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This Course is only given ONCE each year

The 2012 Course will be given on 5, 6 and 7 June 2012 (3 days)


Do you need a course in Biostatistics?

  • Having difficulty with handling biomedical & clinical data from your research projects?  
  • Want to know how to decide on the right statistical test for your data?     
  • Still confused by the terms “standard deviation” and “standard error” ?
  • Lacking confidence in interpreting the “confidence interval” ?
  • Ever hoodwinked by misleading statistical charts?
  • Feeling insecure about the statistics you present at conferences & scientific meetings?
  • Vexed by not understanding statistical reporting in scientific & medical journals?
  • Unsure of which statistical procedure to use for testing your research hypothesis?
  • Cowered by multivariate analyses?
  • Clueless on how to provide sample size estimations for your research proposals?
  • Ever attended a biostatistics course and all you had were greek symbols and jargons?

       Help is here - sign up for up for Biostatistics without Tears!


Who says learning Biostatistics is no pain no gain?

In 3 days, Biostatistics without Tears helps you gain basic biostatistical skills without the pain.

Don't just take our word.  View the feedback from participants in previous Biostatistics

courses run by Prof Lun  (click here)


Course Features

  • you get 10 lectures covering the major topics in biostatistics you need to know;
  • you get a FREE biostatistics textbook for reference;
  • you get hands-on sessions to use SPSS for Windows for problem-based exercises
     

             NOTE:    All participants are required to bring their own notebook/laptop computers


                      for the problem-based exercises

  • you get FREE video presentations showing you step-by-step solutions to the problem-based SPSSWin exercises
  • you get a Course folder plus 2 FREE DVDs containing the MS Powerpoint lectures, problem-based exercises and web-based biostatistical resources;
  • you are taught by Prof KC Lun who has over 30 years of experience teaching biostatistics to undergraduate and graduate students at NUS and NTU and elsewhere
  • you will benefit from Prof KC Lun's approach to learning biostatistics without tears
    (no challenging mathematics ... guaranteed !)  You won't see this
    (click here)
  • you get a FREE copy of the WinSSize software for the calculation of sample size and power developed by Prof KC Lun and his team for the World Health Organization;
  • you get a Certificate of Participation from Gateway Consulting
  • you will get complimentary coffee breaks and lunch


Who should attend this Course?

Anyone who needs to handle, process, analyze and interpret data in operational or research settings such as:

  • healthcare professionals (doctors, dental surgeons, nursing staff, pharmacists) in clinics, hospitals and specialist institutes who need to handle and analyze clinical or research data;
  • research scientists working in biomedical research centres, institutes and organizations who need to deal with patient and/or laboratory animal data;
  • IT professionals in healthcare who are involved in developing health information management and reporting systems;
  • health administrators, managers and coordinators who provide administrative and managerial support for research projects and information management systems within their organization;
  • individuals who need to understand and appreciate the importance of data management, analyses and interpretation in healthcare and in biomedical and clinical research.  

 

Who is Professor KC Lun?

Professor KC Lun (‘KC’) is currently Professorial Fellow (Health Informatics) at the Dept of Information Systems, NUS School of Computing.   He is also concurrently CEO of Gateway Consulting which he established in 2006 after "retiring" from academia following a rewarding career that spanned over 31 years.  A student of Emeritus Professor Michael Healy and Professor John Osborn of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, KC has taught biomedical statistics for over 30 years and is one of the most sought after teachers for biomedical and clinical statistics in Asia

For details on 'KC', please see Tutor


How to enrol for this Course?

For details on Course fee and enrolment, please see Registration
 

Closing date for Registration:  Thursday, 31 May 2012

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