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- Title
Statistical advising: Professional development opportunities for the biostatistician.
- Authors
LeBlanc, Marissa; Rueegg, Corina S.; Bekiroğlu, Nural; Esterhuizen, Tonya M.; Fagerland, Morten W.; Falk, Ragnhild S.; Frøslie, Kathrine F.; Graf, Erika; Heinze, Georg; Held, Ulrike; Holst, René; Lange, Theis; Mazumdar, Madhu; Myrberg, Ida H.; Posch, Martin; Sergeant, Jamie C.; Vach, Werner; Vance, Eric A.; Weedon‐Fekjær, Harald; Zucknick, Manuela
- Abstract
We argue that these labels matter, because they imply different views on the relationship between the biostatistician and the biomedical researcher, and on the advising process and the biostatistician's role in the scientific process in general.4 Ultimately, they also influence the impact biostatistical advising can have on the professional development of the biostatistician. In contrast to the theoretical statistician, the biostatistician needs I broad i knowledge and understanding of applied statistics, which has led to the development of specific training programs for medical statistics and biostatistics over the last 50 years.1 In addition, the job of the biostatistician is multi-disciplinary and collaborative in its essence,2,3 meaning that training and practical experience in interdisciplinary research and communication of statistics to biomedical researchers is required. B Dilemma 3: b The biomedical partners (to indicate that the manuscript was assessed and approved by a statistician) or institution hosting the advising service (eg, because of financial benefits for the institution) would like the biostatistician to be co-author, but the biostatistician thinks that he/she did not contribute enough to warrant co-authorship. We also organize part-time positions at departments of the University Hospital Zurich (20%-100% FTE) in which the biostatistician, closely linked to the Department of Biostatistics, is involved in teaching activities and is supervised by senior biostatistician colleagues.
- Subjects
CAREER development; PROFESSIONAL education; CAREER changes; VOCATIONAL guidance; ACADEMIC medical centers; BIOINFORMATICS software
- Publication
Statistics in Medicine, 2022, Vol 41, Issue 5, p847
- ISSN
0277-6715
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/sim.9290