HEP602 - BASIC PRINCIPLES and METHODS of EPIDEMIOLOGY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC PRINCIPLES and METHODS of EPIDEMIOLOGY | HEP602 | 1st Semester | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Prequisites | Must have taken or currently taking BIS 605 or HSP 652 courses | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Must | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Drill and Practice | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Banu Çakır (Group A), Prof. Dr. Bahar Güçiz Doğan (Group B) | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to give training for introducing epidemiology as a methodological science for conducting and interpreting health-related research; discussing the basic areas for implementing epidemiologic tools; describing basic data resources for medical research. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Epidemiology as a methodological science for medical research; its basic strategies and areas of implementation; epidemiologic study designs; epidemiologic data sources and related issues; ways to present and interpret epidemiologic data. | |||||
| References | 1. Tezcan S. Epidemiyoloji. Tıbbi Araştırmaların Yöntem Bilimi. Halk Sağlığı Vakfı, Yayın No: 92/1 Ankara, 1992. 2. Rothman KJ, Greenland S. Modern Epidemiology. 2nd ed. Lippincot-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1998. 3. Hennekens, C.H., Buring, J.E. Epidemiology in Medicine. ISBN 0-316-35636-0. Little, Brown and Company, USA, 1987. 4. Actual papers 5. Problem sets | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to epidemiology; Historical background |
| Week 2 | Basic strategies of epidemiology, uses of epidemiology in health |
| Week 3 | Epidemiologic study designs |
| Week 4 | Descriptive studies |
| Week 5 | Analytical studies |
| Week 6 | Problem solving (1) |
| Week 7 | Experimental studies |
| Week 8 | Methodological studies (Validity and Reliability) |
| Week 9 | Problem solving (2) |
| Week 10 | Data sources and general characteristics |
| Week 11 | Scientific paper evaluation |
| Week 12 | Epidemiological indices (health measures) |
| Week 13 | Ways to present epidemiologic data (tables and graphics) |
| Week 14 | Epidemiological research planning |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 2 | 20 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 70 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 3 | 30 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 70 |
| 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 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 45 | 46 | 150 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Explains basic information about healthy nutrition. | X | ||||
| 2. Adopts public health approach related to healthy nutrition. | X | ||||
| 3. Explains the importance of interdisciplinary work on adequate and balance nutrition issues. | X | ||||
| 4. Defines scientific research methods related to nutrition and the epidemiological and statistical approaches that can be used in these researches. | X | ||||
| 5. Uses theoretical and practical knowledge to determine the nutrition status of the community. | X | ||||
| 6. Defines the most prevalent nutritional problems in the community, promotes solutions using his/her knowledge and skills and proposes recommendations for policy/decision makers. | X | ||||
| 7. Knows the nutritional needs of the priority and vulnerable groups of the community and develops recommendations for the prevention of the prevalent diseases. | X | ||||
| 8. Develops hypotheses, plans and conducts research, interprets the results and writes reports in order to determine and/or improve the nutritional level of the community. | X | ||||
| 9. Works with other health-related fields to improve the nutritional status of the population. | X | ||||
| 10. Evaluates nutrition-related improvements at the national and global levels. | X | ||||
| 11. Knows and acts in accordance with scientific and professional ethical principles in academic and community-based studies in the field of nutrition. | X | ||||
| 12. Conducts research on priority topics in the field of nutrition, presents and prepares for publication. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest