Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences: 2014 Annual Report Highlights
Explore the major accomplishments, planned activities for 2015, and issues addressed by the ASA Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences in their 2014 Annual Report. Discover insights into the activities, finances, website development, mentoring initiatives, and future goals of the section.
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ASA Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences 2014 Annual Report ASA | 1
Outline Major accomplishments in 2014, compared to plan if completed, noted in bold Planned activities for 2015 Issues for TSHS Exec Committee attention ASA | 2
2014 activities and 2015 plans 2014 Plans 2014 Accomplishments 2015 Plans JSM activities: 3-4 invited and topic-contributed sessions JSM2015: 3-4 invited and topic- contributed sessions + roundtables Monitor expenses and revenues: minimize deficit Portal to go live in Spring 2015 (C Bigelow) Dataset Challenge (C Bigelow) Coordinate w/ ASA-wide initiative (D Banks) To continue: 2-3 interviews per year (C Daskalakis) JSM2014 sessions: 2 invited, 2 topic-contributed, 1 contributed, 3 roundtables Modest deficit in 2014 Monitor finances: minimize deficit Portal on Resources for Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences: development of website Progress in website development and preliminary testing (C Bigelow) First member interview in November 2014 (C Daskalakis) Member Spotlight on website and newsletter (interviews with section members) Mentoring of statisticians in the health sciences Engagement of (bio)statistics students Participate in ASA-wide initiative on mentoring Explore other means of student engagement Interaction w/ ASA s Committee on Applied Statisticians ASA Community Teaching Statistics in Practice has had limited activity Charter revision (B Oster) Fellows nominations (S Looney) Working group to develop templates on teaching styles, course plans, learning outcomes (H Bush) ASA | 3
Issues for future attention Section continues to run modest deficit. Identify additional funding streams? Persist on CE course proposals for JSM? Student participation is limited. Explore additional means of student engagement? ASA | 4
