COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOSTATISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 6073 BIOSTATISTICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN ALPARSLAN 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
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

Learning advanced methods of reseach and analyses

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able understand and critice research read,
2   Plan research,
3   Collect data,
4   Analyse data,
5   Write research,
6   Teach research administrating.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Analyses of quantitive data
2 Analyses of qualititve data
3 Teach research administration and writing

Recomended or Required Reading

Portney LG, Watkins MP. Foundations of clinical research. Prentice Hall;2000.
Abramson JH, Abramson ZH. Survey methods in community medicine. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone;1999.
Kirkwood BR, Sterne JAC. Essential medical statistics. Bodmin: Blackwell Science; 2003.
Daly LE, Bourke GJ. Interpretation and uses of medical statistics. 5th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science;2000
Armitage P, Berry G. Statistical methods in medical research. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science;1996.
Dawson B, Trapp RG. Basic and clinical biostatistics. 4td ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill;2004.
Dupont WD. Statistical modelling for biomedical researchers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press;2002.
Elwood M. Causal relationships in medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press;1992.
Elwood M. Critical appraisal of epidemiological studies and clinical trials. Oxford: Oxford University Press;1998.
Aksakoğlu G. Sağlıkta araştırma ve çözümleme. DEÜTF;2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Weekly homeworks, developing homeworks after criticicism.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Regular attendance.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gazanfer.aksakoglu@deu.edu.tr

4124001,2

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 28 1 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 28 3 84
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 4 5 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.144444455544444
LO.244444455544444
LO.344444455544444
LO.444444455544444
LO.544444455544444
LO.644444455544444