Clinical Research Skills Workshop
Study Design and Statistics
In conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Science Week, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
23rd July, 2025
Meet the Speakers
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Lisa Smart
BVSc (Hons) PhD DACVECC
Criticalist, Small Animal Specialist Hospital
Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
Corrin Boyd
BSc BVMS(Hons) GradDipEd DACVECC MVetClinStud PhD MANZCVS
Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University
Ristan Greer
BA(Maths) BVSc MVSc PhD MANZCVS
Epidemiologist, Torus Research
Honorary Associate Professor, University of QLD
Workshop Content
Each session will be accompanied by a break-out session for you to flex your learning, get personalised help and practice applying statistical methods. You will need to bring your own laptop for this workshop so that you can practice analysing data using the R statistical program.
What do you want to know?
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Refine your primary outcome
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Identify study design
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Conduct a sample size estimation
How will you collect the data?
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Observational studies
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Analytical or experimental studies
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Interventional studies
How will you analyse the data?
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Assess normality of data
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Calculate summary statistics, such as mean and median
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Compare summary estimates, such as using a t-test
Out of all participants who answered our feedback survey*, all of them agreed that;
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what they learned directly helped their research project
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that the majority of the topics were relevant to them
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​that they would recommend the workshop to others
*Seven out of 14 participants completed our survey - always know your sample size! On that note, 'Sample Size Estimation' was the favourite session of the day!
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