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Short course: Biostatistics for Health Care Providers

Course Description and Objectives

The Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Medicine will present a short course in biostatistics that is designed especially for health care providers and other researchers in the health sciences. This course will consist of three sessions. Sessions I and II will cover basic principles, design of medical research studies, standard statistical tests and data analyses, and data management. Session III will focus on more advanced topics, including multiple linear and logistic regression, survival analysis, longitudinal data and genetic analysis. Registrants may choose to attend Sessions I and II, II and III or I, II and III.

At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize and understand statistical methods commonly seen in medical literature
  • Recognize common study designs used in medical research
  • Communicate with statisticians on complex study design and analysis
  • Understand basic concepts of data management
  • Identify appropriate use of statistical procedures when given a common study design
  • Perform simple statistical analyses under the guidance of a statistician
Register for the upcoming Short Course
  Spring 2008
    When:  
      May 6 - 8, 2008
    Where:
      Conference Room 1110
Health Information and Translational Science Building
410 W. 10th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
   
How to Register:
     
1. Download, print, fill out, and mail in the following registration form:
     
Registration Form
To view and print the registraton you will need Microsoft Word.

2.  Mail completed registration form and payment to:
     
Sheila Chadwick
Indiana University School of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics
410 W. 10th Street, Suite 3000
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3002, or fax to: (317) 274-2678.

  Additionally, you can fax your registration to
      (317) 274-2678
Attn: Sheila Chadwick

     Download Short Course Presentations - Spring 2007 - (3.3MB)