On Educational Improvement of Medical Statistics in Medical Education〜view point of Technique of Statistical Analysis used in Medical papers.

【目的】我们关注日本和国外医学学术论文中使用的统计分析技术，旨在通过审查在医学论文中选择合适的统计技术进行统计分析以及检查是否存在错误使用的情况，以及这种现象是否源于教育制度，医学研究的大纲，以及分析技术之间定性和定量差异的澄清。[方法] 1.调查国外医学教育机构的《医学统计学》教学大纲，并与日本进行比较; 2.收集近10年来国内外主要医学期刊中有关《生物统计学》的论文，检查统计技术的选择是否正确，并对错误使用的案例进行研究。[结论] 1.对日本医学的研究概况 ...更多信息 cal期刊指出，排名前三的。以“（1）检验_X2”为首，其次是“（2）t检验和（3）相关分析”，占分析技术使用总量的70%。在欧洲语言的期刊中，“（1）t检验”排名第一，继续（2）非参数检验，（3）ANOVA（4）多组比较（5）Logistic回归模型分析。2.医学统计学在全国20%（2个单元，30小时）的病例中作为独立的教育学科。该主题通常在第三年的卫生或公共卫生中获得几个单位小时，或者在其他情况下，与流行病学或医学信息学相结合，其中从流行病学的角度给出分析方法。另一方面，在美国和德国，它以生物统计学或生物测量学的名义组成了一个独立的学术单位，并配备了自己的教育人员。原因是医学院的统计学教育体系不健全，因此，希望加强在临床培训现场使用适当软件的实践教育，更不用说基础教育了。少

【Purpose】We have focused on techniques of statistical analysis used in academic theses in medicine in Japan and abroad aiming at finding how to achieve improved education of Medical Statistics by reviewing wherether appropriate statistical techniques are chosen for statistical analysis in medical theses as well as by examining whether if there are in fact cases of erroneous uses and whether such a phenomenon derives from the educational system including curriculums of medical study together with clarification of qualitative and quantitative differences among analytical techniques.【Method】1.We surveyed actual educational curriculums of Medical Statistics in medical training institutions abroad and compared them with those in Japan.2.We collected theses using Biostatistics among principal medical journals in Japan and abroad for the last ten years, checked if statistical techniques had been properly selected and studied on cases of incorrect uses.【Conclusion】1.Our survey of Japanese medi … More cal journals indicates that the top ranking three. headed by "(1)test _X2" followed by "(2)t test and (3)correlation analysis", have 70% share in the total use of analytical techniques. Among journals in European languages "(1)test t" ranks at the top, continued to (2)non-parametric-test, (3)ANOVA (4)Comparison of multiple Groups (5)Logistic regression model analysis.2.Medical Statistics is given a status as an independent educational subject in 20% (2 units, 30 hours) of the cases nationwide. The subject is often given several unit-hours out of Hygiene or Public Health during the third year or, in some other instances, is combined with Epidemiology or Medical Informatics in which analytical methodology is given from the viewpoint of Epidemiology. On the other hand, in the United States and Germany it constitutes an independent academic unit under the name of Biostatistics or Biometry with its own team of educational staff assigned.3.Incorrect use of statistical techniques and its inferior quality is more conspicuous in journals in Japanese than those in European languages. As the cause is attributed to the inadequate educational system for Statistics in Medical Faculties, it is desired that practical education using proper software at the site of clinical training be strengthened, not to mention of basic education. Less