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Course Summary

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Course

Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Researchers
Convenor

Dr Baki Billah
Date
 October 21 - 23, 2009
Time

9:00am – 5:00pm
Venue

Room 315, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 3rd floor Seminar Room, Burnet Building, Alfred Hospital.  
Suitable for
Medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, clinicians, epidemiologists, psychologists, pharmacists, biochemists and public health researchers who are interested in data analysis, report/journal article writing, report/journal article reviewing and supervising researchers in the above areas.
Aims
  • Perform statistical analyses, report their findings and interpret their results.
  • Critically appraise the statistical aspects of research publications in bioscience.
  • Be confident and enjoy statistical analysis!
Overview

Classification of data, summary statistics; distribution (shape) of data; comparing two or more groups – parametric and non-parametric methods (p-value and 95% confidence interval); determining the association between outcome and exposure (e.g., association b/w lung cancer and smoking); risk comparison (relative risk (RR) and odds ratio (OR)); risk identifications – linear and logistic regression (simple (univariate!) and multiple (multivariate!)) and power analysis/sample size calculation.

More information:
Course Outline (PDF, 72Kb, 2 pgs)
Course Timetable (PDF, 23Kb), 1 pg)

Fee

$400(excl GST) per day
Discounts apply

RCNA and RACGP Continuing Education Points apply
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