http://genome.sph.umich.edu/w/index.php?title=Biostatistics_830:_Core_Competencies&feed=atom&action=historyBiostatistics 830: Core Competencies - Revision history2024-03-28T09:26:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.9http://genome.sph.umich.edu/w/index.php?title=Biostatistics_830:_Core_Competencies&diff=8480&oldid=prevGoncalo: Created page with "The Council for Education in Public Health recommends that every course document the Public Health competencies covered in its syllabus. This is the list of competencies cover..."2013-09-04T13:27:02Z<p>Created page with "The Council for Education in Public Health recommends that every course document the Public Health competencies covered in its syllabus. This is the list of competencies cover..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The Council for Education in Public Health recommends that every course document the Public Health competencies covered in its syllabus. This is the list of competencies covered by [[Biostatistics 830]].<br />
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== Core Biostatistics Competencies ==<br />
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* Describe the roles biostatistics serves in the discipline of public health.<br />
* Describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions.<br />
* Describe preferred methodological alternatives to commonly used statistical methods when assumptions are not met.<br />
* Apply descriptive techniques commonly used to summarize public health data.<br />
* Apply common statistical methods for inference.<br />
* Apply descriptive and inferential methodologies according to the type of study design for answering a particular research question.<br />
* Interpret results of statistical analyses found in public health studies.<br />
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== Core Epidemiology Competencies ==<br />
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* Identify key sources of data for epidemiologic purposes.<br />
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== Core Health Behavior and Health Education Competencies ==<br />
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* Identify the causes of social and behavioral factors that affect health of individuals and populations.<br />
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== Cross Cutting Competencies ==<br />
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* Describe how the public health information infrastructure is used to collect, process, maintain, and disseminate data.<br />
* Analyze determinants of health and disease using an ecological framework.<br />
* Appreciate the importance of working collaboratively with diverse communities and constituencies (e.g. researchers, practitioners, agencies and organizations).<br />
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== Overall Goals ==<br />
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Students completing Biostatistics 830 are expected to:<br />
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* Develop knowledge to communicate and collaborate effectively with scientists in health-related disciplines to which biostatistics are applied (with a focus on medicine and genetics).<br />
* Become well-versed in the application of advanced statistical techniques in genetic studies.<br />
* Understand the theoretical foundations of statistical methods used in genetic studies.<br />
* Select appropriate techniques and apply them to the processing of data from genetic studies.<br />
* Interpret the results of statistical analysis and convert them into a language understandable to the broad statistical community. <br />
* Develop written, oral presentation skills and other scientific reporting skills.<br />
* Think about how to integrate genetic analyses with other aspects of public health.</div>Goncalo