Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Qualification Awarded

Doctorate Degree in Community Health Nursing, PhD

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

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

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	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

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