Course on Applied Bayesian Statistics in Medical Research and Health-Care Evaluation!

by ijph · 27. June 2012

The Swiss School of Public Health+ is offering another very useful course for people interested in health care evaluation: Dr Thomas Gsponer and Professor Marcel Zwahlen will be the facilitators of the course, entitled “Applied Bayesian Statistics in Medical Research and Health-Care Evaluation”, which will be held on 18-20 May2013 in ISPM, Bern, Switzerland.

This course objectives are:

To understand the role of Bayesian statistics in medical research and health-care evaluation, trial monitoring, and prediction
To provide sources for detailed information on Bayesian methods
To provide insight into available computational tools and presentation techniques for Bayesian analysis
To highlight the need for sensitivity analysis and the dangers of naïve use of Bayesian methods
To provide the basis for a unified statistical approach that allows to approach problems of analysis and design in a structured way

Course participants are expected to have a good understanding of basic biostatistical and epidemiological principles and to bring their own laptop.

For further details see here . Register online until 18 February 2013 following this link or by sending an e-mail to Sina.Henrichs[a]unibas.ch