HEP603 - RESEARCH DESIGN and IMPLEMENTATION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
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RESEARCH DESIGN and IMPLEMENTATION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY | HEP603 | Any Semester/Year | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Prequisites | Successful completion of HEP 602 | |||||
Course language | Turkish | |||||
Course type | Elective | |||||
Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Other: Preparing a proposal on a selected topic | |||||
Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Banu Çakır (Group A) Prof. Dr. Bahar Güçiz Doğan (Group B) | |||||
Course objective | The aim of this course in to gain training on epidemiological research planning, implementation, data analysis, interpretation and report writing. | |||||
Learning outcomes |
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Course Content | The steps of epidemiological research planning, data collection and analysis, interpretation of the findings and important aspects of report writing, ethical issues in researches, planning and implementation an epidemiological research. | |||||
References | 1. Tezcan S. Epidemiyoloji. Tıbbi Araştırmaların Yöntem Bilimi. Halk Sağlığı Vakfı, Yayın No: 92/1 Ankara, 1992 [Turkish]. 2. Rothman KJ, Greenland S. Modern Epidemiology. 2nd ed. Lippincot-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1998. 3. Samples of Project reports and scientific papers. |
Course outline weekly
Weeks | Topics |
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Week 1 | General characteristics of the epidemiological studies |
Week 2 | Selection of research topic, determining the objectives, research hypothesis |
Week 3 | Hypothesis testing (universe, sample size, sample selection) |
Week 4 | Hypothesis testing (variables, terms, classifications and criteria, data collection instrument, pre-test) |
Week 5 | Hypothesis testing ( man power, way of data collection, ethical issues) |
Week 6 | Hypothesis testing ( data analysis and interpretation) |
Week 7 | Evaluation of sample reports |
Week 8 | Presentation of research proposals |
Week 9 | Data collection |
Week 10 | Data collection and analysis |
Week 11 | Data analysis |
Week 12 | Data analysis (cont.) |
Week 13 | Report writing |
Week 14 | Report writing (cont.) |
Week 15 | Self-study |
Week 16 | FINAL EXAM (Presentation of the research reports) |
Assesment methods
Course activities | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Attendance | 0 | 10 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 |
Field activities | 0 | 0 |
Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
Assignments | 0 | 0 |
Presentation | 1 | 30 |
Project | 1 | 60 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 0 | 0 |
Final exam | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100 | |
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 60 |
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 | 1 | 28 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Project | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final Exam (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Workload | 45 | 77 | 194 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
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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