The Department of Surgery provides access to statistical support for MMED students facilitated through the Surgical DRC.

Statistical support can be accessed through an in-house biostatistician employed through the Department of Surgery, initiated following an online application on the Surgical DRC website. To apply for support please Download and complete the application document and complete the webform below.

Time will be limited to 10 hours per registrar which will allow for protocol preparation and study planning (maximum 2 hours), data analysis and interpretation as well as reanalysis following reviewer comments. Please note that all data should be cleaned as per the biostatistician’s requirements. Once your application has been approved you will receive an approval letter, appointments can be arranged through Melissa Mohamed (Melissa.Mohamed@uct.ac.za). When booking appointments for data analysis, please ensure that data are in their final, cleaned format. MMED supervisors must be aware of and sign-off on applications for stats support.