Midwifery

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Period	Semester	T+A+L	Credit	ECTS
99500008	Health Research and Biostatistics	3	Autumn	5	2+0+2	3	4

Course Type	Compulsory
Course Cycle	Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language	Turkish
Methods and Techniques	-
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	-
Coordinator	Asst. Prof. Hediye KARAKOÇ
Instructor(s)	Assoc. Prof. Hediye KARAKOÇ
Instructor Assistant(s)	-

Basic Vocational Courses	X
Specialization / Field Courses	X
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Program Learning Outcomes	Level
P12	Has the ability to design research specific to midwifery science, collect data, analyze, interpret and report results.	5

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No	Learning Outcomes	Outcome Relationship	Measurement Method **
O1	Knows the steps of the research process.	P.12.1	1
O2	Knows the ethical principles of the research process.	P.12.2	1
O3	Knows research designs.	P.12.3	1
O4	Knows the process of doing research specific to midwifery science.	P.12.4	1
O5	Knows how to analyze and interpret research data specific to midwifery science.	P.12.5	1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7

Week	Topics
1	What is science? What is scientific research for?
2	Reading Literature, Using Library and Database
3	Determining the problem, limiting the subject, creating a literature aim
4	Defining the research problem, hypothesis, hypothesis formulation
5	Universe and sampling concepts, sampling methods
6	Survey Creation Scientific data collection methods in quantitative research (Observation, self-report forms, Determination of the Purpose and Application Areas of the Questionnaire, Questionnaire Characteristics and Formation of Questions, Selection of Answer Format, Scales, Questionnaire Entry and instructions, Creating an online survey, Implementation of the survey, Coding of survey questions and transfer of data to SPSS
7	Data collection methods and basic features
8	Midterm Exam
9	Transferring data collection tools to SPSS, Transferring the data obtained with data collection tools to SPSS
10	Statistical methods used in descriptive and correlational researches via SPSS
11	Table Making and interpretation of findings
12	Ethics, Ethical offences in history, ethical mistakes in research, research ethics, Informed consent, Creating an ethics report, Sample ethics form
13	General Review of Research Methods, How to Plan a Scientific Study from Start to Finish A Rough Introduction (Literature Review Methods, Research Design Headings, Objectives and Hypotheses Determination, Citation, Source Writing)
14	Preparation of Research Protocol, Presentation of Research Designs Prepared by Students
15	Final

Resources

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In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Attendance	-	-
Laboratory	-	-
Practice	-	-
Field Study	-	-
Course Specific Internship (If Any)	-	-
Homework	-	-
Presentation	1	30 (%)
Projects	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Quiz	-	-
Listening	-	-
Midterms	1	40 (%)
Final Exam	1	30 (%)
Total		100 (%)

	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time	14	2	28
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement)	14	2	28
Midterms	1	10	10
Quiz	0	0	0
Homework	1	16	16
Practice	0	0	0
Laboratory	14	2	28
Project	0	0	0
Workshop	0	0	0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation	0	0	0
Fieldwork	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	16	16
Other	0	0	0
Total Work Load:			126
Total Work Load / 30			4,20
Course ECTS Credits:			4

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Learning Outcomes	P12
O1	Knows the steps of the research process.	5
O2	Knows the ethical principles of the research process.	5
O3	Knows research designs.	5
O4	Knows the process of doing research specific to midwifery science.	5
O5	Knows how to analyze and interpret research data specific to midwifery science.	5