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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SBE 6054	DATA-BASE SEARCHING IN HEALTH SCIENCES AND EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜL ERGÖR

Offered to

Public Health
Pediatric Nursing
Audiology
Occupational Health
Psychiatric Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Medical Education
Laboratory Animal Science
Histology and Embryology
Anatomy
Internal Medicine Nursing
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Basic Oncology
Toxicology
Exercise Physiology
Biochemistry
Surgical Nursing
Biomechanics
CLINICAL DRUG RESEARCH
Biophysics
Medical Biology and Genetics
Physiology
Medical Physics
Translational Oncology
Fundamentals of Nursing
Medical Parasitology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Basic Neuroscience
Nursing Management
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

Understanding the principals of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and gaining skills to evaluate the evidence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Defining types of medical research and explaining evidence levels
2	Effective search in medical databases
3	Defining epidemiologic measures
4	Calculating indices and risk used in evidence based medicine
5	Critically appraising literature according to Evidence Based Medicine criteria

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What is EBM , Formulating questions, Searching for evidence, Computer exercise, Critical appraisal in medical literature, Small group discussion, Critical appraisal in a diagnostic study, Small group discussion, Critical appraisal in Meta-analysis, Small group discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Sackett D. L et al Evidence Based Medicine Churchill Livingstone 2000.
Dawson B., Trap R G, Basic and Clinical Biostatistics Mc Graw-Hill 2001.
Supplementary Book(s):
References:
Materials: Checklists for evaluating evidence

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, small group discussions, computer excercises

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.10+FIN* 0.90
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.10+RST* 0.90

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	15	1	15
Final	1	13	13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	3	45
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	5
LO.2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	5
LO.3	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	5
LO.4	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	5
LO.5	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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