Reminder: Seminar, Aberdeen, Monday 9 October 12:30pm.
Dear all!
I would like to invite you to the first seminar of the local RSS
Highlands group of the new season 2006/2007 (details given below). As
always Non-Statisticians and Non-RSS-members are highly welcome!
Best Wishes
Claus (Group Secretary)
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SPEAKER: Jonathan Stern (University of Bristol)
TITLE: How can we motivate medical students to learn about medical
statistics?
ABSTRACT:
For many medical students, medical statistics appears to be a subject
that is peripheral to the core knowledge that is needed to practise as a
junior doctor. On the other hand, it is widely acknowledged that medical
practice should be evidence-based, and reading the medical literature
requires an ability to interpret the results of statistical analyses as
well as more general critical appraisal skills. I will discuss
strategies to persuade students that, while they may never love medical
statistics, knowledge of the subject is essential.
DATE: Monday, 9 October 2006
TIME: 12:30
VENUE: Med Chi Hall (Medico-Chirurgical Hall), Ground Floor, Polwarth
Building
(see hospital page
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/vcampus/foresterhill/index.shtml hospital
with medical school marked as A and the medical school page
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/central/vcampus/foresterhill/medschool.shtml
with Med Chi Hall marked as D. It is usually accessed via C or E as
described below:
If entering the Polwarth Building from the west, follow the main
corridor east past the medical library, through one set of double doors
and take the stairs to your left down one flight. The Med Chi Hall is
through a single wooden door at the bottom of the stairs. The lecture
room itself is to the left.
If entering the Polwarth Building from the east through the main
entrance, go through the foyer past the main stairs on the left and
through an open set of double doors. Turn left signposted to Medical
Microbiology. Follow this corridor to its end where there will be a
single wooden door to the Med Chi Hall. The lecture room itself is to
the left.)
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