Adrian Boswood, MA VetMB MRCVS DVC DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
Course Open: June 2-August 7, 2020
Real Time Sessions (RTS): Tuesdays, June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, August 4, 11 and 18, 2020; 2:30-4:00 pm ET (USA)
Course RTS Times in Your Area: World Clock Converter Level and Prerequisites: This intermediate course will be open to veterinarians and veterinary students actively interested in biostatistics.
VIN CE Course: Open to veterinarians and veterinary students. This course is approved by RACE for veterinarians. (RACE 22-42574) 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. Week 1 (Real Time Session June 9, 2020): Normality, P-Values and Summarizing Data
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Assess normality and understand why it is important
- Understand P-values, how they are used and abused
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Understand confidence intervals, sample sizes and power analysis
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Understand tests and situations associated with comparing 2 groups
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Understand tests and situations associated with comparing 2 groups
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Understand diagnostic test analysis
- Understand method comparisons
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Understand diagnostic test analysis
- Understand method comparisons
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- 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
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Understand why and when multivariable analysis is appropriate
- Recognize common errors in multivariable analysis
- Understand how multivariable models are constructed and interpreted
Presenters: Dr. Mark Rishniw and Dr. Adrian Boswood
Format: Audio
Homework (prior to August 18, 2020 Real Time Session):
Attendees are expected to review the materials covered thus far and prepare questions about anything that they may need further clarification on. Participants may also prepare questions about analytic approaches that they have come across in the literature but do not understand. We will discuss the homework questions and other issues regarding statistics that are seen in articles (often during review). Details for homework submission will be provided during the Week 8 Real Time Session.
Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to
- Better understand various statistical approaches
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course. About the Presenters:
Mark Rishniw graduated from the School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne in 1987. He completed his MS in veterinary science in 1994 at Washington State University. He also completed a residency in cardiology at the University of California at Davis in 1996. He was Chief of Cardiology at Cornell University from 1997 to 2000. He completed a PhD in Physiology in 2009. He has taught courses on biostatistics and scientific writing to students and clinicians at Cornell, Italy and Russia. Adrian Boswood graduated from Cambridge University Veterinary School in 1989. After graduation he spent a year in mixed practice. He has worked at the RVC since joining as an Intern in 1990. He obtained the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Cardiology in 1993 and the RCVS Diploma in Veterinary Cardiology in 1996. He obtained the ECVIM Cardiology Diploma in 2001. Total CE Credit: 13.5
Tuition: Free for Interns and Residents
Member $166
Non-Member $263
Prices are listed in US dollars. *To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on June 9, 2020 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. To Enroll:
- Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
- 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.
- Each person is individually responsible for his/her own registration. To ensure that all information received is secure and correct, please do not enroll for a course on behalf of another individual.
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