Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS	22701852		1 + 0	1.0	2.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Graduate Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Deniz ODABAŞ
Assistants
Goals	To acquire knowledge and skills to conduct advanced scientific research in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) for PhD students
Course Content	Presentation of scientific research methods in the field of OHS. Analytical review of sample research projects and articles.
Learning Outcomes	1) Students will llearn Advanced Research Techniques in the field of OHS. 2) Students will be able to apply Advanced Research Techniques in the field of OHS. 3) Students will be able to model Advanced Research Techniques in the field of OHS in SPSS and similar software environment.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Epidemiology in the Context of OHS	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Health effects and nature of OHS factors	Lecture	Homework
3. Week	Labour life, Health and Diseas	Discussion	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Long-term evaluation of harmful OSH factors	Discussion	Homework
5. Week	Data sources	Question Answer	Homework
6. Week	Screening for assessment of Health Risks	Discussion	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week	Descriptive epidemiology	Discussion	Homework
8. Week	Cross-sectional studies	Discussion	Homework
9. Week	The Cohort Studies	Discussion	Homework
10. Week	Case-Control studies	Discussion	Homework
11. Week	Study of combined effects	Discussion	Homework
12. Week	Assessing stress in working life	Discussion	Homework
13. Week	Experimental epidemiology and validity assessment	Discussion	Homework
14. Week	Work Accidents Epidemiology	Discussion	Homework

Recommended Sources

CDC Online Database.

Epidemiology Beyond the Basics. Szklo M, Nieto FJ. Jones and Bartlett.

Epidemiology of occupational health. Ed. Karvonen M, Mikheev MI. WHO.

Occupational Medicine. LaDou J. Lange Medical Books. 5th Edition.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

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Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	2	28
Homework	10	2	20
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)	2	2	4
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)	2	2	4
Final Exam	1	1	1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30