Teaching

Christian Medical College, Vellore was the first medical college in India, to offer Masters level course, M.Sc in Biostatistics in 1986. Demography and Research Methodology including Epidemiological thinking to students were included from the beginning. Currently, the Master’s program is recognized by The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. The most prominent and distinctive feature of the Master’s program in Biostatistics is the involvement of students in the journal club wherein each and every faculty imparts innovative methods that have been recently developed in peer reviewed journals and, helps the students to update their knowledge.

 

The department was recognized for PhD in Biostatistics (interdisciplinary) by the University of Madras from 1977 and was later transferred to The Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai in 2006. The department was also recognized for PhD in Biostatistics under the Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC) by the Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore from 2011. Currently 4 candidates, are pursuing their PhD programme.

The department conducts MSc Biostatics program and teaching biostatistics methods for the following courses:

 

 

Biostatistics classes for Allied Health Sciences (PG/PhD)

 

In addition to the masters’ program in Biostatistics, the department also runs a several introductory to intermediate level courses for under-graduate and post-graduate students in other disciplines within CMC. These different courses were consolidated and offered as one modular course targeted at students with no or minimal quantitative background. The program consists of four modules and sequenced as followed: 1 Research methods, 2 Descriptive statistics, 3 Inferential statistics and 4 Statistical Models. Each module runs for a period of four weeks with two sessions per week (8 session per module), and ends with module specific internal assessment.  The program started on mid-February with over 100 allied health science students benefiting from these courses.

 

Courses
1. M.Sc., (Nursing) 5. Master of Public Health (MPH) 9. M.Sc., (Epidemiology)
2. M.Sc., (Medical Physics) 6. MPT (Master of Physiotherapy 10. MD Physiology
3. M.Sc., Clinical Nutrition 7. M.Sc., Nuclear Medicine 11. Master of Hospital Administration (MHA)
4. Master of Business Administration (MBA) 8. M.S., Bioengineering 12. Ph.D., Haematology

 

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Training Programs

Biostatistics Resource and Training Centre (BRTC)

The untiring efforts of and every faculty members of Biostatistics led to the establishment of the “Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC)” in the year 1998. This was initially funded by International Clinical Epidemiological Network (INCLEN). BRTC aimed to train the clinical, health and research workers in Medical Research both in National and International institutions. The focus was on Advanced Biostatistics, Research Methodology, Epidemiology / Clinical Epidemiology, Clinical Trials and Clinical Data Management.

 

The department also conducts workshops in statistical software such as SPSS / STATA / R. Notable contributions have also been made to all teaching programs and workshops organized by the department of Biostatistics at Christian Medical College (CMC). It includes training of the staff, students and faculty from this institution and other institutions in India.

List of Short Courses / Training Programs in BRTC
Short Courses
1. Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology and SPSS 5. Clinical Trials and Meta Analyses 8. Multiple Linear Regression, Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis
2. SAS (Statistical Analysis System) 6. Fundamentals of Clinical Data Management (CDM) 9. Sample size calculation
3. Statistical computing using ‘R’ 7. Biostatistics & Epidemiology for Clinical and Public Health Research using SPSS & STATA 10. Short Course on Database creation using EpiData
4. Short Course on Managing references using Zotero