COURSE OF THE SEASON · USMLE STEP 1 & STEP 2 CK
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Evidence Interpretation
1 Nov — 1 Dec 2026 · Bogotá · UTC−5
Build your reasoning from the foundations, then apply it to original USMLE-style questions, clinical scenarios and scientific abstracts.
Live sessions and recordings are available to active paid microscopIA Network members. Reserve each live session through Activities, subject to available places.
1 Nov — 1 Dec 2026
Course opens 1 November. Live teaching starts Tuesday 3 November and finishes Tuesday 1 December, 7–9 p.m. Bogotá time.
01 / The experience
Each session brings explanation, guided questions and a graded exam in the Exam Center together. Learn the method behind the answer.
Start from the essential concepts with explanations and clinical examples.
Apply each topic to original exam-style vignettes, tables and abstracts.
Interpret the best answer, identify distractors and connect the result to its clinical meaning.
Complete a graded exam in the Exam Center at the end of each session.
02 / The syllabus
Nine live sessions covering seventeen topics in four chapters, with guided question practice throughout. Open each chapter for topics and dates.
Study designs, treatment effects, diagnosis and prevention.
Foundations, inference, statistical tests and regression.
Bias, validity, evidence synthesis and survival.
Bring the concepts together in guided exam-style questions.
Language: English · Tuesdays & Thursdays · 7–9 p.m. · Bogotá · UTC−5
Bogotá → Your local schedule
Enter your city and country, then check the course time. Each session is converted separately for local daylight-saving changes.
Reference: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. Bogotá (UTC−5). Your local date may be the next day. Time-zone rules are applied to each course date.
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A short example of how we turn a number into a clinical interpretation.
A trial reduces five-year stroke risk from 10% to 6%. How many people need treatment to prevent one additional event?
03 / Your instructor
Course director · microscopIA
Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Evidence Interpretation
Biomedical engineer from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), with more than ten years of experience in clinical research and experimental design. Connect epidemiology and biostatistics with the questions that matter in clinical evidence.
Explore the microscopIA Network04 / Access & assessment
Use the account linked to your active paid membership to reserve sessions and access recordings. Recordings are published within 48 hours after each session. A free investigator profile does not activate course access; no statistical software license is required.
A supervised final assessment: 40 original questions, 60 minutes, in English. Pass with 80%. One initial attempt and one remediation opportunity. Attendance alone does not establish completion.
Session practice and the final supervised assessment are described separately. See the course terms for the assessed-completion requirements.
05 / Questions
This course is exclusive to active paid microscopIA Network members. Teaching is in English. Check plan eligibility before activating.
Sign in with your member account, open Activities, select this course and confirm the session. Keep your paid membership active and check your local time and available places.
Recordings are available to eligible active paid members within 48 hours after each session, using the same member account.
All sessions are in English, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7–9 p.m. Bogotá time (UTC−5). The booking calendar shows your local time.
No. It documents assessed completion of the microscopIA course, subject to the published requirements. It is not a USMLE, NBME or FSMB certification.
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Start with the concepts, practise with questions and finish by explaining the evidence.
