COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIALTY AREA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHH 5098 SPECIALTY AREA COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Surgical Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÖZGÜL KARAYURT

Offered to

Surgical Nursing

Course Objective

This course aims the student in thesis term to convey the knowledge and experiences he/she has in the field of his/her advisor s research field, to follow the new developments and actual literature about the thesis subject in the light of the scientific and ethic principles and to assess and discuss them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student interprets, develop and use the knowledge he/she has acquired in Surgical Diseases Nursing and the thesis subject.
2   The students reaches the necessary knowledge
3   The student interprets, synthesize and analyze the knowledge about the thesis he/she gathers.
4   The student respects scientific and ethic issues in identification and interpretation of the problem concerning the thesis.
5   The student fictionalizes and develops a research method to solve the identified problem about the thesis.
6   The student presents the actual developments and his/her own researches about the thesis in written, orally and visually.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
2 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
3 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
4 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
5 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
6 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
7 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
8 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
9 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
10 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
11 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
12 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
13 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor
14 The subjects which the student will specify with his/her thesis advisor

Recomended or Required Reading

Main courses:
1. Carrier-Kohlman V. Pathophysiological Phenomena in Nursing: Human Responses to Illness, 2nd ed., WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2003.
2. McCance KL, Huether SE. Pathophysiology The Biologic Basis For Disease in Adults and Children, The C.V. Mosby Company, StLouis, 2005.
3. Porth MC. Pathophysiolog Concepts of Altered Health States, 5th Ed., Lippincott Comp., Philadelphia, 1998.
4. Lewis SL, Heitkemper ML, Dirksen SR, O Brien PG, Bucher L. Medical Surgical Nursing Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. Mosby Elsevier, ST Louis 2007
5. Evidence Base nursing , http://www.science.at/journals/medicine/nurse.html
6. National Guideline Clearinghouse, http://www.guideline.gov

*other resources described in the curriculum

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Thesis suggestion preparation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 SEM SEMINAR
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + SEM * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students in thesis term will be assessed as successful/unsuccessful in accordance with their ability in following the new developments and up-to-date literature about their branches and assessing, discussing and writing them.

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
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
other 1 25 25
Weekly pre-course/post-course preparations (reading the course materials, the articles etc. 14 2 28
Assignment preparation 1 9 9
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.45
LO.5555
LO.655