COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHIATRY (SCALES)I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBI 6059 MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHIATRY (SCALES)I ELECTIVE 2 4 0 12

Offered By

Basic Neuroscience

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR BERNA BINNUR AKDEDE

Offered to

Basic Neuroscience

Course Objective

Getting advanced information about scales that are used for assessment of mood and their reliability and validity analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Getting advanced information about scales that are used for assessment of mood
2   Getting advanced information about application of scales that are used for assessment of mood
3   Getting advanced information of doing validity analysis and their assessment
4   Accessing scientific information and assessment
5   Having ability of oral and written presentation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and course description Psychiatric diagnosis system and its properties Mood assessment Mostly used scales for assessment Application of sclaes Preparation and determination of scale questions Formation of question structure Preparation of answer sheets Mood assessment (application) Scale recommendation (application) Application of used scales (application)
2 Pilot study: general principles, selection of group, getting feedbacks Combination of professional and patients opinions Area study: selection of group, determination of co-used other tools Preparation of pilot study instructions (application) Determination of pilot study (application) Preparation of area study instructions (application) Direction and Review of area study (application) Midterm
3 Reliability analysis and translation Precision, item-total point analyses Reliability analyses: relation to time between interviewers, theory of item-answer, Rash analysis Validity analyses: first look and content, descriptive factor analysis, correction factor analysis, co-validity Reliability analyses (application) Validity analyses (application)
4 Validity analysis and translation Validity analyses: specificity and sensitivity, differential validity, overlapping validity Validity analyses: Translation of psychometric analyses (application) Preparation of scales and scale sheet (application) Application of scale (application) Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): At the end of lectures, web addresses and handouts will be delivered.
Supplementary Book(s): Psikiyatride kullanılan Klinik Ölçekler (Prof. Dr. Ömer Aydemir, Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Köroğlu )

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral presentation, literature search

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.30 +RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The knowledge will be evaluated by homework assignments and presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

412 4158

Office Hours

Friday 16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 30 1 30
Tutorials 60 1 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 30 5 150
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 300

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.17
LO.15544
LO.255444
LO.355545
LO.45
LO.555