Webinar: A practical introduction to statistical reviewing for medical journals
Category: Career development for applied statisticians, Improving statistical literacy
Webinar: A practical introduction to statistical reviewing for medical journals
Joint event: Improving Statistical Literacy and Career Development Working Groups, NIHR Statistics Group
Monday 20th January 2025 9.30am-12pm
About the webinar
In this interactive webinar, we will provide an overview of how to conduct a statistical review for a general medical journal. We will also provide hands-on experience of reviewing some example journal articles, allowing opportunities for participants to interact with more experienced statistical reviewers.
Providing statistical reviews for medical journals can be a rewarding experience; as well as gaining knowledge in a variety of clinical areas, being able to include statistical reviewer roles on your CV can aid career development. There is currently little formal training for early to mid career researchers on how to conduct a statistical review. The focus of this webinar will be on reviewing the statistical aspects of papers submitted to medical journals but will also cover tips that will be relevant to the non-statistical aspects. Pre-workshop reading material will be provided in preparation for the practical aspects of the webinar.
Who is it for?
- Early / mid-career researchers with statistical training.
- Those working in medical statistics or data science who are interested in statistical reviewing for a medical journal.
- Those with no or little experience of statistical reviewing.
Programme
SESSION 1 – Chaired by Jess Kendall (University of Leeds)
09:30 – 09.40: Introduction – Derrick Bennett (University of Oxford) / Sam Leary (University of Bristol)
09:40 – 09:50: Why be a statistical reviewer? – Julie Morris (formally University of Manchester)
09:50 – 10:00: How to review a paper from a statistical viewpoint – Andy Vail (University of Manchester)
10:00 – 10:10: Considerations for epidemiological papers – Paula Dhiman(University of Oxford)
10:10 – 10:20: Considerations for trial papers – Gordon Prescott (University of Central Lancashire)
10:20 – 10:30: First experiences of statistical reviewing – Jen Lewis (University of Sheffield)
10:30 – 10:45: Panel discussion (All five speakers)
10:45 – 11:00: BREAK
SESSION 2 – Chaired by Jamie Sergeant (University of Manchester)
11:00 – 11:45: Practical exercise – Review a paper in four breakout groups, facilitated by Ashma Krishnan (University of Manchester), Hilary Watt (formerly Imperial College London), Antonia Marsden (University of Manchester), Clare Robinson (Queen Mary University of London)
11:45 – 12:00: Final feedback – Spokesperson from each of the breakout groups
Registration
To register, please use this link, closing date Wednesday 8th January 2025: https://forms.office.com/e/nZ4DFVgbgu
Important dates
Pre-reading material with instructions will be sent out by Friday 10th January 2025.
The zoom link for the webinar will be sent on Thursday 16th January 2025.