COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÖZGÜL KARAYURT

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

This course aims the students to understand the steps of developing measurement tools, to evaluate the methodological studies in accordance with scientific research principles critically and; thus, to contribute to her/his thesis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Aksayan S, Gozum S, Journal of Nursing Research, Guide for adapting a cross-cultural scale I: Steps of Adapting a Scale and Language Adaptation, 2002
Buyukozturk S., Developing Questionnaires, Baskent University Faculty of Education, 2005
Ercan I, Kan , Reliability and Validity in a Scale, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine Journal 30 (3) 211-216, 2004
Ozguven, I.E. (2000) Psychological Tests, 4th Edition, Ankara, PDREM Publishing, Sistem Ofset.
Polit, D.E. Hungler., B.P. (1997) Essentials of Nursing Research Methods, Appraisal And Utilization, 4.Th Lippincott Raven Publishers.
Tezbasaran, A. (1996) Manual for Developing Likert Ttype Scale, Institution of Psychology Publishing, Ankara, Ozyurt Printing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visually supported presentation
Evaluating the studies related to developing measurement tool critically
Question-answer

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The skill of presentation, preparation, and participation in the discussions will be assessed.
-In the Final exam, the skills of interpreting, recalling, deciding, explaining, classifying and integrating the information will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç Dr. Ozgul Karayurt Tel: 0 232 412 4785 ozgul.kyurt@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes