A Certificate Course On Comprehensive Biostatistics Using STATA
OVERVIEW
The Centre for Quantitative Medicine offers both short and longer-duration courses to familiarize participants with statistical methods used in clinical research. Participants will learn to perform statistical analysis using Stata and interpret results. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course introduces a wide range of statistical methods used in clinical research. No prior knowledge of statistics and statistical software is required. Participants will learn to perform statistical analysis using Stata commands and interpret analysis results.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Perform statistical programming in Stata
- Prepare analysis-ready data
- Prepare different statistical graphs
- Analyze numerical, binary, survival outcomes
- Interpret statistical analysis results
- Be familiar with good statistical reporting
FORMAT
Lectures will cover concepts, applications and interpretation of statistical methods.
Stata sessions will demonstrate the use of Stata for statistical analysis. Participants should have their computers with Stata installed.
Each class session consists of 1 hr 45 mins lecture + 15 mins break + 2 hrs Stata session.
TRAINERS
Mihir Gandhi, PhD, Head & Assistant Professor
Dr. Gandhi is a medical statistician with extensive experience in clinical study design and statistical analysis. He leads a group of statisticians and statistical programmers at Duke-NUS Medical School and Singapore Clinical Research Institute.
Xinyi (Cindy) Lin, PhD, Assistant Professor
Dr. Lin has extensive experience utilizing advanced statistical methods in clinical research studies. She has taught biostatistics coursework to a diverse audience, including PhD students and clinical researchers.
SCHEDULE
Pre-class Stata Session
Date: 22nd August 2023, Tuesday
Time: 8.30am to 9.30am
Venue: Duke-NUS Medical School, Room 5C
Weekly Class Sessions
Date: 24th August 2023 to 16th Nov 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 8.30am to 12.30pm
Venue: Duke-NUS Medical School, Room 5C
COURSE DETAILS
Click HERE to download the course details and schedule.
REFUND POLICY
Date of withdrawal (% to be refunded)
2 weeks or more before course: 100%
1 weeks before course: 50%
Start of course onwards: 0%
CONTACT US
For more information, please contact us at jo.quek@duke-nus.edu.sg
Details
Participants who attend at least 80% of the sessions will receive a course certificate.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Room 5C
TARGET AUDIENCE
Doctors, medical and life science researchers and professionals who are keen on learning the fundamentals of biostatistics and performing statistical analyses by themselves.
PLEASE NOTE
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Participants should have basic clinical research knowledge, including randomized controlled trials and observational studies.
STATA software is not provided for the course |
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