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Activity Number:
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126
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 4, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
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| Abstract - #301315 |
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Title:
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Strategies for Integrating Biological, Computer, and Statistical Knowledge in Teaching Bioinformatics
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Author(s):
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Paul Schliekelman*+
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Companies:
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The University of Georgia
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Address:
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Department of Statistics, Athens, GA, 30602-1952,
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Keywords:
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bioinformatics ; teaching ; curriculum
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Abstract:
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One of the major challenges in teaching bioinformatics is the broad skill set required of students. A successful bioinformaticist requires genuine biological knowledge, good programming skills, and strong math/statistical skills. It is difficult to teach even introductory courses without some level of knowledge in all three of these areas and very few students come adequately prepared. I will discuss the evolution of my strategies in five years of teaching a two semester statistical bioinformatics course. I will also discuss the approach to this issue in formulating a curriculum for a new PhD program in bioinformatics at the University of Georgia and the results after one year with our first batch of graduate students.
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