COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 6025 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE MERT

Offered to

Public Health
Pediatric Nursing
Audiology
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Laboratory Animal Science
Occupational Health
Medical Education
Canser Epidemiology Doctorate
Anatomy
Internal Medicine Nursing
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Molecular Pathology
Perfusion Techniques
Exercise Physiology
Toxicology
Physical Education and Sport Doctoral
Biochemistry
Biomechanics
Canser Epidemiology
Histology and Embryology
Medical Biology and Genetics
Biophysics
Medical Physics
Fundamentals of Nursing
Physiology
Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
Translational Oncology
Oncology Nursing
Medical Parasitology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Surgical Nursing
Nursing Management
Basic Neuroscience
Molecular Medicine
Translational Oncology
Molecular Medicine
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing

Course Objective

In this course it is expected from the students to learn qualitative research approaches, methods, and data analysis, to be able to criticize articles prepared by qualitative research and plan a qualitative research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain qualitative research approaches
2   To have the knowledge of qualitative research methods
3   To decide data collection method in qualitative researches
4   To know data analysis methods and to choose the appropriate one
5   To put the data into report form

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Qualitative (Q) Research (R) and Approaches/paradigms, Phenomenology, Ethnography, Grounded theory, Q. R., Observation, Participant-Nonparticipant observation, Interview methods, In-depth and Focus group interview, Validity and credibility in Q. R., Planning R. projects, Sample interview, Data Analysis in Q. R., Article criticism, Article Writing in Q. R., Presentation of the R. Projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Seidman IE, 1991, Interviewing as qualitative research, New York
Uwe Flick (2009) Introduction to Qualitative Research, SAGE Publications Ltd
Stephen D. Lapan; Marylynn T. Quartaroli; Frances Julia Riemer (2011) Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs, Jossey-Bass
Yvonne Darlington, Dorothy Scott (2002) Qualitative Research in Practice: Stories from the Field
Philip Clissett (2008) Evaluating qualitative research, Journal of Orthopedics Nursing 12, 99 105
F.J. Murphy, J. Yielder (2010) Establishing rigor in qualitative research radiography, Radiography 16, 62-67.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question answer, theory, literature review, self learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will present one qualitative research article criticism and they will hand in one qualitative research plan in written form

Assessment Criteria

Through assignments/presentations of the students; their deciding the question of the qualitative research, planning and presenting the research in written form are evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof .Dr. Hatice Mert 4124753

Office Hours

Will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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