COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Canser Epidemiology Doctorate

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA ELLIDOKUZ

Offered to

Canser Epidemiology Doctorate
Canser Epidemiology

Course Objective

In advanced epidemiology, the study design focuses on the development and design of studies using three main study designs. Public health research: cohort studies, case control studies and randomized studies. Developing a working question, determining a working population, recruitment and recording, exposure assessment, determination of valid results, prejudice and confounding, analytical thoughts, randomization and blanking, monitoring negative events, participants' well-being, ethical considerations, reporting and interpretation findings. Designing a suitable study that uses each of the study designs to criticize published research using each of the study designs and to address a research question and question.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis, Third Edition, 3rd Edition, Mark Woodward, Chapman and Hall/CRC , Published December 19, 2013 , Textbook.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Making theoretical lessons, Preparing for exam, homework preparation, laboratory practice

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.ellidokuz@deu.edu.tr 0 232 4125889/5801

Office Hours

Thursday 12.30-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes