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AMS Students 2008 - 2009

• Initial Presentation of Projects
• Presentation Timetable - Day 1:  Day 2:  Day 3
• Group Sessions
• Courses
• Individual Consultations with CEBU staff

Supervisor and CEBU Support Guidelines for AMS Students

The following levels of in principle support can be expected from CEBU staff for AMS students:

1. Training in research methodology provided during fortnightly 2 hour sessions in Semester 1.
   
2. Access to training in Stata and EpiData
   
3. One-to-one consultations (e.g. to provide advice on methodological issues, planning of data management and analysis).  It is expected that where these are required, the student's supervisor attend at least the first consultation.  Depending on the complexity of the project, supervisors may need to also attend subsequent consultations with the student.  This approach is intended to prevent miscommunication between student, supervisor and CEBU staff, and to improve efficiency by avoiding the need to re-book consultations to gain additional information from supervisors.
   
4. For simple data entry, data cleaning and preliminary data analysis, it is expected that students undertake in the first instance to learn the appropriate tools (e.g. EpiData, Stata) and to conduct this themselves.  If additional help is required, students should book an appointment with CEBU staff through CEBU's administrator (9345 6368).  However, they are expected to conduct this work themselves following the provision of advice.  This in the best interest of the personal development of the student, and is usually necessary in order for students to claim full authorship of the work they submit for assessment.  It is also necessary in order to ensure fair allocation of access to CEBU resources.
   
5. For complex data analysis, CEBU staff may be contracted to assist or undertake this work by mutual consent between the supervisor and CEBU staff.  Where appropriate (e.g. funded studies, extensive work required) payment of an hourly (student) rate may be sough for CEBU staff time.

Initial Presentation of Projects

Each student must present an outline of their project. The presentation should cover the main aspects of the project:

• what is the research question
• what is the study design
• how will data be collected
• what is actually being measured
• what are the proposed timelines

Suggested time for each presentation is 10 minutes.  Each student will be allocated 20 minutes to allow enough time for feedback from CEBU staff.  Supervisors are required to be present at these presentations.

All students are encouraged to attend these presentations.

Presentations are to be held on the 4^th floor, Front Entry Building on the following dates and times:

Presentation timetable

Students need to book a time for their presentation with Donna De Sair at CEBU, 9345 6368 or email donna.desair@mcri.edu.au.  Please refer to the timetable below for availability of times and dates.

DAY I

DAY 2

DAY 3

Group Sessions

These sessions provide an introduction to quantitative methods in clinical research, with an emphasis on concepts and practical issues rather than statistical details.

Group Sessions are to be held in Seminar Room 2, 4^th floor, Front Entry Building on the following dates and times:

***** NB: Change of venue for this session:  Vernon Collins Lecture Theatre, 4th Floor, Front Entry Building

Courses

EpiData course

Half day course learning how to use the EpiData data entry package.  Course dates and venue details are as follows:

NB: If you have a definite preference on which course date you would prefer to attend, please let Donna De Sair, donna.desair@mcri.edu.au  know by 17th August 2007. 

The following program and file will need to be downloaded onto your computer prior to undertaking this course:

Program: EpiData.
File:  DiabetesSurvey (Word 50 KB)  

Stata courses

Two x 1½  day course in the computer lab learning how to use the Stata statistical package. 

The following files will need to be downloaded onto your computer prior to undertaking this course:

Stata I  - VLBW.xls

Stata II - Extra cases VLBW.dta
              Base vlbw.dta
             Vlbw 2 years.dta
             Vlbw 5_1.dta
              Vlbw 5_2.dta
             VLBW.txt
             Cleaned vlbw.dta

A temporary Stata Users Licence, valid for 30 days, will be issued on the first day of the Stata I course.

NB:  Students who will be required to take their laptop to the course will need to install the Stata program prior to the course date.  Please contact Donna De Sair, 9345 6368, to arrange for collection of the installation disk.

Individual consultations with CEBU staff

Appointments for individual consultations with CEBU staff, as required by each student, can be made with Donna De Sair, 9345 6368.  Students must be accompanied by their supervisor for the initial consultation.