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Clinical Statistics for Nonstatisticians

Oct 7 2013 8:00AM - Oct 8 2013 3:15PM | DIA 800 Enterprise Rd Ste 200, Horsham, PA 19044-3509 USA

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Overview 

Learn the basic statistical concepts fundamental to clinical research, including how statistical concepts are applied to clinical investigation. This offering will teach you how your statistician thinks about statistical issues that are critical to clinical research, including program design, study design, data collection, analysis, and writing and presentation of results.

What You Will Learn 

  • Emphasizes the basic statistical concepts relevant to clinical research
  • Comparable to an introductory statistics course presented with limited use computational formulas
  • Emphasizes thinking critically about data, making valid inferences, and understanding how statisticians are an essential element of clinical investigations

Who Should Attend 

  • Clinical research professionals
  • Administrative support for clinical development
  • Finance professionals involved in clinical development and need to interact with project specialists
  • Professionals who must understand and work with statisticians in clinical research
  • Those with a basic understanding of clinical research and a fundamental exposure to statistics either through professional experience or formal study

Learning Objectives 

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize concepts such as variability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and P-values and their applications to current projects
  • Distinguish various study designs and identify techniques to avoid bias in current and new studies
  • Discuss the importance of collaboration with statisticians when designing and interpreting results from clinical trials
  • Demonstrate how to establish clinical non-inferiority and equivalence
  • Effectively speak to co-workers and management using statistical terms
  • Identify the statistician's role in clinical research

Special Offers 

Group Discounts Available! Register 3 and Get the 4th FREE!

Hotel & Travel 

Training Course Location
DIA Worldwide Headquarters
800 Enterprise Road, Suite 101
Horsham, PA 19044

Hotel Information
Homewood Suites
2650 Kelly Road
Warrington, PA 18976
Phone +1-215-343-1300
Fax +215-343-1335

A limited number of rooms are available at the reduced rate shown below (DIA is guaranteed until September 22, 2013, or until room block is filled). Attendees should make airline and room reservations as soon as possible.
When making reservations, mention the DIA training course.
Standard Room Rate
$119
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Contact Information 

Registration Questions
Marilyn Ginsberg, Customer Service Associate
Phone +1.215.442.6135
Fax +1.215.442.6199
Marilyn.Ginsberg@diahome.org

Agenda and Event Logistics
Colleen Buckley, Event Planner
Phone +1.215.442.6183
Fax +1.215.442.6199
Colleen.Buckley@diahome.org

Faculty 

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Continuing Education 

The Drug Information Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The Drug Information Association designates this educational activity for up to 12.50 contact hours or 1.25 CEUs. Type of Activity: Knowledge
Pharmacy Credit Allocation
Day 1: 0286-0000-13-035-L04-P, 6.75 contact hours or .675 CEUs:
Day 2: 286-0000-13-036-L04-P, 5.75 contact hours or .575 CEUs:

ACPE CREDIT REQUEST UPDATE
DIA is required by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to report pharmacy-requested CEUs through the CPE Monitor system. All ACPE-certified activity credit requests need to be submitted through DIA’s My Transcript within 45-days post activity. Pharmacists will need to provide their National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) e-Profile ID and date of birth (MMDD) to ensure the data is submitted to the ACPE and NABP properly. If you need to obtain your NABP e-Profile, please visit www.cpemonitor.net.

Drug Information Association has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102.

As an IACET Authorized Provider, Drug Information Association offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard. Drug Information Association is authorized by IACET to offer 1.3 CEUs for this program. Participants must attend the entire program in order to be able to receive an IACET statement of credit. No partial credit will be awarded.

This program is part of DIA’s Certificate Program and is awarded the following.
• Clinical Research Certificate Program: 8 Core Units each

For more information go to www.diahome.org/certificateprograms

Name Credit Type Max Credits CEU
Clinical Statistics for Nonstatisticians ACPE 12.50 1.250
Clinical Statistics for Nonstatisticians IACET 12.50 1.300

Disclosure Policy:

It is DIA policy that anyone in a position to control the content of a continuing education activity must disclose to the program audience (1) any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentation and/or the educational activity, and (2) discussions of unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or medical devices. Disclosure statements will be included in the course materials.

Statement of Credit:

If you would like to receive a statement of credit, you must attend the activity, sign-in at the DIA registration desk, and complete the online credit request process through My Transcript at www.diahome.org . Participants will be able to download a statement of credit upon successful submission of the credit request. My Transcript will be available for credit requests two weeks after the last day of the activity.
Please note: If you do not sign-in, you will not receive CE credit as partial credit will not be awarded.

To view DIA’s Grievance Policy, please visit the CE page on the DIA website at www.diahome.org/CE

Registration Fees 

Member

Charitable Nonprofit/Academia Member
$810.00
Member Government
$810.00
Member Standard
$1375.00
Member Standard (As of 09/17/2013)
$1475.00

Non-Member

Charitable Nonprofit/Academia Nonmember
$1035.00
NonMember Government
$1035.00
NonMember Standard
$1700.00
Group Discounts

Register 3 individuals from the same company and receive complimentary registration for a 4th! All 4 individuals must register and prepay at the same time – no exceptions. DIA will apply the value of the lowest applicable fee to this complimentary registration; it does NOT include fees for optional events or DIA membership. You may substitute group participants of the same membership status at any time; however, administrative fees may be incurred. Group registration is not available online and does not apply to the already discounted fees for government or charitable nonprofit/academia.

To take advantage of this offer, please make a copy of this registration form for EACH of the four registrants from your company. Include the names of all four group registrants on each of the forms and return them together to DIA.

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