GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PRINCIPLES OF BASIC EPIDEMIOLOGY/KDE-1020
Course Title: PRINCIPLES OF BASIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 9
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To describe the usage areas of the epidemiological researches
To describe the basic epidemiologic measures
To choose the convenient epidemiologic method for studies
To design an original epidemiological study
Caring about ethical issues in studies
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Usage of epidemiological methods
2. Week  to plan the scientefic studies, to determine the methods
3. Week  Scientific studies report and presentation
4. Week  Rate,Ratio,Proportion,Prevalence,Incidence concepts
5. Week   Ethical issues in scientific studies
6. Week  Epidemiological measures
7. Week  Strategy of epidemiology
8. Week  Strategy of epidemiology
9. Week  Descriptive studies
10. Week  Cross-sectional studies
11. Week  Case-Control studies
12. Week  Cohort studies
13. Week  Interventional Studies
14. Week  Planning an epidemiological study
15. Week  Data sources in epidemiology
16. Week  Data sources in epidemiology
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
4
56
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
0
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
10
4
40
 Presentation
10
2
20
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
3
6
18
 Other (should be emphasized)
14
3
42
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
218
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.72
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
9
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1-To understand the relationship between sociology and the other sciences,-X
2To understand methods of Sociology.X
3To evaluate the accidents from the point of sociology by using the methods of Sociology.X
4To evaluate means of public and public screeningX
5to learn the relationship between;cender/age groups and accidentsX
6To evaluate relationship between socio-cultural levels and accidentsX
7To evaluate relationship between geography and accidents ,X
8To evaluate relationship between psychology and accidentsX
9To evaluate relationship between economy and accidentsX
10to evaluate the social dimension of accidents and injuries.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (All faculty members working at the Department of Public Health)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/saycan , websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ naksakal , websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mnilhan)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (naksakal@gazi.edu.tr , mnilhan@gazi.edu.tr , asiyeud@gazi.edu.tr)