Biostatistics for Health Care Researchers: A Short Course

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 1:00 PM - Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 PM, Online

This course will meet Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 13-15; 1:00-5:00 PM each day.
Registrants may choose to attend Sessions I and II, II and III or I, II and III.

The Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science in the School of Medicine and Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health will present a short course in biostatistics that is designed especially for health care researchers in the health sciences. This course will consist of three sessions. Sessions I and II will cover basic principles, design of medical research studies, standard statistical tests and data analyses, and data management. Session III will focus on more advanced topics, including multiple linear and logistic regression, survival analysis, longitudinal data and genetic analysis. Registrants may choose to attend Sessions I and II, II and III or I, II and III.

1. Recognize common study designs and statistical methods used in medical research.
2. Discuss complex study design and analysis with a statistician.
3. Specify basic concepts of data management.
4. Identify appropriate use of statistical procedures when given a common study design.
5. Implement simple statistical analyses under the guidance of a statistician.

This course will meet Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 13-15; 1:00-5:00 PM each day.

Target Audience: Anyone interested in healthcare research.

This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. A Zoom link will be created for each day of the course, and participants will register with Zoom each day to confirm attendance.
Register and pay online using MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover before May 6 (unless capacity is met before then).

Fee
Sessions I and II $40
Sessions II and III $40
Sessions I, II, and III $60

Enrollment is limited to 90 attendees.
The fee includes access to the PowerPoint slides and video recordings of presentations
each day. The instructional book is not provided.

SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL BOOK
Participants who would like to have additional supplementary information are encouraged
to purchase a copy of the book:
Basic and Clinical Biostatistics, 5th edition,
© 2020, by White, ISBN# 978-1-260-46067-4.


FURTHER INFORMATION
Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science
410 W. Tenth Street, Suite 3000
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3002
PH:(317) 274-2661 • FAX: (317) 274-2678
https://medicine.iu.edu/biostatistics

For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations please contact the IUSM CME office at 317-274-0104 or [email protected]. One week advance notice will allow us to provide seamless access. Please ensure to specify the accommodations you need in order to participate.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (10.75 hours), ABS CC (10.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (10.75 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Indiana University School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.