Biostatistics Clinical Application Workshop

• Describe the importance of understanding statistics in completing and evaluating scientific studies.
• Define the various levels of data.
• Determine whether the appropriate statistics have been performed and provided in a study.
• Interpret the statistical results of a research study to determine whether the authors’ conclusions are supported.

• Essential to understanding biomedical and pharmacy literature.
• Evaluating medical literature
• Understanding of biostatistics for the reader who has little or no statistical background
• Understanding statistics will enhance the pharmacist’s ability to interpret the biomedical literature and draw conclusions from research studies.

• As stated earlier, the size of the p-value is not necessarily related to the clinical importance of the result. Smaller values mean only that chance is less likely to explain observed differences
• Statistically significant does not necessarily mean clinically substantial.
• Lack of statistical significance does not mean that results are not clinically significant.
• When considering non-significant findings, consider sample size, estimated power, and observed variability

• The statistical significance does not mean actual or clinical importance.
• Statistical significance means that it’s likely that the difference is actual. It does NOT mean that it’s essential.

Read More:

• Read FADIC Blog in English from the FADIC website.
• EBM is important to learn how to evaluate any paper.
• Systematic Review Mini-Course.
• FADIC learning system through a Certification program.
• FNN Daily News helps you every new business day.