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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HEF 2087	EPIDEMIOLOGY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

The Purpose of this course is to allow students to apply their existing knowledge to improve the community's health and use research methods to understand determinants that influence health and disease status. This course improves their competencies in analysis, synthesis and planing by provide them with required knowledge and skills to evaluate the health status of the community.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The student knows the principles of epidemiology
2	The student knows the application fields of epidemiology
3	The student can explain the steps to identify an area
4	The student knows the notification and surveillance systems
5	The student can explain the principles of pandemic and infectious disease prevention
6	The student knows the principles of diagnosis via epidemiological criteria
7	The student knows the 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	The definition, principles, strategies, history of epidemiology
2	Application fields of epidemiological methods
3	Descriptive epidemiology Epidemiological criteria
4	Data collection tools used in epidemiology
5	Case control studies
6	Cross-sectional studies Field scans
7	1st Midterm
8	Cohort studies
9	Intervention studies
10	Methodological studies
11	Epidemiology of infectious diseases
12	Epidemiological investigation of the outbreak
13	Causality in epidemiology
14	Notification and surveillance systems

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, Area Practices

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	VZ	Ara Sınav
2	FN	Final
3	FSB	Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi	VZ 0.50 +FN 0.50
4	BUT	Bütünleme
5	BSB	Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi	VZ 0.50 +BUT 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The semester grade shall be calculated by taking 50% of the intra-semester grade and will 50% of the final grade.

Semester Grade: 50 % Midterm Exam + 50% final grade

Assessment Criteria

The semester grade shall be calculated by taking 50% of the intra-semester grade and will 50% of the final grade.

Semester Grade: 50 % Midterm Exam + 50% final grade

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç.Dr.Gülendam Karadağ
gulendam.karadag@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (reading course materials, essays etc.)	13	4	52
Preparation for midterms exam	1	8	8
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final Exam	1	2	2
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			100

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	PO.14
LO.1	5					5
LO.2	5	5	5										5
LO.3				5		5	5			5		5
LO.4		5	5							5		5
LO.5					5		5
LO.6				5							5		5
LO.7			5		5		5	5	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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