COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OKE 6011 CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

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
Basic Oncology
Canser Epidemiology
Basic Oncology
Translational Oncology
Translational Oncology

Course Objective

The aim of this course, learning about principles of cancer epidemiology ,methods of cancer registration systems, the molecular epidemiology of cancer, cancer-related research planning and data analysis, etiology of cancer and carcinogenesis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know the cancer epidemiology
2   Be able to know cancer statistics databases.
3   Be able to know epidemiological methods in the literature.
4   Be able to know cancer surveillance and cancer registration system in Türkiye.
5   Be able to statistically evaluate the literature studies and criticizes them

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The importance of cancer epidemiology, cancer and environmental factors. The criteria used in the field of cancer-1
2 The importance of cancer epidemiology, cancer and environmental factors. The criteria used in the field of cancer-2
3 The importance of cancer epidemiology, cancer and environmental factors. The criteria used in the field of cancer-3
4 Cancer Surveillance and Cancer Registries in Türkiye Research methods in cancer epidemiology:Cross-sectional, case-control -1
5 Cancer Surveillance and Cancer Registries in Türkiye Research methods in cancer epidemiology:Cross-sectional, case-control-2
6 Research methods in cancer epidemiology: cohort Research methods in cancer epidemiology: experimental, field and clinical research-1
7 Research methods in cancer epidemiology: cohort Research methods in cancer epidemiology: experimental, field and clinical research-2
8 Research methods in cancer epidemiology: cohort Research methods in cancer epidemiology: experimental, field and clinical research-3
9 Analysis methods in cancer research, multivariate analysis Article evaluation relating to cancer (Case Control)-1
10 Analysis methods in cancer research, multivariate analysis Article evaluation relating to cancer (Case Control)-2
11 Article evaluation relating to cancer (cohort) article relating to cancer assessment (meta-analysis), molecular epidemiology of cancer-1
12 Article evaluation relating to cancer (cohort) article relating to cancer assessment (meta-analysis), molecular epidemiology of cancer-2
13 Article evaluation relating to cancer (cohort) article relating to cancer assessment (meta-analysis), molecular epidemiology of cancer-3
14 Article evaluation relating to cancer (cohort) article relating to cancer assessment (meta-analysis), molecular epidemiology of cancer-4

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Cancer Epidemiyology Principles and Methods.(Internationel Agency for Research on Cancer) WHO
2.Textbook of Cancer Epidemiyology (Hans-Abu Ademi, David Hunter, Dimitrios Trichopoulor) 2002, Oxford University.
3. Sağlıkta Araştırma Teknikleri ve Analiz Yöntemleri (Prof.Dr.Gazanfer Aksakoğlu)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Tutorial

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes, intermediate and long-answer questions will be evaluated with classical written final exam.

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

Tuesday 12.30-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 8 120
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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