DIAG101-0423: Biostatistics for Clinicians - Understanding What the Stats MeanAdrian Boswood, MA, VetMB, MRCVS, DVC, DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
Course Open: April 26-July 15, 2023
Real Time Sessions (RTS): Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2023; 2:30-4:00 pm ET (USA) World Clock Converter
Total CE Credit: 13.5
RACE Category: 13.5 hours Non-Medical
| Enrollment is closed. |
Tuition: Free to Interns, Residents, and Veterinary Students |
Course Information:
A series of presentations examining basic aspects of biostatistics in veterinary (and human) medicine. The course aims to provide clinicians with better understanding of what types of tests are chosen for different data, the types of data that can be analyzed, how data can and should be presented. These skills will help make clinicians more critical of the scientific literature they read. Relatively "math-free". Clinicians will be provided with real-world examples from the literature and introduced to tools for performing basic statistical analyses.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the participant should be able to
- assess normality and understand why it is important.
- understand P-values, how they are used and abused.
- understand confidence intervals, sample sizes and power analysis.
- understand tests and situations associated with comparing 2 groups.
- understand diagnostic test analysis.
- understand method comparisons.
- understand when time to event analysis is appropriate and how it is conducted.
- understand what is meant by censoring and how it influences TTE analysis.
- understand why and when multivariable analysis is appropriate.
- recognize common errors in multivariable analysis.
- understand how multivariable models are constructed and interpreted.
- better understand various statistical approaches.
Level and Prerequisites: This intermediate VIN CE course is open for enrollment to veterinarians and veterinary students interested in biostatistics.
Credit Approval: This course has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 13.5 hours of continuing education credit for veterinarians in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval.
Course Agenda: Week 1 (Real Time Session May 3, 2023): Normality, P-Values and Summarizing Data
Week 2 (Real Time Session May 10, 2023): Confidence Intervals, Sample Size, Power Analysis
Week 3 (Real Time Session May 17, 2023): Comparing 2 Groups
Week 4 (Real Time Session May 24, 2023): Comparing MORE Than 2 Groups
Week 5 (Real Time Session May 31, 2023): Diagnostic Test Analysis, Method Comparisons
**** Break - June 7, 2023 **** Week 6 (Real Time Session June 14, 2023): Method Comparison – Bland Altman Plots, Introduction to Simple Linear Regression and Correlation
Week 7 (Real Time Session June 21, 2023): Time to Event Analysis – When is it Useful and How is it Done?
Week 8 (Real Time Session June 28, 2023): Multivariable Analysis – When is This Appropriate and What is Available?
Week 9 (Real Time Session July 5, 2023): Q & A Session
Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate. Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.
| Enrollment is closed. |
Tuition: Free to Interns, Residents, and Veterinary Students |
*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on May 3, 2023 at 5 pm ET (USA) or when the maximum number of participants is reached. *For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.
Enrollment qualifications:
- VIN CE Courses:
- VIN CE courses are open to VIN member, VIN student member, and non-member veterinarians.
- Veterinary support staff must be VSPN members in order to enroll in a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
- VSPN CE Courses:
- VSPN CE courses are open to veterinary support staff and veterinarians.
- Only VIN and VSPN members can enroll in a VSPN CE course.
- Veterinarians will only receive credit for those VSPN CE courses that specify in the Accreditation statement that the course is accredited for veterinarians.
- Please check the course Level and Prerequisites, Accreditation, and Tuition before enrolling.
- Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org
and @vin.com addresses.
- Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
- For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 797 or email CEonVIN@vin.com. Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.
Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course. If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN office 800-846-0028 ext. 797 to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund. *For more information on VIN's upcoming CE courses, check the VIN Course Catalog. Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
VIN Education Director VIN CE Services: CEonVIN@vin.com
800-846-0028 or 530-756-4881; ext. 797
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01 45 222 6154
or direct line to VIN/VSPN from Australia: 02 6145 2357