SUMMER SHORT COURSES 2016

Department of Research
Dow University of Health Sciences

APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS

Studies with latest molecules and techniques appear in the literature every day. But how do we
know if the latest drug or intervention actually has merit? Biostatistics is the key. It offers crucial
tools for evaluating the significance or impact of public health researches and interventions. This
course comprehensively introduces statistical concepts and analytical methods as applied to
data encountered in biotechnology and biomedical sciences. It emphasizes the basic and applied
concepts of experimental design, quantitative analysis of data, and statistical inferences, as well
as manner in which these technique are applied in the statistical software such as SPSS. This
program will also provide appropriate balance between conceptual statistical understanding and
their application in medical sciences.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Descriptive statistics: Measure of central tendency and dispersion, frequency distribution,
data representation using tables, graphs and charts.
Probability: Concept, definition and types of probability, Bayes theorem.
Distribution and confidence interval: The Binomial distribution, the Poisson distribution, the
normal distribution and 95% confidence interval for mean.
Sampling Technique: Population, sample, different sampling techniques
Hypothesis testing: Introduction to hypothesis, one and two samples testing, interpretation of
P-value, ANOVA and multiple comparisons, non-parametric testing, chi-square test of
independence.
Correlation and regression: Concept and type of correlations and association, simple and
multiple linear regressions.
Logistic regression and survival analysis: logistic regression analysis and introduction to
survival analysis
COURSE FEE:
Course fee Rs. 25,000/WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
People from public and private organization and individuals
COURSE DETAILS
Duration

12 weeks
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Schedule
Modules

Every Sunday (9:00 am to 3:00 pm)

Lunch and Zuhr Prayer break 12:30---1:30pm
60 contact hours

STATISTICAL SOFTWARE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES

This course is designed to familiarize with MS Excel, Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS),Minitab and Statistical Analysis System (SAS) and will cover topics such as importing
data, basic data manipulation, graphing data, descriptive analyses and simple inferential tests,
such as t-tests and one-factor ANOVA. This program will also provide appropriate balance
between statistical understanding and their application employing software.
COURSE OUTLINE:
MS. Excel, SPSS, Minitab and SAS

Excel
Introduction
Basic Functions
Formatting/Data Presentation
Table, Sorting &
Filtration
Graphical Analysis of Data
Data Tools
Conditional Formatting
Use of
Pivot Table with Advance Functions
Use of Pivot Charts
Some Important MS
Excel Formula and their Functions
Protect Worksheet & Workbook.

SPSS
Introduction and Importance
Import/Export of Data
How to Manage the
data by (Data Entry, Transformation, Recoding, Sorting, Select Cases)
Descriptive
Statistics including Tables and Graphs
Testing of Hypothesis using Parametric Tests {One Sample t Test, Two Samples
Independent t Test, Two Samples Paired t Test, One Way ANOVA (F Test)}
Testing of
Hypothesis using Non-Parametric tests. (One Sample Sign Test, Two Samples
Independent Mann Whitney Test, Two Samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, KruskulWallis
Test)
Test of Independence & Goodness of Fit Test using Chi-Square
Correlation

Regression

Minitab
Introduction and Importance.
Import/ export of Data and Data Entry.
How to
compute the data for different variables.
How to recode the data.
Descriptive
Statistics including Tables and Graphs.
Testing of Hypothesis using Parametric Tests. {One Sample t Test, Two Samples
Independent t Test, Two Samples Paired t Test, One Way ANOVA (F Test)}
Testing of
Hypothesis using Non-Parametric tests. (One Sample Sign Test, Two Samples Independent
Mann Whitney Test, Two Samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, KruskulWallis Test)
Test of
Independence & Goodness of Fit Test using Chi-Square.
Correlation
Regression

SAS
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Entering Data Modifying Data Exploring Data Managing Data Reading raw data into SAS Creating
and recoding variables
Using SAS functions for making/recoding variables
Labeling data, variables, and
values
Tabulation and graphing the data
Statistical analysis (One and two sample hypothesis testing,
ANOVA, Chi-square test Correlation, Regression)

EpiData
Introduction
How to develop a Questionnaire?
How to Export the Data in different Softwares?

How to Enter the Data?

COURSE FEE:
Course fee Rs. 25,000/WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
People from public and private organization and individuals
PREREQUISITE
Knowledge of basic statistical analysis
COURSE DETAILS
Duration
Schedule
Modules

12 weeks
Every Saturday (3:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
Asar Prayer and refreshment break (05:30pm---06:00pm)
60 contact hours

PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills of basic principles of
epidemiology. It will also provide the methodology and practical application of
epidemiology tools for interpretation for data reporting of research studies.
COURSE OUTLINE:

Introduction and uses of epidemiology

Measures of morbidity
Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening test
Study Design in epidemiology
Measures of association
Bias and confounding
Association and causation: deriving inferences from epidemiological studies
Outbreak investigation
Development of study protocol

PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT:
By developing a study protocol participant will be able to apply the knowledge and skills learnt
during the course.
COURSE FEE:
Course fee Rs. 25,000/WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for physicians, nurses, biologists, anthropologists, health program
managers and other professionals with an interest in health problems in developing countries
COURSE DETAILS
Duration
Schedule

Modules

12 weeks
Every Saturday (3:00 9m to 7:00 pm)
Asar Prayer and refreshment break (05:30pm---06:00pm)
48 contact hours

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the research methods currently
required to perform basic research. It emphasizes the basic concepts of quantitative research,
qualitative research and mixed design research methods. The purpose of this course is to
educate the students in designing and conducting the original research addressing health
problems. Throughout this process, the students will apply epidemiological research methods
and gain the skills of proposal writing, data collection, data analysis, interpretation and
presentation of results and research report writing. This course will also train the students, how
to submit the synopsis/proposals to the Institutional Review Board (IBR) and to the funding
agencies like, Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Medical Research Council
(PMRC).

COURSE OUTLINE:

Type of Research approaches

Stages of the research process
Background and literature searching & information gathering
Purpose, rational and significance of research
Epidemiological research design
Sample size calculation
Sampling techniques
Data collection methods
How to construct information gathering tools & Data
Ethical issues in research
Research report writing and plagiarism
Research grant writing

COURSE FEE:
Course fee Rs. 25,000/COURSE DETAILS
Duration
Schedule
Modules

12 weeks
Every Sunday (9:00 am to 1:00 pm)
Refreshment break (11:00am11:15am)
48 contact hours

Teaching Faculty
Dr. Kashif Shafique
Mr. Abdur Rasheed
Ms. Mehwish Hussain
Mr. Syed Arif Ali
Dr. Muhammad Tahir Rizwan Khan
Mr. Waqas Ahemd Faroqui

For more detail visit http://www.duhs.edu.pk

Courses coordinator: Mr. Abdur Rasheed (0321-2598763)

abdur.rasheed@duhs.edu.pk
Office contact no. 021-99261471-5, 99232660, and 38771111
(Ext: 2413, 2408)