AN INVESTIGATION OF POSTGRADUATE THESES IN MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION AND SECRETARIAL FIELD IN TURKEY BETWEEN 2009-2022

Abstract

In this study, postgraduate theses, which were studied in the field of medical documentation and secretarial work between 2009 and 2022, registered in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education were examined by content analysis method. A total of seventeen postgraduate theses, including fourteen master's theses, two medical specializations, and one doctoral thesis, were included in the scope of the study. It is aimed to determine the existing situation by examining the dimensions such as the research methods used in these theses, the types of theses, the city, the title of the thesis advisor, the university, the year of publication of the thesis, the number of the thesis pages, the type of university and the results of the studies, and to guide the studies to be done in the future. As a result of the examinations, it has been determined that the number of doctorates and medical specialization theses on medical documentation and secretarial work is much less than the number of master theses, on medical documentation and secretarial work is much less than the number of master thesis, and the most studies on this subject between the years 2009-2022 were studied in Beykent University and in Istanbul as a city, has been done. It has been determined that there are more studies on this subject in state universities than foundation universities, the most studies were published in 2019, the most quantitative method was used in postgraduate studies, and the studies were carried out by faculty members with the title of Professor Doctor as thesis advisor.