Prognostic Research

Master

Online

£ 785 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    3 Weeks

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

Prognosis is a key concept in patient care. However, although prognostic research is becoming increasingly important in clinical medicine, the actual methodology behind it is relatively underdeveloped.

About this course

The purpose of this course is to redress this imbalance. We will therefore discuss the principles and methods of non-experimental prognostic research, together with the practice of prognostic research in a clinical setting. The emphasis will be on learning about the design and statistical analysis of prognostic studies, the construction and estimation of prediction rules, the various approaches to validation, and the generalization of research results. You will also learn how to address the challenges of dealing with small data sets.

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Subjects

  • Prognostic
  • Interpretation
  • Analysis
  • Data analysis
  • Data
  • Assumptions
  • Consequences
  • Underlying
  • Statistical
  • Techniques
  • Data sets

Course programme

Course topics
  • The principles of prognostic research and the interpretation of its results
  • The issue of missing values and data analysis in prognostic research, including the underlying assumptions and their statistical consequences, and the evaluation of model performance
  • The practical application of prognostic research and its clinical consequences
  • • Modelling techniques for small data sets
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
  • Understand the key characteristics and different types of prognostic research
  • Set out the various steps involved in performing prognostic research
  • In particular, you should be able to:
  • Demonstrate an insight into different types of missing values
  • Understand different ways of handling missing values in prognostic research
  • Propose different modelling approaches for prognostic research, including non-linear models
  • Make a prognostic model
  • Show how to derive a prognostic score, and choose adequate score cut-offs
  • Know how to apply modelling techniques to deal with over-fitting in small data sets.

Prognostic Research

£ 785 VAT inc.