Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
3	MED 223	Research in Health-II	37+0+0	3	6	27.03.2026

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	School of Medicine (English)
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Category of Course Unit	Clinical Medicine and Proffesional Skills (CMPS) Program Courses
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	This course aims to; Research in Health to create a learning opportunity for students to gain knowledge and skills related to planning and conducting a medical research project. Clinical Communication Skills: “History Taking” • communicating effectively with patients, their relatives and carers • taking a medical history in a patient-centred manner
Course Content	Interactive lectures, field studies, group assignments, group presentations, peer group learning experiences, simulated patient encounters
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Pınar Topsever Associate Prof. Dr. Figen Demir
Name of Lecturers	Prof. Dr. Pınar Topsever Prof. Dr. Filiz Onat Prof. Dr. Yeşim Işıl Ülman Instructor Dr. Demet Dinç Associate Prof. Dr. Melike Şahiner Associate Prof. Dr. Figen Demir Dr. Yeşim Yasin Instructor Dr. Şirin Parkan
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Basic epidemiology / R. Bonita, R. Beaglehole, T. Kjellström. 2nd edition. Publications of the World Health Organization http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/43541/9241547073_eng.pdf;jsessionid=4CD2EA02C0C21AD83DA8E3F550D6D692?sequence=1
Course Notes	Written examination, standardized evaluation of projects and performances and group presentations of assignments

Course Category

Health

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Final Exam of Biomedical Subject Committee I	1	% 40
Final Exam of Biomedical Subject Committee II	1	% 30
Exam IV	1	% 30
Total	3	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud	1	220	220
Practice	3	38	114
Final examination	5	4	20
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 12 354

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Design an appropriate study or experiment to address the question
2	Plan a data collection method and develop necessary tools depending on the nature of information
3	Explain the ethical and legal issues involved in medical research
4	Write a research proposal
5	Perform the designed study and analyze the collected data
6	Formulate a simple relevant research question in biomedical, psychosocial or population science
7	Present the results
8	Name the steps and define the structure of a medical patient interview
9	Demonstrate active listening skills during physician-patient encounter
10	Demonstrate non-verbal communication skills during physician-patient encounter
11	Use empathy in a medical encounter to build up an effective physician-patient relationship
12	Communicate effectively, sensitively and clearly
13	Display a compassionate and patient-centred approach based on humanistic-ethical values and respect for others when communicating with patients and/or with persons in their social environment

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Research in Health: Introduction to Research in Health and overview of scientific research How to do research? An introduction to research process Formulating a research question Identifying variables
2	Research proposal evaluation
3	Reseach proposal presentation
4	Project proposal process (Supervisor Evaluation)
5	history taking skills &procedural skills
6	data collection methods, tools, data processing

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Additive Level: 1: Very Low 2: Low 3: Medium 4: High 5: Very High