail:ozlem.bilik@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 90.232.4126962

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