Course Description
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | - | Yearly | 16+0 | - | 1 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Committee Course |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ, Assist.Prof. Hüseyin KÜÇÜKALİ, Assist.Prof. Ayşe Nur BALCI, Assoc.Prof. Perihan TORUN |
| Assistant(s) | Öğr.Gör.Dr. Zeynep Meva ALTAŞ |
| Aim | The aim of this course is to teach scientific research methods, research errors, usage areas of epidemiology and how to follow scientific publications. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Reading Scientific Articles ,Errors in Researches ,Keeping up with scientific literatüre ,Epidemiology and Its Applications ,Cross-sectional Studies ,Cohort Studies ,Case-Control Studies ,Intervention Studies ,Qualitative Studies . |
| Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| List the types and sections of scientific articles. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Can critically evaluate scientific articles. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the important errors and biases in the scientific research process. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Can find and interpret errors and biases in a research. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Lists what can be done to avoid erros and biases during a study. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the importance of following scientific publications. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Can use digital tools to follow scientific publications. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Defines epidemiology and gives brief information about its history. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Lists the usage area of epidemiology. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Explains the meaning and design of cross-sectional studies. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the types, design, objectives and risk calculations of cohort studies. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the aims, design and risk calculations of case-control studies. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Explains the types and design of interventional studies, knows the risk calculations. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the purpose and usage areas of qualitative studies, lists the qualitative research methods. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading Scientific Articles | |
| 2 | Errors in Researches | |
| 3 | Keeping up with scientific literatüre | |
| 4 | Epidemiology and Its Applications | |
| 5 | Cross-sectional Studies | |
| 6 | Cohort Studies | |
| 7 | Case-Control Studies | |
| 8 | Intervention Studies | |
| 9 | Qualitative Studies |
| Resources |
| 1- www.cochranelibrary.com 2-Hayran O, Özbek H. Sağık Bilimlerinde Araştırma ve İstatistik Yöntemler (SPSS Uygulama Örnekleri ile Genişletilmiş 2. Baskı) Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2017 3-Straus SE, Glasziou P, Richardson WS, Haynes RB. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 5th ed., 2018. 4-Goodman MS. Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research. Routledge, New York, 2017. 5-Bruce N. Quantitative Methods for Health Research : a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. Second ed., NJ:Wiley, 2018. 6-Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine. Wiley, BMJ Books, 2014. |
| Lecture notes |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ1: Knows the morphological and functional normal and abnormal structure of human body. | ||||||
| 2 | PQ2: Knows the essential ways of determining the underlying causes of the pathologies with basic scientific approaches and the diagnoses of illnesses and disorders. | X | |||||
| 3 | PQ3: Knows the reasons for illnesses, the ways of protection, and the methods of promotion and improvement of public health. | X | |||||
| 4 | PQ4: Knows the methods of advancing his/her knowledge about health and its practice. | X | |||||
| 5 | PQ5: Accesses, interprets and applies the advanced interdisciplinary information related to health. | X | |||||
| 6 | PQ6: Performs a complete clinical examination of the human body, both morphologically and functionally and defines the problems. | ||||||
| 7 | PQ7: Interprets examination data for diagnoses, compares with clinical data, and provides solutions. | ||||||
| 8 | PQ8: Selects and applies appropriate tools for promotion and improvement of individual and public health. | X | |||||
| 9 | PQ9: Plans and conducts an advanced study of health independently. | X | |||||
| 10 | PQ10: Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve the problems encountered in the promotion and improvement of individual and public health. | ||||||
| 11 | PQ11: Takes responsibility for any intervention on the human body for the diagnosis and treatment. | ||||||
| 12 | PQ12: Determines personal learning requirements and decides and develops a positive lifelong learning attitude. | X | |||||
| 13 | PQ13: Evaluates the information gained in the field of health with a critical approach. | X | |||||
| 14 | PQ14: Informs the patient, the relevant people and institutions, and the public about the health problem and conveys recommendations of solutions in writing and/or verbally. | ||||||
| 15 | PQ15: Shares their recommendations on promotion and improvement of health with interdisciplinary experts by supporting with data. | ||||||
| 16 | PQ16: Uses English at least at the General Level of European Language Portfolio B1, follows resources in his/her field and communicates. | X | |||||
| 17 | PQ17: Uses computer software, information, and communication technologies at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Operating License. | X | |||||
| 18 | PQ18: Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of obtaining, interpreting, applying and announcing the data related to the field of health. | X | |||||
| 19 | PQ19: Develops strategy, policy and implementation plans on health issues and evaluate the results obtained the framework of quality processes. | ||||||
| 20 | PQ20: Systematically shares his/her works on promoting and improving health with quantitative and qualitative data and interdisciplinary experts. | X | |||||
| 21 | PQ21: Has sufficient awareness on occupational health and safety issues. | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
| Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
| Course Hours | 16 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Guided Problem Solving | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Term Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Presentation of Project / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midterm Exam | 9 | 1 | 9 | |||
| General Exam | 9 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Workload(Hour) | 34 | |||||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(34/30) | 1 | |||||
| ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. | ||||||
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | - | Yearly | 16+0 | - | 1 |
| Course Program |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Committee Course |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ, Assist.Prof. Hüseyin KÜÇÜKALİ, Assist.Prof. Ayşe Nur BALCI, Assoc.Prof. Perihan TORUN |
| Assistant(s) | Öğr.Gör.Dr. Zeynep Meva ALTAŞ |
| Aim | The aim of this course is to teach scientific research methods, research errors, usage areas of epidemiology and how to follow scientific publications. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Reading Scientific Articles ,Errors in Researches ,Keeping up with scientific literatüre ,Epidemiology and Its Applications ,Cross-sectional Studies ,Cohort Studies ,Case-Control Studies ,Intervention Studies ,Qualitative Studies . |
| Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| List the types and sections of scientific articles. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Can critically evaluate scientific articles. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the important errors and biases in the scientific research process. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Can find and interpret errors and biases in a research. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Lists what can be done to avoid erros and biases during a study. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the importance of following scientific publications. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Can use digital tools to follow scientific publications. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Defines epidemiology and gives brief information about its history. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Lists the usage area of epidemiology. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Explains the meaning and design of cross-sectional studies. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the types, design, objectives and risk calculations of cohort studies. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the aims, design and risk calculations of case-control studies. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Explains the types and design of interventional studies, knows the risk calculations. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Knows the purpose and usage areas of qualitative studies, lists the qualitative research methods. | 10, 16, 9 | A |
| Teaching Methods: | 10: Discussion Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 9: Lecture Method |
| Assessment Methods: | A: Traditional Written Exam |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading Scientific Articles | |
| 2 | Errors in Researches | |
| 3 | Keeping up with scientific literatüre | |
| 4 | Epidemiology and Its Applications | |
| 5 | Cross-sectional Studies | |
| 6 | Cohort Studies | |
| 7 | Case-Control Studies | |
| 8 | Intervention Studies | |
| 9 | Qualitative Studies |
| Resources |
| 1- www.cochranelibrary.com 2-Hayran O, Özbek H. Sağık Bilimlerinde Araştırma ve İstatistik Yöntemler (SPSS Uygulama Örnekleri ile Genişletilmiş 2. Baskı) Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2017 3-Straus SE, Glasziou P, Richardson WS, Haynes RB. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 5th ed., 2018. 4-Goodman MS. Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research. Routledge, New York, 2017. 5-Bruce N. Quantitative Methods for Health Research : a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. Second ed., NJ:Wiley, 2018. 6-Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine. Wiley, BMJ Books, 2014. |
| Lecture notes |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PQ1: Knows the morphological and functional normal and abnormal structure of human body. | ||||||
| 2 | PQ2: Knows the essential ways of determining the underlying causes of the pathologies with basic scientific approaches and the diagnoses of illnesses and disorders. | X | |||||
| 3 | PQ3: Knows the reasons for illnesses, the ways of protection, and the methods of promotion and improvement of public health. | X | |||||
| 4 | PQ4: Knows the methods of advancing his/her knowledge about health and its practice. | X | |||||
| 5 | PQ5: Accesses, interprets and applies the advanced interdisciplinary information related to health. | X | |||||
| 6 | PQ6: Performs a complete clinical examination of the human body, both morphologically and functionally and defines the problems. | ||||||
| 7 | PQ7: Interprets examination data for diagnoses, compares with clinical data, and provides solutions. | ||||||
| 8 | PQ8: Selects and applies appropriate tools for promotion and improvement of individual and public health. | X | |||||
| 9 | PQ9: Plans and conducts an advanced study of health independently. | X | |||||
| 10 | PQ10: Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve the problems encountered in the promotion and improvement of individual and public health. | ||||||
| 11 | PQ11: Takes responsibility for any intervention on the human body for the diagnosis and treatment. | ||||||
| 12 | PQ12: Determines personal learning requirements and decides and develops a positive lifelong learning attitude. | X | |||||
| 13 | PQ13: Evaluates the information gained in the field of health with a critical approach. | X | |||||
| 14 | PQ14: Informs the patient, the relevant people and institutions, and the public about the health problem and conveys recommendations of solutions in writing and/or verbally. | ||||||
| 15 | PQ15: Shares their recommendations on promotion and improvement of health with interdisciplinary experts by supporting with data. | ||||||
| 16 | PQ16: Uses English at least at the General Level of European Language Portfolio B1, follows resources in his/her field and communicates. | X | |||||
| 17 | PQ17: Uses computer software, information, and communication technologies at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Operating License. | X | |||||
| 18 | PQ18: Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of obtaining, interpreting, applying and announcing the data related to the field of health. | X | |||||
| 19 | PQ19: Develops strategy, policy and implementation plans on health issues and evaluate the results obtained the framework of quality processes. | ||||||
| 20 | PQ20: Systematically shares his/her works on promoting and improving health with quantitative and qualitative data and interdisciplinary experts. | X | |||||
| 21 | PQ21: Has sufficient awareness on occupational health and safety issues. | ||||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |