Activity Number:
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179
- Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences P.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee)
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021 : 12:00 PM to 1:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
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Abstract #317417
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Title:
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Developing Pathways for Entrance into Biostatistics Programs
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Author(s):
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Amanda Rae Ellis*
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Companies:
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University of Kentucky
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Keywords:
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Teaching Biostatistics;
Applied Biostatistics;
education;
health-sciences
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Abstract:
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Success in a Biostatistics program often requires students to enter the program with prerequisite health-related domain knowledge and strong quantitative skills. Students with non-stem undergraduate degrees may have strong health-related domain knowledge but not the essential quantitative skills. The potential lack of quantitative skills is especially true of those students in minority groups underrepresented in STEM fields. Traditionally students joining a Biostatistics program need three semesters of calculus and a course in linear algebra. These prerequisites would require students to take three semesters of post-bachelorette work before entering a program. Further, these courses are traditionally aimed at engineering students and may feel like a hurdle into joining the program. This roundtable will discuss pathways for those students with robust health-related domain knowledge that lack the prerequisite quantitative skills to enter a biostatistics program. Examples include the infusion of prerequisite knowledge into the program's curriculum and accelerated courses specifically designed to cover prerequisite material in a targeted manner and in context to Biostatistics.
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Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
