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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HSA 5043	FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	6

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞERIFE REYHAN UÇKU

Offered to

Public Health
CLINICAL DRUG RESEARCH

Course Objective

Learn research methodology and data analyses

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Be able to understand research read
2	Plan research
3	Collect data
4	Analyse data
5	Write research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Scientific methodology
2	Causality
3	Literature review
4	Types of research
5	Population, sample, sampling
6	Binomial, Poisson, Gaussian distributions
7	Standard disribution, p value
8	Standard deviation, standard error, confidence interval
9	Data, standard collection of data
10	Analysing quantitive data
11	Analysing qualititive data
12	Writing research

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

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	PRF	PERFORMANCE
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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	15	2	30
Case study	15	2	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	2	30
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	5	5	25
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	1		1	1	1
LO.2		1	1			1	1
LO.3	1
LO.4	1	1					1	1	1
LO.5	1									1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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