A two-day course designed to introduce anyone who uses statistics in their work or research to basic epidemiological concepts (study designs; bias and confounding; measures of risk); descriptive statistics for quantitative, ordinal and qualitative data (mean, median and mode; standard deviation, percentiles and frequency distribution); estimating parameters in the population (confidence intervals) – and many other concepts.

The course alternates classical lectures with two practical sessions on application of the methods presented (individual work, followed by classroom demonstration and discussion), and a final discussion of concepts covered on the course, using some real-world examples.

Suitable for - Doctors, nurses, clinical research fellows and postgraduate students.