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Medical Statistics Courses

Medical statistics courses can help you learn data analysis techniques, study design principles, hypothesis testing, and the interpretation of clinical trial results. You can build skills in analyzing patient data, understanding epidemiological methods, and applying statistical software for real-world health problems. Many courses introduce tools like R, SAS, or SPSS, that support performing statistical analyses and visualizing health data effectively.


Popular Medical Statistics Courses and Certifications


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    Stanford University

    Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Healthcare

    Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Ethics, Data Ethics, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning, Responsible AI, Artificial Neural Networks, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Model Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Health Policy, Data Preprocessing

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    609 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    MathWorks

    Medical Image Processing

    Skills you'll gain: Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Image Analysis, X-Ray Computed Tomography, Data Import/Export, Biomedical Engineering, Matlab, Scientific Visualization, Deep Learning

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    25 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel, Part 1

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Probability, Box Plots, Histogram, Probability Distribution, Scatter Plots, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Data Analysis, Bayesian Statistics

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    39 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universiteit Leiden

    Population Health: Responsible Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, R Programming, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Data Ethics, Data Collection, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Reporting, Logistic Regression, Statistical Modeling, Data Cleansing

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    45 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California, Davis

    Healthcare Data Models

    Skills you'll gain: Data Integration, Data Validation, Data Quality, Data Cleansing, Data Modeling, Health Informatics, Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, Star Schema, Health Information Management, Data Analysis, Analytics, Electronic Medical Record, Database Systems, Relational Databases

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    56 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    The Simplest Guide™ to Clinical Data Analysis with SAS

    Skills you'll gain: Clinical Trials, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Research, Case Report Forms, SAS (Software), Statistical Reporting, Pharmaceuticals, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Informed Consent, Data Manipulation, Descriptive Statistics

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Cape Town

    Doing Clinical Research: Biostatistics with the Wolfram Language

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Data Literacy, Plot (Graphics), Statistical Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Statistical Programming, Biostatistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Quantitative Research, Deep Learning, Regression Analysis, Data Manipulation, Machine Learning

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    52 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Statistics and Data Analysis with R

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Probability Distribution, Statistical Analysis, R Programming, Data Import/Export, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Literacy, Plot (Graphics), Statistics, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Data Structures

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Statistics for Genomic Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, R Programming, Probability & Statistics, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Regression Analysis, Data Pipelines, Data Transformation, Logistic Regression

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    378 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Genentech

    Data Sciences in Pharma - Patient Centered Outcomes Research

    Skills you'll gain: Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, Drug Development, Patient Evaluation, Pharmaceutical Terminology, Clinical Assessment, Quantitative Research, Data Literacy, Patient-centered Care, Statistical Methods, Data Science, Statistical Analysis

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    22 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    28DIGITAL

    Foundations of mining non-structured medical data

    Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Medical Imaging, Image Analysis, Unstructured Data, Health Informatics, Big Data, Health Information Management and Medical Records, Text Mining, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Health Care, Data Ethics, Natural Language Processing, Medical Science and Research

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    26 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Data Augmented Technology Assisted Medical Decision Making

    Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Ethics, Diagnostic Tests, Statistical Methods, Patient Communication, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Clinical Research, Model Evaluation, Data Ethics, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Probability & Statistics, Health Technology, Clinical Assessment, Health Informatics, Medical Equipment and Technology, Responsible AI, Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Health Disparities

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular medical statistics courses

  • Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Healthcare: Stanford University
  • Medical Image Processing: MathWorks
  • Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel, Part 1: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Population Health: Responsible Data Analysis: Universiteit Leiden
  • Healthcare Data Models: University of California, Davis
  • The Simplest Guide™ to Clinical Data Analysis with SAS: Packt
  • Doing Clinical Research: Biostatistics with the Wolfram Language: University of Cape Town
  • Statistics and Data Analysis with R: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Statistics for Genomic Data Science: Johns Hopkins University
  • Data Sciences in Pharma - Patient Centered Outcomes Research: Genentech

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