(50)TEACHING AND LEARNING OF STATISTICS FOR HEALTH STUDIES. AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

摘要

We aim an exhibition of the most applicable statistical methods to the health studies. Nowadays, it isessential the use of statistical packages in the resolution of problems with great quantity ofcalculations. The objective of this work is to create, develop and work on applications, which are of agreat help to transmit information with a great saving of time and provide multiple experiencesdesigned to maximize the educational potential of our students.For this reason, different materials and new technologies appropriate for the teaching of Statistics areintroduced in the classroom.We do not aim the rigorous proof of the statistical technologies skills but a presentation of thetheoretical basic knowledge of these disciplines and the most applicable statistical methods. Moreconcretely this was presented to the students from the University of Almeria (Spain)of degrees inPhysiotherapy, for whom the following example was set out.In order to extract conclusions, the data collection is performed by accessing the database and clinicalhistories. Variables such as age, associated diseases and psychological attitude, etc. are taken intoaccount.All the results have been carried out using the statistical package "SPSS" and the outputs have beenshown and interpreted to pupils with the Power-Point program.