All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Disclosure(s):
Michael H. LeWitt, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Session Description: A discussion of some of the prominent concepts in biostatistics and epidemiology, including sensitivity, specificity, number needed to treat, number needed to harm, positive and negative predictive value, absolute and relative odds ratios, sources of bias in epidemiologic research, and how to read the literature
Educational Gaps: The purpose is to educate or re-educate occupational health providers on some basic numerical and research details to facilitate a greater understanding of the literature
Is this session being sponsored by an ACOEM Section or Component?: No
Has this session previously been presented?: Not at any AOHC
The AOHC 2026 theme is Healthy workers. Healthy world: To the extent that occupational health providers are better able to critically review the literature of occupational medicine, they will be equipped to implement the new and traditional concepts into their practices.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the basic applications of statistical information to a critical review of the literature
Understand some sources of bias in the occupational medicine literature
Analyze faulty research in all medical fields, with a special focus on the epidemiologic literature
