BIOSTATISTICS
Analytical Program - General Medicine, Year I
Disciplines the analytical programme correlates with:
Medical Informatics, Physiology, Physiopathology, Internal Medicine, Semiology, Radiology.
Basic content:
- Introduction to descriptive statistics and estimation theory.
- Random variables as a basic concept in statistics, probability density.
- Statistical inference.
- Introduction to correlation theory.
- Elements of regression analysis.
Form of assessment: Oral exam and practical test
Specific objectives:
1. Training students in the statistical approach to medical knowledge.
2. Training of practical skills in the use of computer programs oriented to medical statistics.
3. Training the statistical way of thinking in contrast to the exact way of thinking of classical logic.
The analytical programme is intended for students of the first year specialising in Medicine.
LECTURE - 15 HOURS
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Introduction to medical statistics. Populations. Variables. Concept of probability. Incidence tables and their importance in medicine. |
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Statistical series. Fundamental statistical indicators. Frequency tables. Examples. |
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Graphical representations. Types of graphs: bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, histogram, frequency polygon. |
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Distribution functions in medical statistics; normal distribution; examples. Other types of distributions and their usefulness. |
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Median, mode, quartile indicators; degrees of freedom. Confidence intervals and their usefulness. Estimators. |
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Parametric and non-parametric statistical tests; comparison of means of two or more samples. Comparison of variants. Chi-square test of factorial independence. |
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Concept of statistical correlation; Pearson correlation coefficient. Interpretation of correlation coefficient. |
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The notion of regression and applications in biological sciences and medicine. |
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TOTAL |
15 |
PRACTICAL WORKS - 15 HOURS
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Computer network. Networking. Introduction to EXCEL. |
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Designing and building medical databases. Incidence tables. |
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Statistical indicators. Confidence intervals. Excel functions. |
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Excel:Frequency tables. Graphical representations, histogram, frequency polygon, bar charts, pie charts. |
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EPI INFO program: Sort and selection commands. |
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Statistical tests: Student test, ANOVA test. |
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EPI INFO program: statistical correlation check, correlation coefficient, correlation graph (Scatter). |
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Statistical and graphical synthesis of experimental data. Final practical check. |
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TOTAL |
15 |