BÄ°S637 - STATISTICAL METHODS SPECIFIC TO HEALTH SCIENCES
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATISTICAL METHODS SPECIFIC TO HEALTH SCIENCES | BÄ°S637 | 5th Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | ASSIST. PROF. SEVÄ°LAY KARAHAN, PhD - PROF. ERDEM KARABULUT, PhD | |||||
| Course objective | Introducing and teaching basic indicators used in health sciences. Students are made capable of comparing such indicators in national and international basis. Course is carried out in an interactive manner. Obtaining, interpreting and etc. of the statistics concerning recognition of service area are studied by utilizing information taken from hospital and other sources. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | 1. Identifying the health region, 2. demographic statistics (birth, death, migration), 3. population pyramids, population estimation methods, 4. life table method. 5. Morbidity statistics, 6. standardization of rates and proportions, 7. statistics of health services, 8. international classification of deaths and diseases, 9. health records, health indicators, 10. basic research types in health 11. measures of risk | |||||
| References | 1. Sümbüloğlu, Kadir. Sağlık alanına Özel İstatistiksel Yöntemler. Somgür Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2003. 2. Kahn HA, ve Semmpos CT. Statisticak Methods in Epidemiology. Oxford Uni. Press, New York, 1989. 3. Tezcan, S. Epidemiyoloji: Tıbbi Araştırmaların Yöntem Bilimi. Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı, Yayın No: 92/1, Ankara, 1992. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Health services and biostatistics |
| Week 2 | Identification of service region |
| Week 3 | Statistical methods related to population |
| Week 4 | Statistical methods related to births and diseases, research methods in health |
| Week 5 | Standardization of rates and proportions |
| Week 6 | Midterm exam |
| Week 7 | Life tables |
| Week 8 | Statistical methods related to protective service studies |
| Week 9 | Statistics used in evaluation of hospital services |
| Week 10 | Statistical methods related to dentistry |
| Week 11 | International classification of deaths and diseases |
| Week 12 | Midterm exam |
| Week 13 | Health indicators and records |
| Week 14 | Term project presentations |
| Week 15 | Preparation to final exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 10 | 10 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 40 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 12 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 41 | 34 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Explicates the theory, concepts, principles and methods specific to Fundamentals and Management of Nursing | |||||
| 2. Maintains a systematic approach towards nursing care and management | |||||
| 3. Produces original findings for his / working field by interacting with other disciplines | X | ||||
| 4. Evaluates current developments on nursing services based upon the needs of society and professional values, principles | |||||
| 5. Offers resolutions towards the problem that may arise in nursing education, management and practice | |||||
| 6. Leads innovations and changes for patient safety and quality care. | |||||
| 7. Adapts information and caring technologies into nursing education, practice and management | |||||
| 8. Conducts an independent, ethical and scientific research on issues relevant to fundamentals and management of nursing. | X | ||||
| 9. Disseminates the research results in scientific meetings and publishes | |||||
| 10. Performs leadership for nursing education, management and practice in accordance to the legal, scientific and ethical principles and regulations | |||||
| 11. Takes an active role in the development of organizational, national and international health care politics | |||||
| 12. Develops vision by evaluating the professionalization process of nursing with a critical perspective | |||||
| 13. Reflects the philosophy on nursing care, education and management to professional activities | |||||
| 14. Leads the development of nursing profession and empowerment of nurses | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest