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mkronenfeld
mkronenfeld
Teaching Research and Statistical Concepts
Feb 23 2007, 5:09 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 23 2007, 5:09 PM EST
A difficult challenge in teaching EBM to clinical students is teaching the methodological and statistical concepts needed to be able to read and understand research studies. This is especially true in clinical programs where the students are training to be clinicians, not researchers. Here are the links to the PowerPoint presentations developed by the biostatician who co-teaches EBM with me for our physician assistant students. I think they do a good job in getting across the concepts without getting bogged down in the math. He has given permission for others to use and adapt these with attribution.

Study Design Concepts - http://academics.ashs.edu/faculty/mkronenfeld/EBM powerpoints/Study_designRCB.ppt

Statistical Concepts - http://academics.ashs.edu/faculty/mkronenfeld/EBM powerpoints/PA Stats.ppt

These presentations were developed by Dr. Curtis Bay for the Fall, 2006 EBM class for the Physician Assistant Program at the A.T. Still Univ. of the Health Sciences – Mesa Campus.
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schardt
schardt
1. RE: Teaching Research and Statistical Concepts
Mar 16 2007, 11:44 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 16 2007, 11:44 AM EDT
Mike, Thanks for sharing these. Statistics is often overwhelming for new learners (students, interns, and residents). We try to calm learners' fears by telling them that they only need to know how to subtract an divide. The we give them a bar graph that graphically shows the data from 2x2 table for dichotomous results. Do you find this valuable?