Bristol Medical School live online short courses

Bristol Medical School offer a comprehensive programme of live online short courses, run by subject experts.

All courses grant continued access to the course materials and recordings for 5 months after the course. Our programme is based on the academic year, with courses running from November through to July. 

Bookings for the 2026/27 short course programme open midday Wednesday 7 October 2026.

From midday on Wednesday 23 September 2026 you will be able to register/re-register a short course booking account.

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Explore the 2026/27 short course programme

Click on a course title for more information. Courses are listed in order of date, with those now closed to bookings at the end of the table.

Course title Dates Topic
Introduction to Medical 3D Printing *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 23 November 2026 Bioengineering; 3D Modelling; Image Processing;Show all
3D Printing in Congenital Heart Diseases *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 24 November 2026 Bioengineering; 3D Modelling; Image Processing;Show all
Advanced Mendelian Randomization 25-27 November 2026 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Show all
Knowledge Mobilisation in Research 30 November 2026 Medical Research Design and Management;Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Show all
Introduction to Stata 1-3 December 2026 Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Informatics;Mathematical Modelling;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all
Introduction to R 7-9 December 2026 Statistical Computing;Show all
Inclusivity within Research Processes 10 December 2026 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Show all
Co-Design, Co-Production and Participatory Action Research 11 January 2027 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Show all
Introduction to Research Governance 12-13 January 2027 Ethics Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Show all
Reproducible Health Data Science 21-22 and 25-26 January 2027 Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Statistical Computing;Medical Research Design and Management;Informatics;Show all
Genetic Epidemiology 27-29 January and 1-3 February 2027 Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Statistical Computing;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Multiomic Data;Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Informatics;Mathematical Modelling;Show all
Introduction to Statistics 4-5 and 8-9 February 2027 Data Visualisation;Medical Statistics;Show all
R for Health Data Science *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 11-12 February 2027 Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Statistical Computing;Show all
Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models 22-26 February 2027 Medical Statistics;Show all
Introduction to Epidemiology 1-4 March 2027 Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Randomised Trials;Show all
Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis 8-12 March 2027 Medical Statistics;Epidemiology;Randomised Trials;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Data Science;Show all
Mendelian Randomization 15-19 March 2027 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Statistical Computing;Writing;Show all
Molecular Epidemiology 22-24 March 2027 Epidemiology;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Show all
Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation 13-15 April 2027 Outcome Measurement;Qualitative Research;Show all
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods 19-23 April 2027 Qualitative Research;Show all
Healthcare Systems Resilience: Analysing Failure, Driving Change, and Sustaining Improvement *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 28-30 April 2027

Systems Resilience;Sustainable Systems Improvement;Healthcare Improvement;Complex Problem Analysis;Outcome Measurement;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Show all
Introduction to Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Methods 4 May 2027 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Qualitative Research;Show all
Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis 5-7 May 2027 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all
Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials 10 May 2027 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all
Multiple Imputation for Missing Data 11-13 May 2027 Medical Statistics;Causal Inference;Show all
Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials 17-21 May 2027 Causal Inference;Healthcare Improvement;Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Show all
Further Survival Analysis 24-25 May 2027 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all
Introduction to Economic Evaluation 26-28 May 2027 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Economics;Outcome Measurement;Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Show all
Intermediate Economic Evaluation Using R *NEW 10-11 June 2027 Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Show all
Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R 14-15 June 2027 Data Visualisation;Show all
Analysis of Repeated Measures 16-18 June 2027 Medical Statistics;Show all
Introduction to Protocol Writing 21 June 2027 Epidemiology;Ethics Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Writing;Show all
Machine Learning with Omics Data 22-24 June 2027 Health Data Science;Multiomic Data;Molecular Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Informatics;Epidemiology;Show all
Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods 28 June - 2 July 2027 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Medical Statistics;Show all
Applying Qualitative Research to Randomised Controlled Trials 5 July 2027 Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all
Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis 6-8 July 2027 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all