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Course

Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Researchers

Convenor

Dr Baki Billah

Date

August 6 - 7 2008

Time

9:00am - 5:00pm daily

Venue

Room 315. Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, 3rd floor seminar room, Burnet Building, Alfred Hospital.  

Suitable for

Those who are involved in medical, clinical and public health research

Aims

Provide statistical concepts required for clinical and public health research

Overview

Day 1: Introductory Biostatistics

Module 1

Measurement scale/types of data, sample selection; randomized clinical trial (RCT), case-control study, cross-sectional study, cohort study, matched case control study

Module 2

Summarization of data using some simple statistical methods (e.g., mean, median, quartiles, sd, etc) and graphical presentation of data (e.g., box-plot, bar-diagram, phi-chart, histogram, scatter plot, etc.)

Module 3

Quantifying uncertainty in data analysis

Module 4

Comparing two methods (e.g., placebo vs treatment; new treatment vs standard treatment ) or comparing two groups of patients – 95% Confidence Interval.

Module 5

Comparing two methods or two groups of patients using p-value (how strong the evidence that the two methods are the same/different?) – Hypothesis Test.

Module 6

Comparing more than two groups – Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Day 2: Advanced Biostatistics

Module 7

Evaluating the association between outcome and exposure – e.g., assessing the association between development of overian cancer and use of oral contraceptive – Chi-square Test

Module 8

Risk comparison or measuring the risk, e.g, risk of developing lung cancer among the smokers compared to non-smokers – Relative Risk (RR) and Odds Ratio (OR)

Module 9

Prediction model or identifying risk factors for some event of interest – e.g., what are the risk factors for cardiac surgery mortality?; how many glasses should you drink on Friday night? – do you know the risk factors of your blood alcohol level?

Module 10

Sample size calculation – how many patients should you recruit in your study?

Fee

$800 (excl GST)
$400 (excl GST) per day
RCNA and RACGP Continuing Education Points apply While the information contained herein was correct at the date of publication, Monash reserves the right to alter procedures, fees and regulations should the need arise.