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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HSH 5003	EPIDEMIYOLOGY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	4

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

The aim of this course includes the ability to apply the current knowledge of student having taken basic nursing education into the development of public health and the ability to use research methods in understanding the determinatives of health and illness. It develops the students competence in assessing the health status of society by giving them necessary knowledge and skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1. Knows the principles of the epidemiology
2	2. Knows the usage area of the epidemiology
3	3. Explains the description steps of an area.
4	4. Knows notice and surveillance systems
5	5. Explains the prevention principles of an epidemic or infectious disease
6	6. Knows diagnosis principles by using epidemiological standards
7	7. Knows epidemiological research methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Description and principles of epidemiology
2	Usage areas of epidemiological methods
3	Area population (population density, demographic speed, population growth, population information sources, accuracy of data)
4	Instruments used in data collection in epidemiology
5	Notice and surveillance systems
6	Epidemiological observation of epidemics
7	1st midterm exam
8	Epidemiology of the contagious diseases
9	Epidemiological standards
10	Epidemiological area researches Case control researches
11	Cross-sectional researches Area searching
12	Cohort researches
13	2nd midterm exam
14	Intervention researches
15	Continuation

Recomended or Required Reading

Akbulut t, Sabuncu H (1993). Sağlık bilimlerinde araştırma yöntemi epidemiyoloji prensip ve uygulamalar. Sistem Yayıncılık,Yayın no:014,Istanbul.
Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Halk Sağlığı Anabilimdalı (1990). Bölge sağlık yönetiminde epidemiyoloji el kitabı. Ed. Vaughan JP,Morrov RH. Çeviri ed. Bertan M, Enünlü T.Can Ofset, Ankara.
Tezcan S (1992). Epidemiyoloji Tıbbi araştırmaların yöntem bilimi. Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı.Meteksan Anonim Şirketi, Ankara.
Güler Ç., Akın L ( 2006). Epidemiyoloji. Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler . Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, literature review, self learning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.45 +FIN* 0.30
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.45 +RST* 0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.

In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Beşer
02324124752
ayse.beser@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It may show a mutual day and hour for each instructor.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	2	28
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Preparing assignments	2	8	16
Preparing presentations	2	7	14
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.9	PO.12	PO.15	PO.16
LO.1	5				5				5
LO.2	5	5	5					5
LO.3					5	5		5
LO.4		5	5					5
LO.5				5			5
LO.6					5				5	5
LO.7							5

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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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