Table 4. Outline and, duration of teaching modules for Sub-Saharan African Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics (SSACAB) partner institutions.
| Institutions | WITS
(1) |
KCMUCO
(2) |
SU
(3) |
UNAM
(4) |
UNZA
(5) |
UoN
(6) |
Mak
(7) |
ISTM
(8) |
UZKN
(9) # |
UNIMA
(10) |
KNUST
(11) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation of
Maths & Statistics |
3 | 2 | 2 * | 0.5 * | 1 | ||||||
| Inference | 2 | 2 * | 2 | 2 * | 1.5 * | 1 *+1 * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Statistics and
probability theory |
2 * | 2 * | 2 | 2 * | 1 | 1+1+1 | |||||
| Surveys, Study &
research design |
1 | 2+1 | 2 | 1 *+1 * | 1.5 *+1.5 * | 0.5 *+0.5 * | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Generalised Linear
Models |
2 | 2+1+1 | 2 *+2 * | 2 | 2+1 *+1 * | 1.5 *+1.5 * | 3 * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 |
| Survival & time to
event |
2 | 2 * | 2 | 2+2 | 1.5 * | 2 * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Epidemiology | 1 | 2+4 | 2 * | 2 | 2+2 | 1 *+1 * | ----- | 1 | 1+1+1+1 | ||
| Clinical Trials | 1 | 2 * | 2 | 1.5 * | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| Analysis and
Modelling |
1 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 *+1.5 * | 1 *+1 * | 2 | ----- | 1+1+1 | 1 | ||
| Multilevel models | 2 * | 2 * | 2 | 2 | 2 * | 2 | 0.5 | 1+1 | 2 | ||
| Spatial | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| SEM and Causal
modelling |
2 * | 2 * | 1 * | ----- | |||||||
| Bayesian Analysis | 1 | 2 * | 2 * | 1 * | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| Database,
computing and data management |
1 *+1 * | 2 | 2 * | 1.5 * | 1 *+1 *+1 * | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| Other courses (1) | 2 | 2+1+1 | 1 * | 1.5 *+2 | 2+2+1+1 | 1 | 1+1+1+1 | ||||
| Professional
Attachment |
12 | 8 | ----- | 3 | |||||||
| Research Project | 26 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 24 | 104 | 20 | ||||
| Taught course
time (weeks) |
19 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 28 | 18.5 | 24.5 | 18 | ----- | 18 | 18 |
Notes: Numbers indicate the number of weeks of teaching, excluding assignments, exams and student work; # UKZN Masters by research, taught modules are all optional; * Blended over weeks (approx weekly equivalent); + indicates more than one course on the topic over the Masters; [1] WITS=University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; [2] KCMUCO=Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tanzania; [3] SU=Stellenbosch University, South Africa; [4] UNAM= University of Namibia; [5] UNZA= University of Zambia; [6]UoN= University of Nairobi; [7] Mak=Makerere University, Uganda; [8] ISTM=Institute Suprereur Technique Medical, Democratic Republic of Congo; [9] UKZN=University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa ;[10] (UNIMA)=University of Malawi; [11] KNUST= Kwame Nkurumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. Other courses include Statistical Consulting, Professional issues, Time series, Monitoring and Evaluation, English language, Communication, Qualitative Analysis, Psychology, Leadership, Teaching, Laboratory data, Agricultural Experiments.