SPD800 - RESEARCH STUDIES ON THESIS I
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH STUDIES ON THESIS I | SPD800 | Any Semester/Year | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Brain Storming Other: Literature Review | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Advisor | |||||
| Course objective | Transferring special knowledge and experience from advisor to PhD students in the scientific field of the advisor, defining problems on thesis or thesis related subjects by PhD student. PhD student will master the literature on the subject and prepare a literature review that will capture the definition and significance of the problem for at least one of the selected research topics. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | PhD student determines research subjects with his/her advisor, conducts detailed reading and discussions on those subjects and complies them. | |||||
| References | Scientific search engines | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Advisor and student determines the research subjects |
| Week 2 | Advisor and student determines the research subjects |
| Week 3 | Advisor and student determines the research subjects |
| Week 4 | Literature search in selected subjects |
| Week 5 | Literature search in selected subjects |
| Week 6 | Literature search in selected subjects |
| Week 7 | Revisiting the determined research topics in the light of literature data |
| Week 8 | Repetition of literature search if improvement/change is needed in research subjects, if not, summarizing the collected information |
| Week 9 | Selecting one of the research subjects in the light of collected information |
| Week 10 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 11 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 12 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 13 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
| Week 14 | Preparing a scientific literature review based on the performed literature search |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 14 | 40 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 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 | 1 | 86 | 86 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 43 | 97 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Gains evidence based advanced academic knowledge and skills in the field of social pediatrics when planning, intervening, and assessing well-being, quality of life, health, development, and disease in child health in an integrated and holistic approach. | X | ||||
| 2. Performs independent researches based on evidence, presents them to international and national platforms. | X | ||||
| 3. Gains the skills and attitudes to be a consultant, clinician, manager, and researcher. | X | ||||
| 4. Acts to protect the ethical values, standards and professional independency. | X | ||||
| 5. Works in a multidisciplinary approach with all stake holders including service receivers and providers. | X | ||||
| 6. Acts within the principle of life-long learning, and teaching to develop and improve quality of social pediatric services to meet the needs of the society | X | ||||
| 7. Critisizes self knowledge, develop skills in advocating, improving and representing social pediatrics. | X | ||||
| 8. Actively takes part in development, and implementation, of national and international policies to improve the rights of disadvantaged children and communities. | X | ||||
| 9. Analyses the effects of cultural, physical, economical, social, political, geographical, and demographic factors on personal activities, and educates the public to improve the health of the community. | X | ||||
| 10. Accesses to variety of information sources on current social pediatric practices, and proposes new, innovative solutions. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest