COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 201

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYA 2202 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 201 COMPULSORY 0 0 0 1

Offered By

Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜL ERGÖR

Offered to

Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn the fundamental principles of epidemiology, the classification of research methods and basic principles of interpreting research data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe basic principles of epidemiology, explain epidemiological study designs
2   Explain principles of research design and application
3   Discuss principles of preparing a report and a paper
4   Discuss principles of publication ethics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cross-sectional and case-control studies
2 Clinical trials and cohort studies
3 Preparing a report and a paper
4 Publication ethics

Recomended or Required Reading

Medical Epidemiology, R.S.Greenberg, S.R.Daniels, W.D.Flanders, J.W.Eley, J.R.Boring, Appleton & Lange, 1996.
Epidemiology, Gordis L.,Elsevier Inc, USA, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Problem Based learning (PBL) sessions,
Lectures

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 BSV Block-end exam (16.8%)
2 PDÖ PBL score (3.2%)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment is done under the scope of DLM 1202

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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 10 1 10
PBL Session 2 3 6
Group Session 1 4 4
Laboratory practice 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 8 8
Preparation for block-end exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 32

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1223
LO.2223
LO.3433
LO.45