Sydney Professional Certificate

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The following unit is no longer offered from 2022:
PUBH5002 Introductory Biostatistcs.
In order to complete the requirements of this Sydney Professional Certificate, students will be required to undertake FMHU5002 Introductory Biostatistcs in Semester 1 instead.
Please see the unit of study outline for more information about this unit of study.

24/01/2022

 

Biostatistics in Health

Graduates of this Professional Certificate will have specialised knowledge in Biostatistics in Health.

Graduates will have cognitive skills to:

  • Review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise statistical methods used in health research
  • Apply statistical methods to issues in health research
  • Apply biostatistical knowledge and skills in health research to best communicate research findings in their professional practice.

 
Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline.
 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Biostatistics in Health

Sydney Professional Certificate in Biostatistics

Students must complete:
(a) 12 credit points of 5000-level units of study
5000-level units of study
PUBH5018
Introductory Biostatistics

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6   

Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
Semester 1
PUBH5217
Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling
6    P PUBH5018 or FMHU5002
N (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213)


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Semester 2

Biostatistics in Health

Sydney Professional Certificate in Biostatistics

Students must complete:
(a) 12 credit points of 5000-level units of study
5000-level units of study
PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics

This unit of study is not available in 2022

Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Timothy Schlub, Dr Erin Cvejic Session: Semester 1 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Practical field work: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) evening, Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day, Online
Note: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
This unit introduces students to statistical methods relevant in medicine and health. Students will learn how to appropriately summarise and visualise data, carry out a statistical analysis, interpret p-values and confidence intervals, and present statistical findings in a scientific publication. Students will also learn how to determine the appropriate sample size when planning a research study. Students will learn how to conduct analyses using calculators and statistical software.
Specific analysis methods of this unit include: hypothesis tests for one-sample, two paired samples and two independent samples for continuous and binary data; distribution-free methods for two paired samples, two independent samples; correlation and simple linear regression; power and sample size estimation for simple studies; and introduction to multivariable regression models;.
Students who wish to continue with their statistical learning after this unit are encouraged to take PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling.
Textbooks
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PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling

Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Session: Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 Prohibitions: (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213) Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Practical field work: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day, Online
Note: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
In this unit, you will learn how to analyse health data using statistical models. In particular, how to fit and interpret the results of different statistical models which are commonly used in medicine and health research: linear models, logistic models, and survival models. This unit is ideal for those who wish to further develop their research skills and/or improve their literacy in reading and critiquing journal articles in medicine and health.
The focus of the unit is very applied and not mathematical. Students gain hands on experience in fitting statistical models in real data. You will learn how to clean data, build an appropriate model, and interpret results. This unit serves as a prerequisite for PUBH5218 Advanced Statistical Modelling.
Textbooks
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