Bristol Medical School Short Courses in Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences offer a comprehensive programme of high quality intensive short courses in epidemiology, medical statistics, qualitative research, health economics, appraisal and synthesis of research, and health protection.
Our courses range in duration from one to five days. They are aimed at University staff and postgraduate research students, public health specialists, health-care professionals and members of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
2021–22 short courses
| Course title |
Date/s | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Epigenetic Epidemiology (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 12–13 May 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all |
| Advanced Survival Analysis (ONLINE) | 7 July 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 15–17 Jun 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 27 June–1 July 2022 | Randomised Trials;Show all |
| Economic Evaluation Modelling Using R (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 23–24 May 2022 | Statistical Computing;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Economics;Show all |
| Epigenetic Epidemiology (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 9–11 May 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all |
| Genetic Epidemiology (ONLINE, INTERNAL ONLY) | 11–15 July 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Show all |
| Improving your Stata: data management, publication-quality outputs, and automating tasks (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 27–29 April 2022 | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 24–25 March 2022 | Statistical Computing;Informatics;Show all |
| Introduction to Economic Evaluation (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 2–4 February 2022 | Health Economics;Show all |
| Introduction to Epidemiology (ONLINE) (BOOKING CLOSED) | 17–21 January 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Randomised Trials;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all |
| Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 4–8 April 2022 | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Introduction to Network Meta-Analysis (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 16–20 May 2022 | Medical Statistics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 24–28 January 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Introduction to R (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 13–14 January 2022 | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 22–24 June 2022 | Epidemiology;Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Stata (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 21–23 March 2022 | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Statistics (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 6–10 December 2021 | Medical Statistics;Epidemiology;Show all |
| Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis A* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 13–16 December 2021 | Medical Statistics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis B* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 7–10 June 2022 | Medical Statistics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Mendelian Randomization A* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 9–11 February 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Medical Research Design and Management;Health Economics;Randomised Trials;Informatics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Mendelian Randomization B* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 4–6 May 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Medical Research Design and Management;Health Economics;Randomised Trials;Informatics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Multiple Imputation for Missing Data (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 4–6 July 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 9 March 2022 | Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all |
| Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 25–27 May 2022 | Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Epidemiology;Show all |
| Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 20–21 June 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Writing a Journal Article (IN PERSON, INTERNAL ONLY) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 16–18 March 2022 | Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper A* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 11 March 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper B* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 13 June 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper C* (IN PERSON, INTERNAL ONLY) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) | 6 July 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
* Due to demand some of our courses run multiple times within an academic year. Course titles appended with 'A', 'B' or 'C' indicate multiple runs of a stand-alone course.
Biennial or temporarily suspended courses
The following courses will not run in the 2021–22 short course programme:
Book a short course
General bookings for all available 2021–22 short courses are open.
You must register or re-confirm your existing account before booking a course.
'Materials only' courses
For internal University of Bristol staff and research students only, information and FAQs relating to our pilot scheme of 'materials only' short courses.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. It was perfectly paced, the learning / examples / exercises were very well developed and were also fun.
I think the tutors did an amazing job of making the course engaging online - not an easy task!