Curriculum

1.       BMMC - take and pass
   1.       Need a refresher? See the course materials here, and the lecture videos here (the password is AAIMbmmc). Also, see the 5-part recap presentation slide from the ICLAM meeting here.
2.       Mortality Studies presentation by Ken Krause:
   1.       Slides
   2.       Audio

3.       What the Medical Director Offers to Data Analytics. Thomas Ashley, MD & Jean-Marc Fix, FSA
   1.       Video

4.       Analytics Literacy - 4 video lectures
   1.       Intro: Video
   2.       3-lecture series

1.       SEER: Get permissions, download and install SEER*Stat
   1.       SEER*Stat link
2.       SEER Tutorials:
   1.       Video: 2 hours long, but most relevant sections are shorter
   2.       Written: Cause-specific and Relative Survival most important
   3.       Demo Video by Steve Rigatti
3.       CDC WONDER:
   1.       Site
   2.       Brian Ivanovic's presentation from AAIM
4.       Human Mortality Database:
   1.       Site

JIM Instructions for Authors:

Video:

Brian Ivanovic's article on Mortality Abstracts

1.       Installing R and R-studio
   1.       R - site
   2.       R-studio
      1.             R-studio is an interactive development environment (IDE) for R. It makes R much easier to use.
   3.       YaRrr! The Pirate's Guide to R: Free Book: Chapters 1 through 4

1.       Read, view and complete the tasks above
2.       Pass the exam with a grade of 80% or better
3.       Work with your mentor on a research idea that is suitable for a JIM article
4.       Complete and submit the article for the JIM