Predictive modelling, nomograms and risk calculators

Sinan Khadouri

• Developing and validating a predictive model
• Deriving nomograms and risk calculators
• Using predictive models to study data

Point-of-care ultrasound for testicular torsion

Aishah Azam, Paul S Sidhu and Simon Freeman

• How ultrasound works
• Normal scrotal anatomy on ultrasound
• Ultrasound and testicular torsion
• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for testicular torsion.

Introductory reading for the RESCUE Study

An introduction to health economic evaluation

Sabrina Helena Rossi

• Models and parameters
• Interpreting outputs
• Critical appraisal

Descriptive statistics 1: measures of central tendency

Aqua Asif and Keiran Clement

• Mean, median and mode and when to use them
• Calculating measures
• Distribution curves and significant outliers

Descriptive statistics 2: correlation and regression

Nikita Bhatt

• Correlation and correlation coefficients
• Correlation vs causation
• Regression analysis

Descriptive statistics 3: analysis of variance (ANOVA) and survival analysis

Aqua Asif and Keiran Clement

• One-way and two-way ANOVAs
• F-ratios
• Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests

Types of data and variables

Arjun Nambiar

• Data vs variables
• Categorical vs quantitative data and conversion between the two
• Most appropriate statistical tests for different data/variable type

Types of study design

Keiran Clement

• Study design types
• Using a study design to answer a research question
• Heirarchies of evidence

Hypothesis testing and population sampling

Nikita Bhatt

• Logic behind hypothesis testing
• Four steps of hypothesis testing
• Errors in hypothesis testing
• Calculating sample sizes

Literature searching

Arjun Nambiar

• Medical databases
• Methods of literature searching
• Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms and advanced search techniques
• Multi-level literature searching in PubMed