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Epidemiological and Statistical Methods and Musculoskeletal Research Training Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe, 11th - 13th March 2019
This three-day workshop was delivered by an international, multi-disciplinary team from:
The Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe
The University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
The University of Bristol, UK
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, UK
Queen Mary University of London, UK
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
MRC Nutrition and Bone Health Research Group, Cambridge, UK
This workshop was funded through a University of Bristol GCRF Global Impact Acceleration Account grant from the UKRI. Details are here.
Programme
Download a PDF of the workshop programme.
Presentation slides
Available for download here.
| Monday 11th March | |||
| 09.00 | Introduction & Aims for the workshop | Dr Celia Gregson | |
| 09.10 | Measuring Health and Disease | Dr Edith Majonga | |
| 09.45 | Data Types and Distributions | Dr Celia Gregson | |
| 10.35 | Study design | A/Prof Katharina Kranzer | |
| 11.10 | Clinical Trials | Dr Felicity Fitzgerald | |
| 11.45 | Bias | Dr James Church | |
| 13.10 | Confounding | Dr Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi | |
| 13.45 | How to critically appraise paper | Dr Celia Gregson | |
| 15.15 | Research Budgets | Dr Celia Gregson & Prof Rashida Ferrand | |
| 15.50 | Data Management | Ms Tsitsi Bandason | |
| Tuesday 12th March | |||
| 09.00 | Correlation, Linear and Logistic Regression | Ms Tsitsi Bandason | |
| 10.35 | Statistical Interaction | Dr Celia Gregson | |
| 11.10 | Measurement Error | Ms Chido Dziva Chikwari | |
| 11.45 | Lessons in Epidemiology | Ms Rudo Siwela | |
| 12.00 | Lessons in Epidemiology | Ms Cynthia Mukwasi-Kahari | |
| 13.15 | Sample Size Calculations | Ms Chido Dziva Chikwari | |
| 15.15 | How to get paper published | Prof Andrew Prendergast | |
| 15.55 | Sensitivity and specificity | A/Prof Katharina Kranzer | |
| Wednesday 13th March | |||
| 09.19 | Overview of pQCT | A/Prof Kate Ward | |
| 10.00 | How to perform forearm pQCT | Dr Mícheál O’Beasail | |
| 14.30 | Bone Age Review | Dr Celia Gregson | |
| 15.20 | Bone ageing | A/Prof Kate Ward | |
Resources
Resources referenced during the workshop include:
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklists: https://casp-uk.net/casp-tools-checklists/
RCTs: http://www.consort-statement.org/
Observational studies: https://www.strobe-statement.org/
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: http://www.prisma-statement.org/
Research Training Workshop Harare 11th-13th March 2019 Final Programme
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