The ‘new’ Education Committee

Ray Hoffmann, and Nick Pajewski, The Medical College of Wisconsisn

andAndrew Cucchiara

The University of Pennsylvania

Goals of The Education Committee

1. Provide resources for biostatisticians who teach fellows, junior and senior faculty.

2. Assess the needs and provide additional educational opportunities for GCRC biostatisticians.

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site

• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

Study Design in Patient Oriented Research

Jonathan J. Shuster, Ph.D (jshuster@biostat.ufl.edu)

Research Professor of Statistics

Univ. of Florida, College of Medicine

Take-home Messages

• Clinical Trials are an excellent way to answer important public health questions

• They require rigorous design, conduct, and analysis

• They require oversight for safety and confidentiality

• A strong code of ethics is essential

Take-home Messages

• Clinical Trials need to have adequate power to demonstrate a clinically important difference. Non-significant results are inconclusive (rarely if ever showing no difference).

• Sequential monitoring is important for many trials.

Modern Statistical Approaches to Data Analysis:

How to get information from data correctly!

Raymond G. Hoffmann, PhDProfessor of Biostatistics

General Clinical Research CenterMedical College of Wisconsin

hoffmann@mcw.edu

Outline

• Comparing two Non-normal means – Nonparametric– Bootstrapping– Model Based

• Longitudinal Models with Unequal Time Points

• Missing Values

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics Health Sciences Section

Teaching Statistics in Health Sciences Section

• Mostly book reviews

• Some Articles on Teaching– E.g.

Types of Resources

• Journals – Statistics Education Research Journal

• Statistics Notes & Newsletters• AGS Site• GCRC Statisticians• Web Lectures

– Causeweb.org– Epidemilogy Supercourse

• Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences• Software

Discussion Questions

• What are ‘we’ willing to contribute

• What Educational Materials/Training would be helpful to ‘us’