TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) students should acquire the skill of health statistics and related methods.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course studies the important of statistics in Medicine; Risk Measurement, Rate and Proportions; Mortality and Morbidity Rates; Life tables; Survival Analysis; Case-Control, Cohort, Cross-Sectional and Intervention Studies and statistical Methods; Decision making in Medicine, Diagnostic and Screening Tests; Logistic Models.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Biostatistics;The use of statistics in Health fields Health measurements (Rate, Proportion, ratio9 Mortality Rates: Crude Mortality Rate, Crude Fertility Rate, Infant Mortality Rate) 2nd Week Health measurements (Rate, Proportion, ratio Mortality Rates: Crude Mortality Rate, Crude Fertility Rate, Infant Mortality Rate) Morbidity Rates: Incidence rate, Prevalence rate) 3rd Week Census Statistics; Methods of Census Estimation ;Census Pyramid ;Life Table Methods 4th Week Life Table Methods 5th Week The Research Methods regarding to Health Science Case-Control Studies Cross-Sectional Studies 6th Week The Research Methods regarding to Health Science Cohort Studies ODDS Ratio and Relative Risk 7th Week Introduction to Logistic Model Logistic Model for 2x2 Contingency Tables Logistic Model for 2x2x2 Contingency Tables MIDTERM I 8th Week Mantel Haenzsel Method for Odds ratio 9th Week Log linear Analysis 10th Week Experimental Design in Health Science Completed Random Experimental Design Completed Random Block Experimental Design 11th Week Experimental Design in Health Science Repeated Measures Design Cross-Over Design 12th Week Medical Decision Making;Accuracy, Sensitivity, Specificity;ROC Curve 13th Week MIDTERM II
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	"Using and Understanding Medical Statistics", D.E.Matthews and V.T.Farewell, 1996 : Newyork. "Essentials of Medical Statistics", Betty R. Kırkwood, 1998 : Oxford. "Biostatistics in Clinical Medicine", Newyork Joseph A. Ingelfinger, Frederick Mosteller, Lawrence A. Thibodeu, James, H. Ware, 1994.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 2 40 Quiz 5 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No