Tuesday 4 December 2018

5th Workshop on Basic Epidemiology and Biostatistics Begins at PGIMER


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 04th December:- A ten day course on Basic epidemiology and Biostatistics has started on 3rd December at School of Public Health, PGIMER. About 29 participants from all over India are participating in the course. Dr. PVM Lakshmi, Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health welcomed the participants representing faculty, residents and Ph.D scholars.
The participants shared their expectations from the workshop which includes understanding the concepts, planning a study, calculating sample size, data analysis on Epi-info software and presentation of results.
Dr. PVM Lakshmi said that the knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics is must for researchers to plan and conduct quality research work. This workshop will help participants to understand the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics through practical exercises. The participants were told about the evolution of epidemiology as a tool to understand disease processes and biostatistics as an indispensable partner to provide valid foundation for support of arguments. They were taught about the measuring health and disease and ways to present and summarize data.


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