TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	Second Term (Spring)
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) learn the study designs used in halth research 2) design and conduct an epidemiologic study and write the study report
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	SABE 605 Biyoistatistik
COURSE DEFINITION	The most distinctive and basic feature of contemporary life is that scientificness, scientific attitudes and behaviors have been made an inseparable part of daily life. Research is an integral part of science and science is an integral part of research. Research; It is the period of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, evaluating and reporting data in a planned and systematic way in order to seek reliable and valid solutions to problems. In this course, starting from the importance of science and theory, the stages of a research in the field of health from the beginning to the end will be examined in detail. The research processes, which are connected to each other as links of a chain, will be explained theoretically and practically.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week INTRODUCTION TO MEETING AND RESEARCH METHODS,GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS 2nd Week PLANNING STAGES AND EXECUTING THE RESEARCH,RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH 3rd Week QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS (FOCUS GROUP,CONTENT ANALYSIS,OBSERVATION, INTERVIEW) 4th Week DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES (Case Reports and Case Series,Correlation Studies) 5th Week ANALYTICAL STUDIES (CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES,SURVEY METHOD) 6th Week CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH METHOD CONTINUED 7th Week ANALYTICAL STUDIES,CASE-CONTROL STUDIES 8th Week CONTINUING CASE-CONTROL STUDIES 9th Week ANALYTICAL STUDIES, COHORT/LONGITUNAL STUDIES 10th Week MID EXAM 1 11th Week COHORT/LONGITUDUNAL STUDIES 12th Week EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES (Intervention Studies) ; CLINICAL TRIALS 13th Week CONTINUE EXPERIMENTAL/CLINICAL STUDIES 14th Week SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS RESEARCH
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Assoc. Dr. Derya Gökmen (Author and Editor; other authors); Scientific Research Methods; Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine Publication No: 468; Ankara 2018. 2. Prof. Dr. Reha Alpar, ?APPLIED STATISTICS and VALIDITY-RELIABILITY with Examples from Sports, Health and Education Sciences? Detay Publishing, Ankara 2010. 3. Prof. Dr. Kadir Sümbüloğlu, Prof. Dr.Vildan Sümbüloğlu, Research Techniques in Health Sciences: Ankara. 4. Health Research Methodology: A Guide for Training in Research Methods A Guide for Training in Research Methods, second edition, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific Manila, 2001 (.pdf available online). 5. The lecturer of the course, Prof. Dr. Current lecture notes and other electronic books etc. given by Mehtap Akçil Ok from oys.baskent.edu.tr (moodle) learning and management system. helpful resources.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Practice,Project,Problem Solving,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 15 Project 1 20 Total(%) 65 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 65 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 35 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 11 154 Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 24 24 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2,5 2,5 Homework 1 1 1 Project 1 1 1 Performance Practice 1 2 2 Total Workload 238,5 Total Workload / 30 7,95 ECTS Credits of the Course 8
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No