Introduction to Biostatistics

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This one day course provides students with exposure to fundamental biostatistical concepts and terminology. It is a perfect introduction or refresher for health care professionals wishing to undertake research but struggling with the biostatistical element. The course provides students with sound grounding in biostatistical theory and concepts to enable their future use of electronic platforms for data management.

This course is run as a one day, highly interactive workshop. The course is recommended as an extension to the “Introduction to Research Methods”.

On completion of this course students will receive certification from The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre and Monash University (SPHPM). 

By the end of this program, students will be able to answer the following questions:

• What types of variables are there?
• How is data summarised?
• What is a mean and a median?
• What is a standard deviation and a range?
• What type of graphs are there?
• What methods are used to analyse data?
• How is a 2 by 2 table used?
• How should a confidence interval be interpreted?
• How should a p-value be interpreted?
• What is the difference between clinical and statistical significance?
• How is a sample size calculated?
• How are diagnostic tests calculated and interpreted?
• How does one plan the statistical methods for a research project?
• How does one interpret the statistics in a clinical paper?

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Who should attend: Medical, nursing or allied health staff with an interest in research.