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DAY 1- April 3rd, 2006 |
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration |
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SESSION I : |
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08:45 – 09:00 |
Opening remarks – Prof. Michael Silbermann & Prof. Amal Ibrahim |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Introduction to the course and pretest |
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09:30 – 10:00 |
Basic concepts and definition |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Presentation of data, tables and charts |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Use of statistical packages |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Exercise 1 |
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12:00 – 12:30 |
Normal distribution curve |
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12:30 – 13:00 |
Summarizing data, measures of central tendency |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION II : |
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14:00 – 14:30 |
Exercise 2 |
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14:30 – 15:30 |
Summarizing data, measures of dispersion |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Confidence intervals, use of statistical tables |
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Exercise 3 |
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17:00 – 17:30 |
General discussion, take home exercises |
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17:30 – |
Adjourn
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DAY 2- April 4th, 2006 |
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SESSION III: |
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09:00 – 09:45 |
Basics of hypothesis testing |
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09:45 – 10:15 |
Comparison of means and analysis of variance |
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Exercise 4 |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Comparison of percentages |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 – 11:45 |
Exercise 5 |
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11:45 – 12:10 |
Introduction to regression analysis |
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12:10 – 12:35 |
Multivariate analysis |
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12:35 – 13:00 |
Exercise 6 |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION IV: |
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14:00 – 14:25 |
Basic concepts of epidemiology |
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14:25 – 14:50 |
Mortality & morbidity rates, age adjustment |
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14:50 – 15:15 |
Prospective & retrospective studies |
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15:15 – 15:40 |
Clinical trials, introduction to sample size determination |
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15:40 – 16:00 |
Exercise 7 |
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Post-Test |
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17:00 – 17:10 |
Distribution of certificates |
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17:10 – |
Adjourn |
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20:00 - |
MECC Social Dinner |