E-learning for trainees
Predictive modelling, nomograms and risk calculators
Sinan Khadouri
- Developing and validating a predictive model
- Deriving nomograms and risk calculators
- Using predictive models to study data
Point-of-care ultrasound for testicular torsion
Aishah Azam, Paul S Sidhu and Simon Freeman
- How ultrasound works
- Normal scrotal anatomy on ultrasound
- Ultrasound and testicular torsion
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for testicular torsion.
Introductory reading for the RESCUE Study
An introduction to health economic evaluation
Sabrina Helena Rossi
- Models and parameters
- Interpreting outputs
- Critical appraisal
Descriptive statistics 1: measures of central tendency
Aqua Asif and Keiran Clement
- Mean, median and mode and when to use them
- Calculating measures
- Distribution curves and significant outliers
Descriptive statistics 2: correlation and regression
Nikita Bhatt
- Correlation and correlation coefficients
- Correlation vs causation
- Regression analysis
Descriptive statistics 3: analysis of variance (ANOVA) and survival analysis
Aqua Asif and Keiran Clement
- One-way and two-way ANOVAs
- F-ratios
- Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests
Types of data and variables
Arjun Nambiar
- Data vs variables
- Categorical vs quantitative data and conversion between the two
- Most appropriate statistical tests for different data/variable type
Types of study design
Keiran Clement
- Study design types
- Using a study design to answer a research question
- Heirarchies of evidence
Hypothesis testing and population sampling
Nikita Bhatt
- Logic behind hypothesis testing
- Four steps of hypothesis testing
- Errors in hypothesis testing
- Calculating sample sizes
Literature searching
Arjun Nambiar
- Medical databases
- Methods of literature searching
- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms and advanced search techniques
- Multi-level literature searching in PubMed
