MT5765 Medical Statistics

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

10:00 - Mon (weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 11), Tue & Thr

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr M Papathomas

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Module Staff

Dr Michail Papathomas; Dr Nicolò Margaritella

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module will cover a number of topics in medical statistics, that are important areas both in terms of methodological development and application. The main topic covered will be Survival Analysis, with others selected from Meta-analysis, Power calculations, Prospective vs Observational studies, Sequential analyses, Clinical trials.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS MT3507 OR PASS MT3508

Assessment pattern

Coursework =25%, 2-hour written Examination = 75%

Re-assessment

Oral examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2.5 lectures (x 10 weeks), 1 tutorial (x 10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

115

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

Appreciate a range of challenges when applying statistical methods in medical settings
Understand a range of approaches to analysing 'time-to-event' data with censored observations (survival analysis) and will have applied them to real data
Understand a range of approaches for combining the results of multiple studies (meta-analysis) and will have applied them to real data
Criticise the presentation of results in medical journals and be aware of how to design, analyse, and present their own medical studies