Overview
- Deals with medical statistics in a simple way Supported with ample examples
- Useful details about writing an article for journals
- A starter guide for young doctors to design their own study/trials
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
“Medical Statistics: For Beginners by Dr H. K. Ramakrishna is … a guide for the beginning researcher, or the medical student or resident interested in readying a manuscript or starting off for the first time conducting a study, to understand basic statistics. … this book is highly suitable for a medical beginner who needs a solid reference to learn about a wide variety of basic epidemiological and statistical knowledge in planning, conducting, and interpreting clinical studies.” (Feng Dai, Anestesia & Analgesia, Vol. 125 (5), November, 2017)
“The book aims to present statistics in an easy to read, simple manner. It is well written and well illustrated by abundant examples from the medical literature. It is aimed primarily at medical students, residents, and clinicians who are interested in learning the basics of statistics and their application in their everyday medical career. … This is a valuable resource for students and clinicians who are new to medical statistics and evidence–based medicine.” (Pooja Sethi, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Ramakrishna H K completed MBBS from Government Medical College, Bellary in 1989 and MS in General Surgery at Karnataka Medical College, Hubli 1992 and DNB (Diplomate of National Board) in General Surgery,1993. He started first Upper GI Endoscopy center in 1995 & first laparoscopic surgery center in 2001 in Bhadravathi, a rural area. He started mobile laparoscopic surgery unit started in 2005 to extend the benefits of laparoscopic surgery to nearby rural places. The unit covered a distance of about 60 km radius.
He has to his credit several articles published in various journals. He is also a reviewer for many journals like BMJ case reports, World Journal of Gastroenterology.
He got many best paper awards in the conferences. He has given many guest lectures in conferences both at state and at national levels. He has convened many symposia in state conferences. He has been judge for award papers in conferences. He is in charge of web site of KSCASI. (www.kscasi.com).
He is keenly interested in Medical Statistics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medical Statistics
Book Subtitle: For Beginners
Authors: Ramakrishna HK
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1923-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1922-7Published: 21 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9479-8Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1923-4Published: 08 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 181
Number of Illustrations: 110 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences