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.
2021-2022 Short Courses
| Course title |
Date/s | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Epigenetic Epidemiology (ONLINE) | 12-13 May 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all |
| Advanced Survival Analysis (ONLINE) | 7 Jul 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) |
15-17 Jun 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials (ONLINE) | 27 Jun - 1 Jul 2022 | Randomised Trials;Show all |
| Economic Evaluation Modelling Using R (ONLINE) | 17-18 Feb 2022 | Statistical Computing;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Economics;Show all |
| Epigenetic Epidemiology (ONLINE) |
9-11 May 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all |
| Foundations of Medical Education | ||
| Genetic Epidemiology A* (ONLINE, INTERNAL ONLY) |
28 Feb - 4 Mar 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Show all |
| Genetic Epidemiology B* (IN PERSON) |
11-15 Jul 2022 | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Show all |
| Improving your Stata: data management, publication-quality outputs, and automating tasks (ONLINE) |
27-29 Apr 2022 | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R (ONLINE) | 24-25 Mar 2022 | Statistical Computing;Informatics;Show all |
| Introduction to Economic Evaluation (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) |
2-4 Feb 2022 | Health Economics;Show all |
| Introduction to Epidemiology (ONLINE) |
17-21 Jan 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) | 4-8 Apr 2022 | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Introduction to Network Meta-Analysis (ONLINE) | 16-20 May 2022 | Medical Statistics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) |
24-28 Jan 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Introduction to R (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) |
13-14 Jan 2022 | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis (ONLINE) | 22-24 Jun 2022 | Epidemiology;Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Stata (ONLINE) | 1-3 Dec 2021 | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Statistics (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) |
6-10 Dec 2021 | Medical Statistics;Epidemiology;Show all |
| Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis A* (ONLINE) (BOOKINGS CLOSED) |
13-16 Dec 2021 | Medical Statistics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis B* (ONLINE) | 7-10 Jun 2022 | Medical Statistics;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Mendelian Randomization A* (ONLINE) | 9-11 Feb 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) |
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) |
4-6 Jul 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials (ONLINE) | 9 Mar 2022 | Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all |
| Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation (ONLINE) | 25-27 May 2022 | Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Epidemiology;Show all |
| Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) | 20-21 Jun 2022 | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Writing a Journal Article (IN PERSON, INTERNAL ONLY) (FULLY BOOKED) |
16-18 Mar 2022 | Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper A* (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) |
11 Mar 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper B* (ONLINE) (FULLY BOOKED) | 13 Jun 2022 | Qualitative Research;Show all |
* Due to demand some of our courses run multiple times within an academic year. Course titles appended with 'A' or 'B' indicate multiple runs of a stand-alone course.
Biennial or temporarily suspended courses
The following courses will not run in the 2021-2022 Short Course Programme:
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'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.
High quality lecturers. Very well organised. Clear delivery of complex material. Interactive despite online platform.
The lectures were inspiring, informative and given really well.