TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
YEAR OF STUDY | - |
SEMESTER | - |
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain the epidemiological terms and concepts, 2) Use epidemiological information in decision-making in health care managemenet.
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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 | The objective of this course is to familiarize students epidemiological concepts and the role of epidemiology in helath care management decision making. |
COURSE CONTENTS | WEEK | TOPICS |
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1st Week | Definition, coontent and history of epidemiology | 2nd Week | Health, disease and population diagnostic | 3rd Week | Epidemiologic research methods | 4th Week | Rates and proportions | 5th Week | Health parameters and hospital statistics | 6th Week | Health parameters and hospital statistics | 7th Week | Comminicable disease epidemiology | 8th Week | Midterm exam | 9th Week | Epidemiologic analyzing of epidemic | 10th Week | Surveyance system | 11th Week | Epidemiologic data sources | 12th Week | Analayzing and presentation of epidemiologic data | 13th Week | Managerial epidemiology in healthcare management | 14th Week | Managerial epidemiology in healthcare management |
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RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Tezcan, S. (1992) Epidemiyoloji ,Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı. |
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Problem Solving,Discussion |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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Mid-term | 1 | 50 | Total(%) | | 50 | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | Total(%) | | 100 |
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ECTS WORKLOAD |
Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
Midterm exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | Preparation for Quiz | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 10 | 140 | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 12 | 12 | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | Preparation for Midterm exam | 2 | 10 | 20 | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | Final exam | 1 | 2 | 2 | Homework | 1 | 10 | 10 | Article Presentation | 4 | 5 | 20 | Article | 4 | 10 | 40 | Total Workload | | | 287 |
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Total Workload / 30 | | | 9,56 |
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ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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