ECTS - Research Methods in Health Sciences
Research Methods in Health Sciences (NUT318) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Research Methods in Health Sciences | NUT318 | 6. Semester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Question and Answer, Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | It is aimed to develop students' skills in data producing, evaluating and interpreting. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Databases and article screening methods specific to the health sciences, the design of measurement methods and tools, the characteristics and purposes of cohort, case-control and intervention studies, the interpretation of systematic review and meta-analysis |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the terminology - Presentation of databases specific to the field of healthcare - Literature review | Source book 2 – 81 - 153 - Source book 1 – pages 129-193 |
| 2 | Hypothesis, sample selection, sampling methods and definition of sample size - Presentation of normal distribution, confidence interval and standard error | Source book 2 – 81 - 153 - Source book 1 – pages 129-193 |
| 3 | Definition of measurement methods - Discussing the important issues in the development of measurement tools | Source book 1 – pages 164-193 |
| 4 | Presentation and classification of quantitative study types - Cohort studies and simple analyzes | Source book 2 – 13-76 - Source book 1 - pages 193-256 |
| 5 | Case-control studies and simple analyzes | Source book 1 – pages 257-306 |
| 6 | Intervention studies and simple analyzes | Source book 1 – pages 307-362 |
| 7 | Midterm Exam | - |
| 8 | Survival analyzes and interpretation of Cox regression tables | Source book 1 – pages 363-392 |
| 9 | Evaluation of systematic review and meta-analysis studies | Source book 1 – pages 393-432 |
| 10 | Defining study planning principles, introducing ethics committee forms | - |
| 11 | Study planning (group work) | - |
| 12 | Study planning (group work) | - |
| 13 | Study planning (group work) | - |
| 14 | Presentation of planned studies | - |
| 15 | Presentation of planned studies | - |
| 16 | Final Exam | - |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Nigel Bruce, Daniel Pope, Debbi Stanistreet. Quantitative Methods for Health Research – A practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics. Wiley 2008. |
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| 2. Craig Mellis, Katrina Williams, Wei Xuan. Health Science Research – A Handbook of Quantitave Methods. Allen&Unwin 2001. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 4 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquires and applies theoretical and practical knowledge based on current literature in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics. | |||||
| 2 | Identifies and analyzes nutritional problems at the individual and societal levels and produces evidence-based solutions. | |||||
| 3 | Collects, analyzes, interprets, and reports data in scientific research; gains the ability to work in national/international, disciplinary, and multidisciplinary teams. | |||||
| 4 | Plans, implements, and develops policies for appropriate nutrition interventions and education, taking into account the age, gender, socio-cultural, economic, and health status of individuals and communities. | |||||
| 5 | Effectively uses field-specific technological equipment and information technologies. | |||||
| 6 | Acquires the ability to communicate in writing and orally in Turkish and a second foreign language on topics related to the field of Nutrition and Dietetics. | |||||
| 7 | Acquires the ability for lifelong learning, access to scientifically proven information, and continuous self-renewal during and after education. | |||||
| 8 | Acts with professional ethics and a sense of responsibility, demonstrating awareness of the universal and societal impacts of the dietitian profession and its legal consequences. | |||||
| 9 | - | |||||
| 10 | - | |||||
| 11 | - | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total Workload | 75 | ||