COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 5068 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ARZU GENÇ

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

This lecture aims to provide knowledge and skills of designing and evaluating a research in an ethical frame by giving them the definition,design and types of scientific research in physiotherapy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Has knowledge in the design and types of the scientific research in physiotherapy
2   Can designs scientific research and explain the steps.
3   Knows the ethical principles and responsibilities need to adhere to researchers
4   Has information on the duties and powers of the ethics committee in scientific research
5   Can critically evaluate the scientific research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course objectives and introduction
2 The importance of scientific research in physiotherapy
3 Scientific research definition, design and types
4 Scientific research definition, design and types
5 International regulations for scientific research
6 Scientific research in national arrangements, regulations
7 Evidence-based physiotherapy practice
8 Definition of science and research ethics
9 Ethics properties in scientific research , researchers need to adhere to a code of ethics
10 Responsibilities of the parties in Research
11 Documentation must be in the ethics application file
12 Informed consent form
13 Ethics committee reviews applications
14 Ethics committee reviews applications
15 Ethics committee reviews applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Physical Therapy Ethics.
Donald L. Gabard, Mike W. Martin Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company; 2003 ISBN-13 978-0-8036-1046-0 ISBN-10 0-8036-1046-7 260 p

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

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
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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