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This paper is from Session 3C: Mentoring of graduate students
which comes under Topic 3: Statistics education at the post-secondary level             Full topic list


(Thursday 6th, 16:00-18:00)

Mentoring statisticians in formal degree programs: the masters in biostatistics at the Universidad de Chile (1983-2005): entering the 21st century


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Co-authors

  • Rosa Montaño
  • Claudio Silva (Chile)
  • J. Francisco Cumsille
  • Gabriel Cavada

Abstract

This paper describes the process of renewal of the Masters in Biostatistics program according to the technologic, occupational and academic new realities present at the beginning of this century in a developing country. In 1983 the University of Chile created an academic program of Masters in Biostatistics oriented toward preparing highly qualified personnel in Biostatistics to perform university teaching functions, as well as research consulting in the biological and medical sciences. In 2002, the Masters in Biostatistics program underwent a re-engineering process that is reflected in changes in the lecture series, including revision of course content, requiring students to work real-life problems from the beginning of their degree program, introduction of computer simulation as a teaching and research tool, and discussion of both parametric and non-parametric inference procedures.