PG Dip in Science specialisation in Medical Statistics

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Medical statisticians detect and monitor disease and evaluate treatments. The main focus to this work is research, which sees medical statisticians design, implement and analyse clinical studies and present their findings in reports or publications.
The role of a medical statistician is integral to public health education and policy making.

A postgraduate qualification in Medical Statistics is a statistics qualification that is focused on careers in the medical area.
With applications ranging from biomedical laboratory research, clinical medicine, and health promotion, to national and global systems of health care; you will study how to design and analyse research to identify the real causes of health issues – as distinct from chance variation.

Medical statisticians work in public health and universities, as well as the private sector in epidemiology and the pharmaceutical industry.

Prerequisite: A major in Statistics or the equivalent approved by the Academic Head or nominee including STATS 210 or 225 or an equivalent course approved by the Academic Head or nominee

Complete 120 points comprising:

45 points for all Compulsory Courses, and
15 points from Group 1 Elective Courses, and
60 points from Group 2 Elective Courses

Compulsory Courses

Complete 45 points for ALL of the following:

POPLHLTH 708 - Epidemiology (15 points)

STATS 770 - Introduction to Medical Statistics (15 points)

STATS 773 - Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (15 points)

Group 1 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

STATS 779 - Professional Skills for Statisticians (15 points)

STATS 782 - Statistical Computing (15 points)

Group 2 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 60 points from the following:

POPLHLTH 709 - Evidence for Best Practice (15 points)

POPLHLTH 711 - Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (15 points)

POPLHLTH 767 - Health Services Research Methods (15 points)

STATS 702 - Special Topic in Statistics 2 (15 points)

STATS 703 - Special Topic in Statistics 1 (15 points)

STATS 705 - Topics in Official Statistics (15 points)

STATS 708 - Topics in Statistical Education (15 points)

STATS 709 - Predictive Modelling (30 points)

STATS 710 - Probability Theory - Level 9 (15 points)

STATS 720 - Stochastic Processes (15 points)

STATS 721 - Foundations of Stochastic Processes (15 points)

STATS 722 - Foundations of Financial Mathematics (15 points)

STATS 723 - Stochastic Methods: Theory and Applications (15 points)

STATS 725 - Special Topic (15 points)

STATS 726 - Time Series (15 points)

STATS 727 - Foundations of Applied Time Series Analysis (15 points)

STATS 730 - Statistical Inference - Level 9 (15 points)

STATS 731 - Bayesian Inference (15 points)

STATS 732 - Foundations of Statistical Inference (15 points)

STATS 740 - Sample Surveys (15 points)

STATS 741 - Sample Surveys and Experimental Design (15 points)

STATS 747 - Statistical Methods in Marketing (15 points)

STATS 750 - Experimental Design (15 points)

STATS 761 - Mixed Models (15 points)

STATS 762 - Regression for Data Science (15 points)

STATS 763 - Advanced Regression Methodology (15 points)

STATS 765 - Statistical Learning for Data Science (15 points)

STATS 766 - Multivariate Analysis (15 points)

STATS 767 - Foundations of Applied Multivariate Analysis (15 points)

STATS 768 - Longitudinal Data Analysis (15 points)

STATS 769 - Advanced Data Science Practice (15 points)

STATS 771 - Special Topic (15 points)

STATS 776 - Estimating Animal Abundance (15 points)

STATS 779 - Professional Skills for Statisticians (15 points)

STATS 780 - Statistical Consulting (15 points)

STATS 781 - Research Project - Level 9 (30 points)

STATS 781A - Research Project - Level 9 (15 points)

STATS 781B - Research Project - Level 9 (15 points)

STATS 782 - Statistical Computing (15 points)

STATS 783 - Simulation and Monte Carlo Methods (15 points)

STATS 784 - Statistical Data Mining (15 points)

STATS 785 - Foundations of Statistical Data Management (15 points)

STATS 786 - Time Series Forecasting for Data Science (15 points)

STATS 787 - Data Visualisation (15 points)

Up to 30 points may be substituted from other 700 level courses in Statistics or related subjects, as approved by the Programme Director.