Information Of Programmes

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES / SK 212 - SAĞLIK KURUMLARI İŞLEMECİLİĞİ

Code: SK 212

Course Title: MEDICAL STATISTICS

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

SAĞLIK KURUMLARI İŞLEMECİLİĞİ

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

GÜLÇİN ÇALIŞKAN (gulcincaliskan@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

GÜLÇİN ÇALIŞKAN,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The purpose is to represent statistics and teach the basic concepts and techniques of statistics. Introducing the necessary tools to implement statistical methods and develop further the understanding of assumptions and limitations. Introducing the necessary tools to implement statistical methods in health area

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Acknowledge the place and the importance of statistics in the field of health.	PO-15 Is open to change and innovation.	Examination
LO-2	Determine events, events’ components, analyzing the problems through numbers, gaining access to meaningful and useful information in social life.	PO-9 Conveys his/her thoughts and suggestions, based on the knowledge and skills he/she has acquired through business management in the field of healthcare, to the relevant parties, both written and verbally. PO-15 Is open to change and innovation.	Examination
LO-3	Learn to determine hypothesis and conduct analysis.	PO-	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Introduction to Statistics: Description, brief historical account and importance of statistics. Fundamental Content of Statistics. Subject of statistics and basic concepts: unit, population and variable; definition and kinds of variables, scaling of variables and determination of scales. Collecting the data and illustrating by tables and graphs. Measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion. The frequency distributions of mean, median, mode and variance. Questionnaire survey. Probability. Distributions. Sampling. Z and t statistics. Confidence intervals. Hypothesis tests. Correlation coefficient. Chi-square analysis. ANOVA. Regression Analysis.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Explanation of Syllabus, Definition of Statistics and Basic Concepts	Lecture, discussion, question-answer
2	Compiling, Processing and Displaying Data with Graphics	Forming table and graph. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
3	Representation of data with tables and graphics	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
4	Health related websites and graphic creation in excel	Representing subjects. Question and answer.
5	Averages	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
6	Measures of Variability and Statistical Methods Specific to the Health Field	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
7	Statistics on Diseases	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
8	mid-term exam
9	Statistics Showing the Level of Health Services	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
10	Probability Theory	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
11	Probability Theory	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
12	Binomial, Poisson and Normal Distribution	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
13	Sampling and Some Sampling Distributions	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
14	Statistical Prediction and Hypothesis Tests	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
15	Correlation and Regression Analysis, General Review and Evaluation of the Course	Representing subjects. Question and answer. Solving problems technique.
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	YILMAZ V. & ÇELİK H.E. (2018), Tıbbi İstatistik, Eskişehir, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları
2	Biyoistatistik- Kadir Sümbüllüoğlu-Vildan Sümbüllüoğlu- 2010-Ankara
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	1	14	14
b) Search in internet/Library	2	9	18
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	1	7	7
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	1	7	7
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90