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JSM 2002 Abstract #301645
Activity Number: 271
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences*
Abstract - #301645
Title: Teaching Health Care Workers to Reason with Numbers: A Few Ideas
Author(s): Mark Martin*+
Affiliation(s): Bayer Diagnostics
Address: 333 Coney Street, East Walpole, Massachusetts, 02032-1597, USA
Keywords: teaching ; health care ; quantitative literacy ; experiential learning
Abstract:

As statisticians and as a professional society, one challenge we face is helping people learn to reason with numbers. Health care is certainly an area where addressing this challenge is critical to our well-being. We might teach traditional topics in biostatistics and epidemiology to physicians and researchers. However, there is also a great need to help all health care workers understand basic principles of reasoning with numbers.

This paper and presentation will include ideas on how everyday examples within health care (and perhaps some familiar examples outside of health care) can be used to elicit discussion on important statistical topics. The target audiences of such teaching could include caretakers, clinicians, laboratory workers, and office workers. If time permits, an interactive example will be included as part of the presentation.

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