Muktar H. Aliyu|Mahmoud U Sani|Donna J. Ingles|Fatimah I. Tsiga-Ahmed|Baba Maiyaki Musa|Deepa Dongarwar|Hamisu M. Salihu|W. Wester
Building Physician-Scientist Skills in R Programming: A Short Workshop Report
Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Bayero University Kano|Vanderbilt University|Bayero University Kano|Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital|Bayero University Kano|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
introduction statistical analysis programs require coding experience basic understanding programming skills taught part medical school residency curriculamethods conducted fiveday course earlycareer nigerian physicianscientists interested learning common statistical tests acquiring r programming skills workshop included didactic presentations small group learning activities interactive discussions baseline questionnaire captured participant demographics solicited participants level confidence understandingperforming common statistical tests redcap questionnaires emailed obtain feedback educational format content postworkshop assessment covered participants overall impression programresults total 23 participants attended program participants male n14 609 early stage career assistant professor n20 870 approximately 70 respondents indicated received prior training statistics proportion participants without experience using r sas software 90 85 respectively greater corresponding proportions stata 55 spss 20 prior workshop respondents expressed confident performing oneway anova 60 logistic regression 68 simple linear regression 60 mcnemars test 80 statistically significant postworkshop improvement level confidence understanding performing common statistical tests course rated 0100 scale moderately difficult mean sd 517 195 participants felt comfortable putting knowledge learned practice 822 171conclusion public health implications introductory r taught junior physicianscientists resourcelimited settings inform development implementation similar training initiatives analogous settings copyright 2022 aliyu et al published global health education projects inc openaccess article distributed terms creative commons attribution license cc 40