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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
SBE 6025	QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HATICE MERT

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
Biophysics
Medical Biology and Genetics
Physiology
Medical Physics
Fundamentals of Nursing
Medical Parasitology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
Basic Neuroscience
Nursing Management
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

In this course it is expected from the students to learn qualitative research approaches, methods, and data analysis, to be able to criticize articles prepared by qualitative research and plan a qualitative research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To explain qualitative research approaches
2	To have the knowledge of qualitative research methods
3	To decide data collection method in qualitative researches
4	To know data analysis methods and to choose the appropriate one
5	To put the data into report form

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Qualitative (Q) Research (R) and Approaches/paradigms, Phenomenology, Ethnography, Grounded theory, Q. R., Observation, Participant-Nonparticipant observation, Interview methods, In-depth and Focus group interview, Validity and credibility in Q. R., Planning R. projects, Sample interview, Data Analysis in Q. R., Article criticism, Article Writing in Q. R., Presentation of the R. Projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Seidman IE, 1991, Interviewing as qualitative research, New York
Uwe Flick (2009) Introduction to Qualitative Research, SAGE Publications Ltd
Stephen D. Lapan; Marylynn T. Quartaroli; Frances Julia Riemer (2011) Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs, Jossey-Bass
Yvonne Darlington, Dorothy Scott (2002) Qualitative Research in Practice: Stories from the Field
Philip Clissett (2008) Evaluating qualitative research, Journal of Orthopedics Nursing 12, 99 105
F.J. Murphy, J. Yielder (2010) Establishing rigor in qualitative research radiography, Radiography 16, 62-67.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question answer, theory, literature review, self learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	PAR	PARTICIPATION
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +FIN* 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will present one qualitative research article criticism and they will hand in one qualitative research plan in written form

Assessment Criteria

Through assignments/presentations of the students; their deciding the question of the qualitative research, planning and presenting the research in written form are evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof .Dr. Hatice Mert 4124753

Office Hours

Will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	1	15
Preparation for final exam	1	8	8
Preparing assignments	2	10	20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	10	3	30
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	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	1	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
LO.3	1	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
LO.4	1	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
LO.5	1	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1

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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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