COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK ÖZDEN

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to call the student s attention to forensic cases and address the basic knowledge, understanding and approaches that will contribute to evaluation of forensic case.Moreover, this course aims to enable the student to analyze the problems experienced by victims and solution options within the framework of a multidisciplinary understanding.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Polat O, Inanıcı MA, Aksoy ME. Adli tıp ders kitabı. Istanbul: Nobel Tıp Kitabevi; 1997.
2. Lynch VA. Forensic nursing. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2006.
3. Zeyfeoğlu Y, Özdemir Ç, Hancı H. Adli hemşirelik. In: Hancı H. ed. Adli Tıp ve adli bilimler. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık; 2002.
4. Polat O. Klinik adli Tıp. Seçkin kitabevi, Ankara, 2006.
5. Stevens S. Cracking the case: your role in forensic nursing. Nursing 2004; 34(11):54-56.
6. Gökdoğan MR, Altunçul H. Adli hemşirelik: kapsam ve görevi. Hemşirelik Forumu Dergisi, Eylül-Ekim 2002; 5(5):16-21.
7. McGillivray B. The role of Victorian emergency nurses in the collection and preservation of forensic evidence: a review of the literature. Accident and Emergency Nursing 2005; 13:95-100.
8. Gökdoğan MR. Cinsel saldırı konusunda çalışan adli hemşireye (SANE) duyulan gereksinim. Adli Tıp Bülteni 2008 13(2):69-77.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal education. Lectures, questions and answers, discussion, group work, case studies, brainstorming.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the assessment of the course, 50% of the midterm grade and 50% of the final grade shall determine the semester grade.
Semester Grade: 50% intra-semester grade + 50% of the final grade= Must be at least 60 over 100 full grades
Minimal Final grade: Must be at least 50 over 100 full grades

Make-up exam Grade: 50% intra-semester grade + 50% of the make-up grade= Must be at least 60 over 100 full grades
Minimal make-up grade: Must be at least 50 over 100 full grades

Assessment Criteria

Interpretation, recollection, decision making, description, classification, information combination skills shall be assessed in the exams.

In the assessment of the course, 50% of the midterm grade and 50% of the final grade shall determine the semester grade.
Semester Grade: 50% intra-semester grade + 50% of the final grade= Must be at least 60 over 100 full grades
Minimal Final grade: Must be at least 50 over 100 full grades

Make-up exam Grade: 50% intra-semester grade + 50% of the make-up grade= Must be at least 60 over 100 full grades
Minimal make-up grade: Must be at least 50 over 100 full grades

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dilek Özden
e-mail: dozden2002@yahoo.com
Tel:02324124778

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes