Nowadays, we are aware of the importance that scientific investigation has in medicine. We consider that it is essential for newly- graduated physicians to feel comfortable when analysing new information and that is the reason why biostatistics has a fundamental role on medical education.
We will rely our project in the article “Medicine Residents' Understanding of the Biostatistics and Results in the Medical Literature” published in JAMA this year, referring to a study made in the USA which evaluated medicine residents knowledge on biostatistics.
Biostatistics has a fundamental role on medical education. Search for information ? Better understanding and perception of the data Spreading and captation of the innovative methods to use in the medicine We will develop a similar study to realise if medical students attending to 6 th grade on FMUP are familiar with biostatistical analysis and interpretation of results they get when making a medical literature search. IN BRIEF:
First of all it is necessary to DESIGN THE STUDY that is going to be developed
Knowledge and capacity on processing biostatistics data. Students attending to 6 th grade on FMUP To Evaluate Opinion on this matter and its importance in their professional life To Enquire their
We started by formulating the question that will guide us throughout the development of our study, which is “Do medical students attending to 6 th grade on FMUP have enough knowledge on biostatistics?”. Forwardly, we review a number of articles on the subject in order to have a solid background to our project.
We will adapt a query made in the USA to evaluate medicine residents’ capacity to use biostatistics into a Portuguese context.
Then, we will proceed to a survey of medical students attending to 6 th grade on FMUP, enquiring them about their opinion, knowledge and confidence on biostatistics. Finally, we will analyse the information we collected and compose a statistics report which includes the results and conclusions of our research.
The majority of newly-graduated physicians of USA, despite regarding it as a fundamental tool for their instruction, have a very low level of knowledge on biostatistics. (According to the article “Medicine Residents' Understanding of the Biostatistics and Results in the Medical Literature”; JAMA; 2007)
In our study, we expect to achieve similar results, even though in Portugal we do not have access to all scientific technologies that Americans do.