GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HEALTH SERVICES EPIDEMIOLOGY/5250051
Course Title: HEALTH SERVICES EPIDEMIOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mustafa Necmi İLHAN, MD, PhD, PhD
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mnilhan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  mnilhan@gazi.edu.tr, mnilhan@hotmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To describe the usage areas of the epidemiological researches in Health Services
To describe the basic epidemiologic measures
To choose the convenient epidemiologic method
To design an original epidemiological study
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Description of epidemiology Usage areas of the epidemiological methods
2. Week  Rate, ratio, proportion, prevalence, incidence concepts
3. Week  Epidemiological measures-I
4. Week  Epidemiological measures-II
5. Week  Strategy of epidemiology
6. Week  Descriptive studies
7. Week  Cross-sectional studies
8. Week  Case-Control studies
9. Week  Cohort studies
10. Week  Midterm exam
11. Week  Interventional field studies
12. Week  Methodological studies
13. Week  Planning an epidemiological study-I
14. Week  Planning an epidemiological study-II
15. Week  Presantations
16. Week  Data sources in epidemiology
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1.Tezcan S, Epidemiyoloji. 1992, Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı, Yayın No: 92/1. 2.Greenberg RS at all. Medical Epidemiology 3rd ed. 1996, McGraw Hill Company, USA
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
8
2
16
 Preparing Presentation
5
2
10
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
12
12
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
187
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.48
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X