Acquiring Medical Statistical Competencies in a Demanding Evidence-Based World: Thoughts and Experience from a Student Statistical Team in a Mexican Academic Center

Authors

  • Carlos de la Cruz-de la Cruz MD. Department of Hematology, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6091-6374
  • Humberto de León-Gutiérrez MD. Plataforma INVEST Medicina UANL-KER Unit Mayo Clinic (KER Unit Mexico). Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2426-8776
  • Juan Manuel Millán-Alanís MD. Department of Internal Medicine, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5583-2582
  • Andrea Judith Bautista-Gómez MD. Department of Dermatology, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6097-9877
  • Braulio Hernán Velasco-Sepúlveda MD. Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico. Institute of Ophthalmology Fundación Conde de Valenciana. Mexico City, Mexico. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1001-0873
  • Adrián González-Martínez MD. Department of Hematology, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1995-6593
  • Neri Alejandro Álvarez-Villalobos MD, PhD. Plataforma INVEST Medicina UANL-KER Unit Mayo Clinic (KER Unit Mexico). Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico. Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-1429

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1614

Keywords:

Medical Student, Statistics, Education, Personal Narrative

Abstract

Training and encouraging students to critically review the evidence and make evidence-based decisions should be one of the goals of medical education. We report our experience developing an extracurricular university student statistical team that offers statistical aid to other students and faculty. This includes supervised training sessions and mentoring in diverse scientific research projects at work in our university.

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Bautista-Gómez AJ, Millán-Alanís JM, de la Cruz-de la Cruz C, González-Martínez A, Velasco-Sepúlveda BH, Álvarez-Villalobos NA. [Teaching medical statistics in medical schools: towards a comprehensive training]. Inv Ed Med. 2020;9(36):52-7 spa.

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Published

2022-10-25 — Updated on 2023-03-31

How to Cite

de la Cruz-de la Cruz, C., de León-Gutiérrez, H., Millán-Alanís, J. M., Bautista-Gómez, A. J., Velasco-Sepúlveda, B. H., González-Martínez, A., & Álvarez-Villalobos, N. A. (2023). Acquiring Medical Statistical Competencies in a Demanding Evidence-Based World: Thoughts and Experience from a Student Statistical Team in a Mexican Academic Center. International Journal of Medical Students, 11(1), 85–87. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.1614

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