DAY 1-  April 3rd, 2006

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

SESSION I :

 

08:45 – 09:00

Opening remarks – Prof. Michael Silbermann & Prof. Amal Ibrahim

09:00 – 09:30

Introduction to the course and pretest

09:30 – 10:00

Basic concepts and definition

10:00 – 10:30

Presentation of data, tables and charts

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30  

Use of statistical packages

11:30 – 12:00  

Exercise 1

12:00 – 12:30  

Normal distribution curve

12:30 – 13:00  

Summarizing data, measures of central tendency

13:00-14:00

Lunch

SESSION II :

 

14:00 – 14:30  

Exercise 2

14:30 – 15:30  

Summarizing data, measures of dispersion

15:30 – 16:00  

Confidence intervals, use of statistical tables

16:00-16:30 

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00  

Exercise 3

17:00 – 17:30  

General discussion, take home exercises

17:30 –            

Adjourn

 

DAY 2-  April 4th, 2006

SESSION III:

 

09:00 – 09:45   

Basics of hypothesis testing

09:45 – 10:15   

Comparison of means and analysis of variance

10:15 – 10:30  

Exercise 4

10:30 – 11:00   

Comparison of percentages    

11:00 –  11:30

Coffee Break           

11:30 – 11:45  

Exercise 5  

11:45 – 12:10  

Introduction to regression analysis  

12:10 – 12:35  

Multivariate analysis

12:35 – 13:00  

Exercise 6   

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

SESSION IV:

 

14:00 – 14:25  

Basic concepts of epidemiology

14:25 – 14:50  

Mortality & morbidity rates, age adjustment

14:50 – 15:15 

Prospective & retrospective studies

15:15 – 15:40 

Clinical trials, introduction to sample size determination

15:40 – 16:00   

Exercise 7

16:00-16:30 

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00   

Post-Test

17:00 – 17:10   

Distribution of certificates

17:10 –             

Adjourn

20:00 -         

MECC Social Dinner