GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
EPIDEMOLOGY FOR NURSES/HEM-5120
Course Title: EPIDEMOLOGY FOR NURSES
Credits 2 ECTS 5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Define epidemiological terms and explain the development of epidemiology
Explain how the factor, environment, host properties affect the natural formation of a disease
Explains how protective interventions prevent the formation of diseases
Use the epidemiological data to determine the need for nursing care
Explains using of epidemiological measurement and methods in outbreaks and chronic diseases
Explains how community health screening affects infectious diseases
Summarizes the barriers to the control of infectious and noncommunicable diseases

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Epidemiology and public health nursing
2. Week  Epidemiological process and nursing research
3. Week  Epidemiological process and nursing research
4. Week  Measurement of epidemiological events
5. Week  Determination of the society at risk
6. Week  Determination of the society at risk
7. Week  Defining the nature, course and possible consequences of the problem
8. Week  MIDTERM
9. Week  Planning health screening, health team and cross-sector cooperation
10. Week  Using of some screening tests and tools
11. Week  Nursing in infectious disease screenings
12. Week  Nursing in infectious disease screenings
13. Week  Screening at diagnosis and control of chronic diseases
14. Week  Screening at diagnosis and control of chronic diseases
15. Week  Use of epidemiological methods in the monitoring of chronic diseases
16. Week  FINAL
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
25
 Assignment
3
25
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
15
2
30
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
3
15
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
3
5
15
 Presentation
3
2
6
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
6
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
8
8
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3
4X
5X
6X
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof . Naile Bilgili)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/nbilgili)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (nbilgili@gazi.edu.tr)