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SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
HEM3070 Epidemiology Fall 2 0 2 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi EVİN KORKMAZ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AHU KÜRKLÜ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Determine the distribution of diseases that are required for the planning of health activities in the community and the factors that affecting, teach the characteristics of people, places and time of diseases and to gain skills for reviewing of these factors, make a measurable value of the concept of disease by getting help from different mathematical criteria, determine the health problems that threaten society in realistic and scientific way, improve social preventive health measures and gain skills of implementation during the students' education and professional activities by teaching the basic epidemiological information they will need.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Know the concepts related to Epidemiology.
2. Know the phenomena of Epidemiology.
3. Explain the usage areas of epidemiology.
4. Explain the strategies of epidemiology.
5. Explain the research methods of epidemiology.
6. Use the epidemiological principles in determining of the prevalence of health problems that threaten society, cause the most illness and death.
7. Understand the characteristics of people, places and time of diseases.
8. Evaluate the characteristics of people, places and time of diseases and diseases.
9. Calculate the incidence and prevalence in the distribution of diseases.
10. Use the research methods in epidemiology effectively in the scientific and professional activities.
11. Calculate the epidemiological speed and rates in the scientific evaluation and measure of health events.
12. Know the primary, secondary and tertiary preventive measures to prevent from diseases.
13. Understand the causal relationships of the diseases.
14. Know the epidemiological characteristics of infectious diseases.
15. Implement the measures such as filiacion, quarantine, hygiene etc to protect society from infectious diseases.
16. Learn the epidemiological characteristics of chronic diseases and gain social and individual skills preventing their development.
17. Plan the epidemiological researches.
18. Use the epidemiological studies planned effectively in protecting of the community health.

Course Content

The general principles of epidemiology, health issues important to our country in the light of these principles and functions of the nurse in the war with them, epidemiological research methods.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Epidemiology Definition, historical development, and uses
2) Strategies of epidemiology, classification and general characteristics of epidemiological research
3) Descriptive epidemiology
4) Analytical Research Case-control studies
5) Analytical Research Cross-sectional studies
6) Field scans
7) Analytical Research- Cohort studies
8) Midterm exam
9) Experimental research
10) The epidemiology of infectious diseases
11) The epidemiology of infectious diseases
12) Epidemiological investigation of outbreaks
13) Epidemiological data sources
14) Universe and sampling methods,Epidemiological research planning

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ders notları haftalık olarak verilecektir.
Course notes will be given weekly.
References: 1. Epidemiyoloji, Kjelstrom; O.J., Nobel Tıp Kitabevi
2. Epidemiyoloji ve Halk Sağlığı, Prof.Dr. ETİZ;S., AÖF Yayını
3. Epidemiyoloji,Prof. Dr. Sabahat Tezcan,Hacettepe Halk Sağlığı Vakfı

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 2 28
Presentations / Seminar 2 20 40
Homework Assignments 2 20 40
Midterms 1 20 20
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.