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EPM5006 - Clinical biostatistics6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSLPostgraduate Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesLeader: Dr E BellerOfferedAlfred Hospital First semester 2008 (Off-campus) SynopsisPractical applications of statistical methods in clinical and diagnostic settings. Methods for assessment of clinical agreement, statistical properties of diagnostic tests and their interpretation, statistical and ethical issues involved in screening tests & fundamentals of modelling for clinical prediction. In-depth analysis of issues in systematic reviews of medical research studies, including selection and appraisal of studies, levels of evidence, meta-analytic methods for estimating effect sizes using fixed and random effect models, assessing heterogeneity and publication bias. Objectives
On completion of this course students should be able to:
AssessmentWritten assignments (100%). PrerequisitesCo-requisites |