COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPIDEMIYOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSH 5003 EPIDEMIYOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

The aim of this course includes the ability to apply the current knowledge of student having taken basic nursing education into the development of public health and the ability to use research methods in understanding the determinatives of health and illness. It develops the students competence in assessing the health status of society by giving them necessary knowledge and skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knows the principles of the epidemiology
2   2. Knows the usage area of the epidemiology
3   3. Explains the description steps of an area.
4   4. Knows notice and surveillance systems
5   5. Explains the prevention principles of an epidemic or infectious disease
6   6. Knows diagnosis principles by using epidemiological standards
7   7. Knows epidemiological research methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of Epidemiology Epidemiological Concepts
2 Study of population and diseases Epidemiology of infectious diseases and Research Examples Notification Surveillance systems
3 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Research Examples
4 Screening and diagnostic measurement tools, selectivity and sensitivity
5 Epidemiological investigation of epidemics and epidemic control
6 Organizing and presenting data
7 I. Midterm Exam
8 Examination of population and health statistics (mortality and morbidity measures)
9 Data creation and characteristics of data Data sources, data collection, factors affecting data characteristics and use of statistics in healthcare
10 Research Types, Epidemiological Research, Sampling Methods in Epidemiological Studies Observational Studies (descriptive studies) and Examples
11 Analytical Research Experimental Studies (animal experiments, clinical and community trials), and Examples
12 Methodological Research (Validity, Reliability, Meta-analysis) and Examples
13 Organization, management and information of health services Health Information Systems
14 Epidemiological field research Examples of epidemiological research Ethical issues in epidemiological studies Ethical principles for investigations

Recomended or Required Reading

Akbulut t, Sabuncu H (1993). Sağlık bilimlerinde araştırma yöntemi epidemiyoloji prensip ve uygulamalar. Sistem Yayıncılık,Yayın no:014,Istanbul.
Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Halk Sağlığı Anabilimdalı (1990). Bölge sağlık yönetiminde epidemiyoloji el kitabı. Ed. Vaughan JP,Morrov RH. Çeviri ed. Bertan M, Enünlü T.Can Ofset, Ankara.
Tezcan S (1992). Epidemiyoloji Tıbbi araştırmaların yöntem bilimi. Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı.Meteksan Anonim Şirketi, Ankara.
Güler Ç., Akın L ( 2006). Epidemiyoloji. Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler . Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.30 +RST* 0.50


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)

Prof. Gülendam Karadağ
gulendam.karadag@deu.edu.tr
gkaradag71@gmail.com

Office Hours

It may show a mutual day and hour for each instructor.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 2 7 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1555
LO.25555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.555
LO.6555
LO.75

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