TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	8
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
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.
MODE OF DELIVERY	E-Learning
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Basic principles and tools. Important concepts in managerial epidemiology 2nd Week Applications of managerial epidemiology in healthcare management and perspectives of health managers to managerial epidemiolgoy 3rd Week Epidemiologic methods and applications 4th Week Ethiology and disease history 5th Week Disease control and surveyance systems 6th Week Screenning programes 7th Week Clinical decision making 8th Week Epidemiologic approches in strategic planning and mangement 9th Week Epidemiological perspectives on evaluation of healthcare programes and systems. 10th Week Epidemiologic approches in controlling of communicable diseases in health organizations 11th Week Epidemiology and quality management 12th Week Management of health systems with epidemiological perspectives 13th Week Epidemiology and public health politics 14th Week Epidemiological approches and evaliation of health technologies 15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Fleming, S., Scutchfield D., Tucker T., ?Managerial Epidemiology?, 2000, Health Adm Press. Valanis B., ?Epidemiology in health Care?, 1999. Bertan M., Özcebe H., ?Bölge Sağlık Yönetiminde Epidemiyolojiye Giriş?, 2001, sağlık Bakanlığı. Bertan M., Erünlü T., (çeviri editörleri), ?Bölge Sağlık Yönetiminde Epidemiyoloji El Kitabı?, DSÖ, Hacettepe Ünv Tıp Fakültesi Halk Sağlığı Ana Bilim Dalı. Oleske D., ?Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services, Methods and Applications?, 1995, New York, Plentum Press
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Problem Solving,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 20 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 20 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 80 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 12 168 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 10 10 Article 4 2 8 Total Workload 239 Total Workload / 30 7,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 8
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No