COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL APPRAISAL SKILLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EDB 2201 CRITICAL APPRAISAL SKILLS ELECTIVE 0 0 0 1

Offered By

Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUALLA AYLIN ARICI

Offered to

Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of this module is to acquire students the necessary skills for searching the scientific literature and critically reading the scientific papers by using checklists adopted from international guidelines.
At the end of this module student will be able to identify different study designs, evaluate the methods of obervational studies for strengths and weaknesses, understand how to chose the statistical tests for data analysis and interpret the results of the studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Searching the scientific literature
2   Learning observational study designs
3   Learning the limitation of the study designs
4   Reading the articles critically using internationaly developed checklists

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of SSMs (Special Study Modules)
2 Basic concepts of scientific reasearch
3 Health data, information and information management
4 Search engines (S + U)
5 Types of scientific article
6 Research types
7 Basic Concepts of Biostatistics
8 Cross sectional study design
9 Case-control studies
10 Cohort studies
11 Clinical trials
12 Research, technology and publication ethics
13 Sampling methods
14 Hypothesis tests
15 Critical appraisal
16 Biosafety I
17 Biosafety II
18 Introduction of Critical Appraisal SSM

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Özdamar K.SPSS ile Biyoistatistik. Kaan Kitabevi, Eskişehir, 2003.
2. Aksakoğlu G. Sağlıkta araştırma teknikleri ve analiz yöntemleri. DEÜ Rektörlük Matbaası, Izmir 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Practical work on PC
Small group work with the advisor

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the Critical Appraisal ÖÇM, students' access to scientific sources and their ability to evaluate research design and method are measured through a multiple-choice exam. The grade they receive in the exam contributes 5% to their success grade.

Assessment Criteria

In the Critical Appraisal ÖÇM Exam, the grade a student receives in the multiple choice exam contributes 5% to their end-of-year success grade. Students who do not take the exam are evaluated as having received a 0 from the exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Special Study Modules Application Principles

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Mualla Aylin Arici
e-mail: aylin.akgun@deu.edu.tr
Phone:00 90 232 4123909

Office Hours

It is indicated in the program.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Applying activity 4 2 8
Lectures 18 1 18
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Block-end exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 32

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.13355
LO.23355
LO.33355
LO.43355

CONTACT INFORMATION
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