Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India
Background Biostatistics, epidemiology, and vital statistics are an essential part of evidence-based medicine. They are used to generate results and analyze collected data. They are considered to be an important component of research study design for medical professionals. Medical students need to...
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Biostatistics, epidemiology, and vital statistics are an essential part of evidence-based medicine. They are used to generate results and analyze collected data. They are considered to be an important component of research study design for medical professionals. Medical students need to be able to understand such evidence and how it is presented in the literature, as well as be able to make decisions about patient care based on this. Past studies have noted that students find biostatistics difficult when compared with other components of the community medicine module, including epidemiology and vital statistics. The aim of this study was to assess how difficult students find biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics, assessing each topic individually and overall, as all three are taught to medical students under the community medicine module in medical schools. Secondly, we assessed if there was any difference in difficulty based on gender.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0baae776ead842a6b27ad1c61c0c23242024-02-23T10:11:11ZengMakhdoomi PrintersGlobal Journal of Medicine and Public Health2277-96042024-02-01101Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, IndiaSwapnil Shinkar0Mohd Junaid1Sachin Patil2Amol R Patil3Kalyani Sope4Department of Community Medicine, Pt. J.N.M Medical College, Rajpur, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, IndiaConsultantConsultantDepartment of Statistics, H.P.T. Arts and R.Y.K Science College, Nasik, India Background Biostatistics, epidemiology, and vital statistics are an essential part of evidence-based medicine. They are used to generate results and analyze collected data. They are considered to be an important component of research study design for medical professionals. Medical students need to be able to understand such evidence and how it is presented in the literature, as well as be able to make decisions about patient care based on this. Past studies have noted that students find biostatistics difficult when compared with other components of the community medicine module, including epidemiology and vital statistics. The aim of this study was to assess how difficult students find biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics, assessing each topic individually and overall, as all three are taught to medical students under the community medicine module in medical schools. Secondly, we assessed if there was any difference in difficulty based on gender. https://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/gjmedph/article/view/3742Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Vital statistics, Gender, Medical schools |
| spellingShingle | Swapnil Shinkar Mohd Junaid Sachin Patil Amol R Patil Kalyani Sope Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Vital statistics, Gender, Medical schools |
| title | Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India |
| title_full | Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India |
| title_fullStr | Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India |
| title_short | Biostatistics, epidemiology and vital statistics: an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in Raipur, India |
| title_sort | biostatistics epidemiology and vital statistics an investigation of the difficulty of courses undertaken by medical students in raipur india |
| topic | Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Vital statistics, Gender, Medical schools |
| url | https://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/gjmedph/article/view/3742 |
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