COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THESIS STUDY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEH 6199 THESIS STUDY COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30

Offered By

Fundamentals of Nursing

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK ÖZDEN

Offered to

Fundamentals of Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, the student whose thesis study has been admitted by the institute board is aimed to interpret the up-to-date literature, advance research methods and new developments in the thesis regarding the thesis topic, to conduct the research, to write the thesis according to thesis writing framework and to publish the articles produced from the thesis with the help of the knowledge and experiences of the thesis advisor in the scientific field and in accordance with the scientific and ethical principles.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students use the knowledge in scientific studies that s/he has interpreted, developed and deepened regarding the thesis field.
2   They analyse, interpret and synthesize the knowledge of Fundamentals of Nursing with science philosophy, nursing concepts, theories and models, advanced research and other positive science knowledge.
3   They identify and interpret the issues related to the thesis topic, and solve them in direction of scientific and ethical values by using scientific research methods.
4   They use information, research and evidence based practice results that have been evaluated critically while conducting advanced level studies independently.
5   They transfer the up- to- date knowledge that s/he follows in the field of Fundamentals of Nursing to scientific presentations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Literature review
2 Literature review
3 Literature review
4 Planning the thesis
5 Planning the thesis
6 Writing thesis proposal
7 Writing thesis proposal
8 Collecting thesis data
9 Collecting thesis data
10 Collecting thesis data
11 Assessing thesis data
12 Reporting the thesis
13 Reporting the thesis
14 Reporting the thesis

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Evidence Based nursing , http://www.science.at/journals/medicine/nurse.html
2. National Guideline Clearinghouse, http://www.guideline.gov
3. Best Practice Guidelines, http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices

Other course materials: Database on the website of the Library of DEU (http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=109)
E-journals of nursing on the website of the Library of DEU
E-books of nursing on the website of the Library of DEU
Journals of e- nursing in the Library of DEU Saglık Campus
References
1. DEU e- journal of NS
2. EU journal of NS
3. FN NS Nursing bulletin
4. HU journal of NS
5. Ataturk University journal of NS,
6. Cumhuriyet University journal of NS

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Thesis writing
Printing the thesis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The doctorate students will be assessed as successful/unsuccessful according to thesis writing and the process of printing the thesis.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The topics of the weeks will change according to the thesis process of the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof. Dilek Özden
e-mail: dozden2002@yahoo.com
tel: 0-232-412 47 78

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 30 420
Project Preparation 11 30 330
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 750

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.155
LO.25
LO.3555555
LO.4555555
LO.5555555

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