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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FATMA ŞEYDA ÖZBIÇAKÇI

Offered to

MEDICAL GEOLOGY
COMMUNITY 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 analysis, synthesis and planning by giving them necessary knowledge and skills in assessing the health status of society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the principles of the epidemiology
2   Knows the usage area of the epidemiology
3   Explains the description steps of an area.
4   Knows notice and surveillance systems
5   Explains the prevention principles of an epidemic or infectious diseases
6   Knows diagnosis principles by using epidemiological standards
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 Usage statistics of health services, Creating data and features of data
2 Data resources, data collecting and factors affecting features of data
3 Arrangement and presentation of data
4 Instruments used in data collection in epidemiology,Research types,Epidemiological area researches
5 Examination of population and health statistics
6 Examination of population and diseases
7 1st midterm exam
8 Screening and diagnosis tests, selectivity and sensitivity
9 Organization and management of health services, informatics, Health informatics systems
10 Control of epidemic
11 Notice and surveillance systems, Examples of epidemiological researches
12 Epidemiological area researches, Examples of epidemiological researches
13 Epidemiological area researches, Examples of epidemiological researches
14 Ethics principles with epidemiological examination, Ethics problems in epidemiological researches

Recomended or Required Reading

Akbulut T, Sabuncu H (1993). Principles of epidemiology, research methods and applications in health sciences. Sistem Publishing, Publication No: 014, Istanbul.
World Health Organization, Hacettepe University Department of Public Health (1990). Regional epidemiology in health care management handbook. Ed. Vaughan JP, Morrov RH. Translation ed. Bertan M, Enünlü T. Can offset, Ankara.
Tezcan S (1992). Epidemiology of medical research methodology. Hacettepe Public Health Foundation. Meteksan Inc., Ankara.
Güler Ç., Akın L ( 2006). Epidemiology. Public Health Basic Information. Hacettepe University Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, literature review, self learning.

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


Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.

In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Şeyda Özbıçakçı ozbicak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 34 34
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.10
LO.155
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.45555
LO.5555
LO.6555555
LO.75555

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