• Session Overview
• Program Content
• Faculty
• Target Audience and Program Goals
• CPE Credit
• BCOP Specialty Recertification Credit
• Technical Requirements
• Fees

Session Overview

New for 2017, ACCP is offering it’s popular Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Clinical Trial Design workshop for home study! This workshop recording is ideal for anyone who is planning to sit for one of the many Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) exams, anyone who is interested in learning more about biostatistics and trial design, and anyone who is interested in earning 5.0 hours of recertification credit in Ambulatory Care, Critical Care Pharmacy, Pediatric Pharmacy, or Pharmacotherapy.

Note: to earn recertification credit, the web based posttest must be completed by August 15, 2017.

Program Content

The Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Clinical Trial Design is divided into two major sections. The first section provides an overview of descriptive versus interferential statistics, factors that influence errors and how to estimate sample size, and choosing the appropriate statistics test. The second section is focused on observational and interventional study designs and methodologies, how to best interpret measures of association, and screenings in medicine.

Faculty

	G. Robert DeYoung, Pharm.D., BCPS Clinical Pharmacist, Advantage Health Physician Network and Saint Mary's Health Care, Grand Rapids, Michigan
	Larry W. Segars, Pharm.D., DrPH, FCCP, FACE, BCPS Associate Dean, College of Biosciences; Associate Professor of Pharmacology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri

Target Audience and Program Goals

Clinical Pharmacists with an interest in statistics and trial design, clinical pharmacists who plan to sit for a BPS specialty exam, clinical pharmacists wishing to earn recertification credit in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Critical Care Pharmacy, Pediatric Pharmacy, or Pharmacotherapy.

At the conclusion of the program, the participant should be able to:

1. Apply your knowledge of descriptive statistics to determine the most appropriate way to summarize the results of your clinical trial and interpret the results of others
2. Compare factors that influence statistical decision errors and distinguish which are most important when determining the sample size required to achieve a predetermined study power.
3. Select the most appropriate statistical test based on the data collected and the clinical research methodology
4. Delineate and differentiate the various designs and methodologies of common types of Observational (natural) & Interventional (experimental) studies, specifically focusing on each design’s purpose/focus, structure, patient-allocation techniques, and differentiating strengths and weaknesses.
5. Delineate, calculate, and interpret common elements associated with medical screenings, measures of disease frequency, and measures of association for diseases.

Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Fundamentals of Biostatistics and Clinical Trial Design Workshop
February 16, 2017
Activity No. 0217-0000-17-060-H04-P; 5.0 contact hours.
An Application-Based Activity

To earn continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit and to receive your continuing pharmacy education statement of credit for this activity, participants must successfully complete a Web-based posttest by October 1, 2019. Partial credit is not available for each activity.

Specialty Recertification Credit

This activity is available for BCACP, BCCCP, BCPPS, and BCPS recertification credit. Dual credit is available for this activity in any combination of the specialty certifications listed above. To be eligible for 5.0 CPE hours of recertification credit, must listen to all 5.0 contact hours of the recorded presentations and then successfully complete a Web-based posttest by August 15, 2017. Partial credit is NOT available for this activity.

ACCP, as the official provider approved by BPS, will record and report recertification credit earned for this activity directly to BPS.

Technical Requirements

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Fees

Financial Support

No financial support from external supporters was obtained for this course.