Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Department of Internal Medicine 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 Internal Medicine Nursing of the Nursing Faculty and members of the Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology and Department of Geriatrics. Internal Medicine 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

Doctorate Degree in Internal Medicine 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

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 grades.

Profile of the Programme

Internal Medicine Nursing PhD program has been started education at 2005. The oblectives of this programme are contribute of improving to Internal Medicine 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 Internal Medicine Nursing department and and elective courses in different Internal Medicine Nursing fields. Students may take courses from different programs and university

Key Learning Outcomes

1	1. Develop and deepen the up-to-date and advanced knowledge in her/his field at an advance level with the help of original thinking and/or research and compose original definitions that would bring innovations to her/his field, based on post graduate competences of internal medicine nursing.
2	2. Recognize the interdisciplinary interaction with which the field of ınternal medicine nursing is related; compose original results by using knowledge that require specialty in analysing, synthesising and assessing the new and complicated thoughts.
3	3. Assess and use the new knowledge in the field of ınternal medicine nursing with a systematic approach.
4	4. Compose a new thought, method, design and/or application that brings innovation to the field of internal medicine nursing, or apply a known thought, method, design and/or application to a different field; study, comprehendy, designy, adapt and apply an original subject
5	5. Criticize, synthesis and assess the new and complicated thoughts about the field of internal medicine nursing.
6	6. Use the research methods highly skillful at in studies related with the field of internal medicine nursing
7	7. Contribute to a progress in the field that would develop a new thought, method, design and/or application which bring innovation to the field of internal medicine nursing, or apply a known thought, method, design and/or application to a different field and would implement an original study independently.
8	8. Expand the knowledge in the field by publishing at least one scientific journal related with the field of internal medicine nursing in national and/or international refereed journals
9	9. Manage in environments that require the solution of original and interdisciplinary problems in the field of internal medicine nursing.
10	10. Create new ideas and methods related with her/his field by using top level intellectual processes, such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
11	11. Examine and develop the social relations and the norms that direct these relations with a critical viewpoint, and also manages the actions for change, when necessary
12	12. Discuss her/his original views during the discussion of the subjects in the field of internal medicine nursing with specialists and use an effective contact that shows her/his competence in the field
13	13. Collaborate and discuss with colleagues in national and international fields with the help of the competence of language and technology usage.
14	14. Contribute to her/his society to be an information society by introducing the scientific, technologic, social or cultural developments in the field of internal medicine nursing.
15	15. Set up a functional interaction by using strategical decision-making processes for the solution of problems that are encountered in the field of internal medicine nursing.
16	16. Contribute to the social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems that are encountered in the field of internal medicine nursing and supports the development of these values.

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 6082	COMMUNITY SERVICE PRACTICES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS	ELECTIVE	1	2	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 6084	ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTH SCIENCES II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	7	SBE 6083	ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTH SCIENCES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	8	SBE 6081	MILESTONES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	9	SBE 6080	INTERDISCIPLINARY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN HEALTHCARE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	10	ERS 6020	THEORIES AND MODEL IN INTERNAL MEDICINE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	4	0	12
G	11	ERS 6018	CHRONICAL DISEASES NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	12	İHH 6021	MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	13	İHH 6020	INTERNAL MEDICINE NURSING PRACTICE	ELECTIVE	0	4	0	6
G	14	İHH 6018	THEORIES AND MODEL IN INTERNAL MEDICINE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	4	0	12
G	15	İHH 6016	CHRONICAL DISEASES NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	16	İHH 6300	RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS II	REQUIRED	3	0	0	10
G	17	İHH 6200	RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS I	REQUIRED	3	0	0	8
G	18	HEM 6065	COUNSELLING SKILLS IN NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	19	HEM 6063	OPERATING ROOM NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	20	HEM 6059	NURSING THEORIES	REQUIRED	2	0	0	6
G	21	HEM 6053	HEALTH POLICY AND NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	22	SBE 6068	COMPUTER APPLIED STATISTICS	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	23	SBE 6071	PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	24	SBE 6075	GENDER EQUALITY	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	25	SBE 6061	RECORDING AND PRESENTING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DATA	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	26	SBE 6078	ETHICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES II	REQUIRED	1	0	0	3
G	27	BEP 6001	SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	28	SBE 6079	PLANNING, CARRYING OUT AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	29	HEM 6060	TRANSCULTURAL NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	30	SBE 6058	CREATIVITY, DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	31	ERS 6019	CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	32	HEM 6042	EDUCATION APPROACH AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	33	İHH 6019	PRACTICE OF CHRONICAL DISEASES NURSING	ELECTIVE	0	4	0	6
B	34	İHH 6199	THESIS STUDY	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	35	İHH 6098	SPECIALITY AREA	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	12
B	36	ERS 6021	PRACTICE OF CHRONICAL DISEASES NURSING	ELECTIVE	0	4	0	6
B	37	HEM 6064	EVIDENCE BASED NURSING	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	38	İHH 6017	CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	39	SBE 6070	MEDICAL EDUCATION: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	40	SBE 6069	RESEARCH METHODS AND ADVANCED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH SCIENCES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	41	HEM 6062	CRITICAL CARE NURSING	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	42	SBE 6066	DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	43	SBE 6065	BIOMEDICAL MANAGEMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	44	SBE 6062	HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH RESEARCH ARTICLES	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	45	İHH 6400	SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	3

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The assessment criteria for each course are defined in the Course Description Form included in the information pack prepared by the faculty member/members. The relevant items of the DEU Undergraduate, Graduate Education-Training and Exam Regulations and Instutie Examination Regulations apply in relation to exams and course grades. To be successful in this course must be received at least 75.

Graduation Requirements

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Doç. Dr. Özlem Küçükgüçlü
e-mail:ozlem.kguclu@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 90.232.4126966

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