COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPIDEMIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 2093 EPIDEMIOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The Purpose of this course is to allow students to apply their existing knowledge to improve the community's health and use research methods to understand determinants that influence health and disease status. This course improves their competencies in analysis, synthesis and planing by provide them with required knowledge and skills to evaluate the health status of the community.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The student knows the principles of epidemiology.
2   2. The student knows the application fields of epidemiology
3   3. The student can explain the steps to identify an area.
4   4. The student knows the notification and surveillance systems.
5   5. The student can explain the principles of pandemic and infectious disease prevention.
6   6. The student knows the principles of diagnosis via epidemiological criteria.
7   7. The student knows the 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 Definition, principles, strategies, historical development of epidemiology Prof. Doc. Gülendam KARADAĞ
2 Areas of use of epidemiological methods Assis. Prof. Burcu CENGIZ
3 Descriptive epidemiology Epidemiological criteria Assoc. Prof. Fatma Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKCI
4 Tools used to collect data in epidemiology Prof. Doc. Meryem ÖZTÜRK HANEY
5 Causality of Epidemiology Prof. Doc. Gülendam KARADAĞ
6 Case Control Studies Assis. Prof. Burcu CENGIZ
7 Midterm Exam Assoc. Prof. Fatma Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKCI
8 Cross-Sectional Studies Field Surveys Assoc. Prof. Fatma Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKCI
9 Cohort Studies Prof. Doc. Meryem ÖZTÜRK HANEY
10 Intervention Studies Prof. Doc. Gülendam KARADAĞ
11 Methodological Research Assis. Prof. Burcu CENGIZ
12 Epidemiology of infectious diseases Prof. Doc. Meryem ÖZTÜRK HANEY
13 Epidemiological investigation of outbreaks Assic. Prof. Burcu CENGIZ
14 Notification and surveillance systems Assoc. Prof. Fatma Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKCI
15 Epidemiology of chronic diseases and cancer and evaluation of the course Assoc. Prof. Fatma Şeyda ÖZBIÇAKCI

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

Presentation, Discussion, Question-Answer, Literature Review, Self Learning, Area Practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exam grade: Written exam
Midterm grade: Midterm exam
Final exam grade:Written exam
Minumum final grade: at least 50 over 100 full grades
Final Grade: 50% of midterm grade+ 50% of the final grade= 100 must be at least 60 over the full grade
Repeated exam: Written exam
Minimum Repeated exam grade: at least 50 over 100 full grades
Finalizing Grade: 50% of the midterm grade+ 50% of the repeat exam grade= 100 must be at least 60 on the full grade

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam grade: Written exam
Midterm grade: Midterm exam
Final exam grade:Written exam
Minumum final grade: at least 50 over 100 full grades
Final Grade: 50% of midterm grade+ 50% of the final grade= 100 must be at least 60 over the full grade
Repeated exam: Written exam
Minimum Repeated exam grade: at least 50 over 100 full grades
Finalizing Grade: 50% of the midterm grade+ 50% of the repeat exam grade= 100 must be at least 60 on the full grade

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer Dr.Kübra Pınar GÜRKAN
kubra_gurkan@yahoo.com.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1452343134
LO.233313144314
LO.34514342313424
LO.44414434241314
LO.54312442142324
LO.64433344433323
LO.7113134234333

CONTACT INFORMATION
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