HEM 317 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Nursing

Course Name

Research Methods in Health Sciences I

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
HEM 317	Fall/Spring	5	2	6	11

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Group Work Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜL KARAYURT
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Dr. İrfan Akkoç Öğr. Gör. Dr. Ebru Dığrak Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜL KARAYURT
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	At the end of this course students; understand the importance of doing scientific research in the nursing profession, do basic statistical analyzes, evaluate critically research is intended to know the basic concepts and methods in epidemiology.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Understand the place and importance of research in nursing, Critically evaluate research article in line with basic principles, Understand the ethical principles in research, Analyze research data, Create graphs and tables of analysis results, Analyze the findings obtained after the analysis Define epidemiology and basic concepts in epidemiology, Evaluate where, when and how to use epidemiological methods.
Course Description	This course; importance of research in nursing, research and ethics, steps of the research process, research designs, validity and reliability of measurement tools, critical evaluation of quantitative research report, basic statistical concepts, research data entry, presentation and summarizing data, statistics and probability, hypothesis testing, definition of epidemiology, Its principles cover the criteria used in epidemiology, the concept of causality, population and population problems, notification and surveillance, epidemiological research and presentation of health information.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Course Introduction Science Method and Research Biostatistics in the health field Definition and Historical Development of Epidemiology	-Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). Medical Epidemiology : Population Health And Effective Health Care, Mcgraw Hill Education, New York, USA. ss:1-8 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). Temel Epidemiyoloji, Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, 2. Baskı, ss: 1-4
2	The Importance of Research in Nursing SPSS program overview-1 Usage areas of epidemiology	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:8-13 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:4-11
3	Research and Ethics SPSS program overview-2 Measuring Health and Disease-I	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:15-37 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:15-27
4	Literature Search, Information Resources and Access to Information Resources Database creation and data entry in the SPSS program Measuring Health and Disease-II	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:15-37 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:15-27
5	Steps of the Research Process I: Definition of the Problem and its Importance Usage areas of epidemiology Descriptive statistics (frequency, arithmetic mean, peak value, geometric mean) Causality in epidemiology	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul2013 -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:32-39 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:85-103
6	Steps of the Research Process II: Method: Research Objective, Research Questions, Hypotheses, Dependent and Independent Variables Frequency table, average, mode, median, standard deviation calculation in SPSS program Global Burden of Disease	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:41-91 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:103-120
7	Midterm
8	Steps of the Research Process II:– Research Method: universe, sampling and sampling methods Significance tests I: The significance test of difference between two means, Mann Whitney U test, SPSS application Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss: 53-91 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:121-136
9	Steps of the Research Process II: Method: Data Collection Methods and Tools Significance Tests II- significance test of difference between two peers, Wilcoxon paired two-sample test SPSS application Epidemiological Studies	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss: 91 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:41-42
10	Steps of the Research Process III: Results, Discussion, Conclusion and Suggestions, References Significance Tests III: Chi square (four-eyed) Chi square (multi-eyed), Square in dependent groups SPSS application Epidemiological Studies: Descriptive	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:27-39 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:42-46
11	Descriptive Research Designs Significance Tests-IV: Pearson Correlation Analysis, Spearman Correlation Analysis-SPSS Application Epidemiological Studies: Cross-Sectional	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:46
12	Experimental and Semi-Experimental Research Designs Presentation of research data in tables and graphics Epidemiological Studies: Cohort	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:105-116 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:49-51
13	Validity and Reliability in Measurement Tools Testing Hypotheses and Interpreting Results Epidemiological Studies: Case-Control	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:117-125 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:46-49
14	Homework presentations Sample scientific research assessment Epidemiological Studies: Experimental Epidemiology	Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, -Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul -Greenberg RS. (2015). ss:91-103 -R Bonita, R Beaglehole, T Kjellström (2009). ss:51-54
15	Course Review
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

-Polit DF., Beck CT., Hungler BP. (2016) Resource Manual for Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Tenth Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, ISBN: 9781496313355.

-Erdoğan S, Nahcivan N, Esin M.N, (2014) Ed. Hemşirelikte Araştırma Süreç uygulama ve Kritik, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, ISBN: 9786053353461

-Arslan Ö., Bebiş H (2016) Hemşirelik Araştırmasının Esasları - Hemşirelik Uygulaması için Kanıtın Değerlendirilmesi, Pelikan Yayınları ISBN: 9786059160179

-Polit DF, Hungler BP. (2013) Study Guide for Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice, Eight Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia ISBN: 9781451176834

-Wood GL, Haber J: Nursing Research, Methods And Critical Appraisal For Evidence-Bese Practice. Mosby Elseiver. 2006 ISBN-10: 9780323431316

- Erefe İ.Hemşirelikte Araştırma: İlke, Süreç ve Yöntemler.Odak Ofset,Ankara, 2002. ISBN:9786056284502
- Sümbüloğlu K, Sümbüloğlu V (2019). Biyoistatistik,17. Baskı. Hatipoğlu Yayınları ISBN: 9789757527121

- Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellström T. (2009). Temel Epidemiyoloji, Sağlık Bakanlığı Yayın No: 758. ISBN: 978-975-590-284-5https://ekutuphane.saglik.gov.tr/Ekutuphane/kitaplar/epidemiyoloji.pdf

- Greenberg RS. (2015). Medical Epidemiology : Population Health And Effective Health Care, Mcgraw Hill Education, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-0-07-1822725

Suggested Readings/Materials

Aksayan S., Bahar Z., Bayık A., Emiroğlu O. N., Görak G., Karataş, Kocaman G., Kubilay G., Seviğ Ü., Edi.Erefe İ. (2002). Hemşirelikte Araştırma, Odak Ofset, İstanbul. ISBN: 975-92521-0-4

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	20
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	3	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	5	80
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16	2	32
Study Hours Out of Class	48	1	48
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	20	20
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	50	50
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	40	40
Final Exam	1	60	60
		Total	330

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Has the fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours in nursing and health science for the health and well-being of the individual, family, and public.	-	X	-	-	-
2	Uses nursing skills with a holistic approach to meet the health care needs of the individual, family, and public.	-	X	-	-	-
3	Follows evidence-based practices and current approaches while performing nursing practices.	-	-	X	-	-
4	Follows scientific and technological improvements by adopting the importance of lifelong learning.	-	X	-	-	-
5	Communicates effectively with individuals, families, communities and healthcare teams in practice setting.	-	-	-	-	-
6	Makes multidisciplinary teamwork.	-	-	-	-	-
7	Participates in scientific research, projects, and activities in the field of nursing.	-	X	-	-	-
8	Uses problem-solving and critical thinking skills in nursing practice.	-	-	-	-	-
9	Acts in accordance with legal and ethical values in nursing practice.	-	-	-	-	X
10	Communicate with colleagues, patients, and their relatives using at least one foreign language.	-	-	-	-	X