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Activity Number: 332
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract - #301847
Title: Enhancing Statistical Literacy in the Medical Professions
Author(s): Penelope Pekow*+ and Carol Bigelow
Companies: University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Massachusetts Amherst
Address: Program in Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Amherst, MA, 01003,
Keywords: medical statistics ; evidence based medicine ; basic statistics
Abstract:

Increasingly sophisticated statistical methods and presentations are common in the most widely read medical journals. While physicians are expected to keep abreast of the latest in evidence-based medicine, training in basic statistics in medical school and residency is minimal, or even absent. Including statistics in a medical education system suffering from real time constraints is difficult. Possible viable approaches for enhancing statistical literacy in this population include, but might not be limited to, journal clubs, web resources, and CME programs.

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