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 students, public health specialists, health-care professionals and members of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
2019-20 short courses
We are currently developing the 2019-20 programme of short courses. A provisional list of courses and their planned dates are listed below. Please be mindful these are subject to change and just for guidance.
Courses linked from this page relate to the 2018-19 year. Course details will be updated in September 2019.
| Course title | Dates | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Epigenetic Epidemiology | 20 Mar 2020 (provisional) | Genetic Epidemiology;Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all |
| Advanced Survival Analysis and Prognostic Modelling | 14 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Analysis of Repeated Measures | 15-17 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods (A) | 10-12 Feb 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods (B) | 29 Jun - 1 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Data Linkage | 23-25 Mar 2020 (provisional) | Show all |
| Economic Evaluation and Modelling using R | 9-10 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Show all |
| Epigenetic Epidemiology | 16-18 Mar 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Show all |
| Genetic Epidemiology | 9-13 Mar 2020 (provisional) | Genetic Epidemiology;Show all |
| Improving your Stata: data management, publication-quality outputs, and automating tasks | 20-22 Jan 2020 (provisional) | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R (A) | 14-15 Nov 2019 (provisional) | Show all |
| Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R (B) | 21-22 May 2020 (provisional) | Show all |
| Introduction to Economic Evaluation | 22-24 Jun 2020 (provisional) | Health Economics;Show all |
| Introduction to Epidemiology | 13-17 Jan 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Show all |
| Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models | 11-15 May 2020 (provisional) | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Introduction to Network Meta Analysis | 11-12 Dec 2019 (provisional) | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Introduction to Qualitative Methods for Health Economics | 2-4 Mar 2020 (provisional) | Show all |
| Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | 15-19 Jun 2020 (provisional) | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Introduction to R | 20 Nov 2019 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Medical Research Design and Management;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Informatics;Randomised Trials;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Economics;Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials | 8-12 Jun 2020 (provisional) | Medical Statistics;Randomised Trials;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all |
| Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis | 25-26 Jun 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Stata | 21-22 Nov 2019 (provisional) | Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Introduction to Statistics | 16-20 Dec 2019 (provisional) | Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Mendelian Randomization (A) | 3-5 Feb 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Mendelian Randomization (B) | 27-29 Apr 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Multiple Imputation Methods to deal with Missing Data | 27-28 Nov 2019 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Statistical Computing;Show all |
| Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials | 29 Nov 2019 (provisional) | Show all |
| Qualitative Evidence Synthesis: Meta-ethnography | 18-20 May 2020 (provisional) | Show all |
| Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation | 6-8 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Medical Research Design and Management;Show all |
| Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis | 2-3 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all |
| Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (A) | 7-10 Jan 2020 (provisional) | Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (B) | 1-4 Jun 2020 (provisional) | Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper (A) | 23 Jan 2020 (provisional) | Qualitative Research;Show all |
| Writing a Qualitative Paper (B) | 13 Jul 2020 (provisional) | Qualitative Research;Show all |
The 2018-19 short course programme is closed.
Booking requests for the 2019-20 programme will open on or around 1st October 2019. Please note we are unable to accept booking requests in advance.
They [The Short Courses] are very good and the standard of teaching is always high
Some very clear explanations of concepts; excellent well-informed tutors; great location/room/biscuits! Excellent arrangements and very smoothly run course. Really improved my understanding of statistical concepts and theory.
Biennial courses
The following courses are biennial and will not run in the 2019-2020 short course programme:
- Advanced Multiple Imputation Methods to deal with Missing Data
- Essentials of Infectious Disease Modelling and Economic Evaluation
- Introduction to Diagnostic Research
- Introduction to Research Governance
- Introduction to Using Conversation Analysis to Study Health Care Encounters
- Qualitative Research to Optimise Design and Conduct of Randomised Trials