Postgraduate Course: Medical Statistics - Uses and Abuses Part 1 (HEIN11026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Health Information |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This Online Distance Learning course aims to equip students with knowledge of the common quantitative methods (statistics) used in medical research, and develop a critical awareness of their use by themselves and others. Skills will be developed to enable students to use such techniques appropriately in their own research.
The course will consider the usual parametric and non parametric univariate statistical procedures and end by introducing multiple and logistic regression. All topics with be considered within the context of the published research literature and statistical validity.
Both knowledge and skills will be assessed, by critiquing an appropriate article and analysing a dataset.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Online Activities 35,
Summative Assessment Hours 40,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
25 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
a. Judge the appropriateness of a range of statistical techniques to diverse research questions
b. Apply appropriately a range statistical techniques to datasets
c. Report results using agreed conventions
d. Interpret results and communicate conclusions with due regard to the level of expertise of the target audience
e. Appraise the assumptions underlying different statistical techniques and critically evaluate the regard given to them in the published literature
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Assessment Information
Course assessments are aligned with the learning outcomes. Summative work will be approximately 3000 words in total and be approved by the Board of Examiners on the recommendation of the Course Leader. Combined with formative assessments, it may incorporate one or more of the following:
&· Essay style analysis or commentary
&· Scenario analysis
&· Critical/Significant incident analysis
&· Reflective practice accounts
&· Individual presentations
&· Multiple Choice Questions
&· Other relevant assessments
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Medical Statistics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Miss Ashley Stevenson
Tel: 0131 527 3410
Email: a.stevenson@rcsed.ac.uk |
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