P Chambers, M D Forster, A Patel, N Duncan, E Kipps, I C K Wong, Y Jani, L Wei
Development and validation of a risk score (Delay-7) to predict the occurrence of a treatment delay following cycle 1 chemotherapy
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adequate knowledge biostatistics essential healthcare providers stay date medical advances maintain evidencebased practice however training clinical research canadian residency programs varies considerably study aimed determine canadian urology trainees knowledge biostatistics interpretation scientific literature conducted national survey canadian urology residents fellows assessed experiences biostatistics selfreported confidence statistical questions knowledge biostatistical concepts 201 urology trainees 74 368 responded survey majority respondents disagreed strongly disagreed fact sufficient training biostatistics medical school 676 current knowledge sufficient rest career 661 given chance 823 respondents would like learn biostatistics half respondents able correctly identify ordinal variables 515 discrete variables 529 interpret adjusted odds ratios 500 despite senior residents reporting confidence biostatistical questions results demonstrate significant differences overall knowledge according level training experience biostatistics results identified important knowledge gaps among current canadian urology trainees trainees believe sufficient training biostatistics knowledge basic statistical concepts lower expected significantly differ according level training results highlight need structured dedicated training biostatistics urology trainees within new competence design teaching framework