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Statistics in medicine · Oct 2007
Statistical education for medical students--concepts are what remain when the details are forgotten.
- Amir Herman, Netta Notzer, Zipi Libman, Rony Braunstein, and David M Steinberg.
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. amirherm@post.tau.ac.il
- Stat Med. 2007 Oct 15; 26 (23): 4344-51.
AbstractTeaching statistics to medical students is a challenging and often unrewarding task. However, few would argue the need for statistics in the medical school curriculum. In recent years, there has been a growing call for teaching only statistical concepts in medical schools. We strongly oppose this opinion and offer an alternative approach. In this article, we present our experience in teaching statistics to medical students at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. We then present the results of a recently held survey regarding the long-term contribution of the statistical curriculum to our students in different phases of their studies. We conclude by suggesting a new integrative statistical program, which incorporates the study of statistics into the entire medical curriculum.
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