Format: Live instructor-led online training via Zoom / Microsoft Teams

INTRODUCTION

Training course on Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Stata will be significant to the trainees who wish to further their knowledge on Epidemiology and Biostatistics. It will equip the trainees with skills necessary in the data analysis especially using stata. The course will mostly involve practical work as the trainees will always have their hand on the laptop and the stata application simultaneously.

DURATION

5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The course is intended for researchers, physicians, clinicians, public health professionals, epidemiologists and biostatisticians, from public and private institutions who need to apply metaanalysis.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The key objective is that by the end this course the students will know how to run their own epidemiological analysis effectively. Understand the bio-statistical concepts of additivity, independence, confounding, and interaction in the context of logistic models.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED Epidemiology

•       Introduction to epidemiologic thinking

•       Sufficient/component cause theory of disease

•       Hill’s causal criteria

•       Logic and errors

•       Effect measures

•       Study designs

•       Randomization using Excel

•       Bias and confounding

•       Random error and statistics

•       Crude analysis

•       Stratified analysis

•       Standardization

•       Sensitivity (bias) analysis

•       Case-cohort study design

General Notes

•      All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs

•      The participant must be conversant with English

•      Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are expert with more than 10years of experience.

•      Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)

•      Training will be done at Foscore development center (FDC-K) center in Nairobi Kenya. We also offer more than five participants training at requested location within Kenya, more than ten participant within east Africa and more than twenty participant all over the world with no extra cost from our group charges

•      Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

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The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance and other personal expenses. 

•      Accommodation, pickup, freight booking and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.

•      One year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

•      Register as a group of more than two and enjoy discount of (10% to 50%) plus free five hour adventure drive to the National game park.

Payment should be done two week before commence of the training, to FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us prepare better for you