Abstract #300160

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JSM 2003 Abstract #300160
Activity Number: 276
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract - #300160
Title: Do's and Don'ts of Teaching Bayesian Methods to Healthcare Professionals
Author(s): Dalene K. Stangl*+
Companies: Duke University
Address: Box 90251, ISDS, Durham, NC, 27708,
Keywords: pedogogy ; casestudy ; Bayes ; decision-making
Abstract:

In their first, and often only, statistics course, health-care professionals are taught Bayes Theorem in the context of diagnostic testing. This is usually where Bayes begins and ends in these courses, but what if you want to teach more? When explaining Bayesian to healthcare professionals, where do you go next? How much do they really need to know? Is subjective probability on the list of concepts to be explained? How about parameters as random variables? What concepts are crucial and which are not? What resources are available to help explain the key concepts and this different method of thinking? What works and what does not work when teaching healthcare professionals with little mathematical training? These are a few of the questions that will be discussed pertaining to teaching Bayesian methods to healthcare professionals.

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