Statistical literacy for healthcare professionals: Why is it important?

[...]for many, the raison d'être for pursuing medicine is their lack of interest or proficiency in numerical methods. [...]they are often taken aback when they learn that, even for pursuit of medicine and medical research, they are expected to learn and know statistics – “a branch of mathematic...

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Published in:Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 2018-10, Vol.21 (4), p.349-350
Main Author: Aggarwal, Rakesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Care and treatment
Diagnosis
Disease
Engineers
Health literacy
Health sciences
Infections
Literacy
Medical personnel
Medicine
Practice
Professionals
Researchers
Respiratory distress syndrome
Vaccines
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Summary:[...]for many, the raison d'être for pursuing medicine is their lack of interest or proficiency in numerical methods. [...]they are often taken aback when they learn that, even for pursuit of medicine and medical research, they are expected to learn and know statistics – “a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data.” [...]the two sciences have a close relationship. [...]a few years after leaving the medical school, a medical professional's practice of medicine is often quite different from what one started with.
ISSN:0971-9784
0974-5181
DOI:10.4103/aca.ACA_177_18