Master of Medical Statistics (pre 2018)

Statistics is one of the essential requirements for high quality medical research, and is vital to public health research.

This program is designed to provide in depth knowledge in the application of statistical methods to the analysis of health related data.

Graduates will develop a strong capacity to work effectively as integral members of a collaborative team to investigate problems in health and medicine.

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• Demonstrated a sound understanding of epidemiological study design and the theory and application of the major areas of medical statistics relevant to professional practice
• Demonstrated skills in complex statistical analyses to handle a variety of practical problems using modern statistical techniques and software
• Demonstrated skills in data collection and data management, including quality control procedures and the ethical handling of data
• Demonstrated skills to identify the relevant statistical issues in practical problems in medical/health settings and to propose and implement an appropriate statistical design and/or analysis methodology
• Demonstrated skills and had experience in communication of statistical issues with clinical/health personnel and the presentation of statistical results in a format suitable for publication in health-related journals or professional reports
• Demonstrated technical skills to be able to read methodological papers in the medical statistics literature and apply the methods described therein to practical problems
• Demonstrated an understanding of professional codes of conduct and of the importance of behaving in a way consistent with ethical standards such as those of the Statistical Society of Australia
• Demonstrated problem solving abilities in statistics, characterised by flexibility of approach