范德比尔特尼日利亚生物统计学培训计划 (VN-BioStat):技能研讨会的结果
Bryan E Shepherd1,2, Nafiu Hussaini3, Alex Huang2
1Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
概括
范德比尔特-尼日利亚生物统计学培训计划显著提高了尼日利亚生物统计学家对统计技能的信心. 参与者在开幕式研讨会后,在应用复杂的统计技术方面表现出明显的改善.
科学领域:
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医学研究 医学研究
背景情况:
- 范德比尔特-尼日利亚生物统计学培训计划 (VN-BioStat) 旨在为尼日利亚的艾滋病毒研究建立生物统计学能力.
- 该计划的重点是通过年度研讨会来提高中级生物统计学家的技能.
研究的目的:
- 评估在尼日利亚卡诺举行的首届VN-BioStat研讨会的有效性.
- 评估参与者自我感知的统计软件熟悉度和技术应用信心的变化.
- 收集关于研讨会的反,并确定未来的培训需求.
主要方法:
- 研讨会前和后的调查评估了参与者的信心和对统计软件 (R,SPSS) 和技术的熟悉程度.
- 自信得分是使用利克特等级在0-100级别上测量的.
- 收集了对未来主题的定性反和建议.
主要成果:
- 在所有评估的统计技能中,研讨会后的信心分数显著增加,平均值高于70.
- 最大的信心增长是在回归模型中使用分线.
- 参与者对教师的有效性 (4.9/5) 和课程质量 (4.9/5) 的评价很高,尽管难度中等.
结论:
- 开幕式研讨会成功提高了尼日利亚研究人员的生物统计学能力和信心.
- 短期培训是在资源有限的环境中建立统计专业知识的有效策略.
- 生存分析被确定为未来培训的关键领域.
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