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Information
| Code | SD0358 |
| Name | Epidemiological research methods and techniques |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 3 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. MERAL MİRALOĞLU |
Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course is to provide the students with the knowledge and skills to investigate the health levels, diseases, cause and effect relationships of the interaction between human, environment and various groups and to plan preventive and improving measures for community health.
Course Content
to gain knowledge and skills to investigate the health and disease levels of various groups, the cause and effect relationships of the interaction between human, environment and factors, and to plan preventive and improving measures for public health.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Methodology and Quantitative Evaluation in Epidemiology:Mustafa Ş. Şenocak , Alev Bakır
Notes
Power Point presentation, text book,digital sources
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Understanding the importance and place of diary of epidemiology |
| LO02 | Adopting that the basic rules in identifying and solving health problems in societies can be reached through epidemiological studies, |
| LO03 | To gain general knowledge about epidemiology principles and research methods, |
| LO04 | Learning the health indicators used in assessing the health level of societies and the importance of these concepts, |
| LO05 | To comprehend the relationship between health problems and demographic characteristics of people in the world and in our country, |
| LO06 | To gain information about epidemiology of infectious diseases and prevention and control methods of infectious diseases, |
| LO07 | utilize ready-to-use data collection tools and analyze the collected data at a basic level; |
| LO08 | examining a problem that may be the subject of a scientific research related to education, select and design patterns, methods and techniques; |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course (Course Description, Objectives, Objectives, Evaluation) Definition, aims and historical development of epidemiology | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 2 | Epidemiological Data Sources, Classification of Data Sources Characteristics of Data Sources Data Collection Objectives | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 3 | Epidemiological criteria, Criteria for determining the level of mortality | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 4 | Criteria that determine fertility level Criteria that determine the level of morbidity (incidence, prevalence) | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 5 | Planning of epidemiological research Important variables in epidemiological investigations (age, sex, etc.) | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 6 | Survey method and characteristics ,Survey types, Sections of the survey form | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 7 | Survey question types, Rules for preparing survey questions, Procedures regarding the application of the questionnaire form | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Sections that should be included in a research plan | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 11 | Various concepts related to infectious diseases, Epidemiological examination of outbreaks | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 12 | Types of Outbreaks Control and Reporting of Infectious Diseases | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 13 | Determination of outbreak status, Investigation of outbreaks ,Important infectious diseases | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 14 | Major infectious diseases Control of communicable diseases keep on topic | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Beyin Fırtınası |
| 15 | Major infectious diseases Control of communicable diseases 2 | lecture, question and answer | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | homework,lecture,seminar | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım |
| 17 | Term Exams | homework, lecture | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 80 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,20 | ||
| ECTS | 3 ECTS | ||