İST319

Course Title Course Code Program Level
RESEARCH TECHNICS İST319 School of Nursing Pre-2023 Curriculum B.A. / B.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
05
(Fall)		 28 25 22 75 2 3

Teaching Staff Öğr.Gör. Zenciye KOÇAK
Language of Instruction Türkçe (Turkish)
Type Of Course Compulsory
Prerequisites No prerequisites are needed for this course.
Recommended Optional Programme Component
Course Objectives This course aims to teach the scientific method, usage of the scientific method in the healthcare field, research designs, principles, processes, and practices of the researches and reporting the results of the research.
Course Content This course investigates the importance of nursing research, building a research problem, the steps of research process, the research designs, and the implementation stages.
Learning Outcomes (LO) The students who completed the course successfully will acquire the following: LO -1. Explains the science and scientific method concepts. LO -2. Counts the steps of the research process. LO -3. Designates a research problem and an associated research question to shed light on the nursing field. LO -4. Prepares a questionnaire for a descriptive study. LO -5. Collects the data of planned research. LO -6. Writes the research report via the collected data.
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Course Outline
Week Topics
1. Week Introduction to the course Scientific Method, Scientific Thought
2. Week Scientific Method, Scientific Thought Ways of Gathering the Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge Resources
3. Week Fundamental Principles in the Research and Research Ethics Nursing and Research
4. Week Nursing Research: Deciding and Defining the Problem Aim of the Research
5. Week Population and Sample
6. Week Quantitative Research Designs: Descriptive Studies
7. Week The Concept of Causality Quantitative Research Designs: Cross-Sectional Studies
8. Week Quantitative Research Designs: Case-Control Studies
9. Week Quantitative Research Designs: Experimental Studies
10. Week Preparation of A Data Collection Tool Data Collection Techniques
11. Week Data Evaluation Depiction of the Results: Preparing Tables and Graphs
12. Week Writing The Research Reports (introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusion) Citation Styles
13. Week Student Presentations of the Preliminary Research Reports
14. Week Student Presentations of the Preliminary Research Reports
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 40
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 60
Other (%)
Total(%) 100
Course Book (s) and/or References 1- Erdoğan, S., Nahcivan, N., & Esin, M. N. (Eds). Hemşirelikte Araştırma: Süreç, Uygulama ve Kritik. 2. Baskı, Nobel Tıp Kitapevi, Ankara, 2015. 2- Ayaz, S. (Ed.). Araştırma ve Kanıta Dayalı Uygulamaya Giriş. Nobel Akademi Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2014. 3- Aslan, Ö., & Bebiş, H. (Eds). Hemşirelik Araştırmasının Esasları. 8. Baskıdan Çeviri, Pelikan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2016. 4- Grove, S. K., Gray, J., R., & Burns, N. (Eds.). Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice. 6th Edition, Elsevier, China, 2015.
Work Placement(s)
The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)

 

PQ1

PQ2

PQ3

PQ4

PQ5

PQ6

PQ7

PQ8

PQ9

PQ10

PQ11

PQ12

LO1

5

5

3

1

1

3

1

1

5

1

5

2

LO2

5

5

5

1

1

3

3

1

5

1

5

1

LO3

5

5

2

4

3

5

5

5

5

4

5

5

LO4

5

1

5

5

1

5

5

5

5

5

5

2

LO5

5

5

5

5

1

3

5

5

5

2

5

5

LO6

5

5

5

5

1

3

5

5

5

5

5

3

 

 

* Contribution level: 1-Very low, 2-Low, 3-Medium, 4-High, 5-Very high