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Abstract:
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The Master of Public Health (MPH) program at Vanderbilt University is a two-year program for physicians and other doctoral-level health care professionals. The objective of the program is to provide training for patient-oriented researchers who will conduct studies with large sample sizes. The MPH includes didactic course work and mentored research. Teaching biostatistics to non-statisticians with expectations of conducting their own data analyses poses challenges unique from other teaching settings. I teach the introductory biostatistics course in this program, and in this talk will present a course description, teaching techniques implemented, what was successful, what was not, and lessons learned. In addition, a retention tool of biostatistical knowledge developed in collaboration with a colleague and designed to aid us in future offerings of our courses, will be presented.
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