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 3 months after the course. Our programme is based on the academic year, with courses running from November through to July. 

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All courses run online, unless otherwise specified. Click on a course title for more information. Course titles appended with 'A' or 'B' indicate multiple runs of a stand-alone course. Courses are listed alphabetically below, with those closed to bookings at the bottom of the list. 

COURSE TITLE DATE/S Topic AVAILABILITY
Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods
30 Jun - 3 Jul 2025 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Medical Statistics;Show all OPEN
Economic Evaluation Modelling Using R
14, 16 & 21 Jul 2025 Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Statistical Computing;Show all OPEN
Essentials of Infectious Disease Modelling and Economic Evaluation 23-24 Jun 2025 Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Show all OPEN
Further Survival Analysis
7-8 Jul 2025 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all OPEN
Introduction to Economic Evaluation 9-11 Jul 2025 Health Economics;Randomised Trials;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Qualitative Research;Show all  
Introduction to Protocol Writing [NEW, internal only] 17 Jul 2025 Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Writing;Show all  
Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis
25-27 Jun 2025 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Overview of Qualitative Review and Synthesis Methods [NEW] 18 Jul 2025 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Qualitative Research;Show all  
BOOKINGS CLOSED:      
Advanced Mendelian Randomization (NEW)
5-7 Feb 2025 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Show all CLOSED
Advanced Multiple Imputation Methods to deal with Missing Data
5-6 Dec 2024 Epidemiology;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Analysis of Repeated Measures 5-6 Jun 2025 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Applying Qualitative Research to Randomised Controlled Trials
2 Jun 2025 Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Co-Design, Co-Production and Participatory Action Research [NEW, internal only] 3 Apr 2025 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Ethics Research;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Show all  
Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials
28 Apr - 2 May 2025 Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Medical Statistics;Outcome Measurement;Show all  
Genetic Epidemiology
11-13 & 16-17 Dec 2024 Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Statistical Computing;Health Data Science;Causal Inference;Show all  
Improving your Stata: data management, publication-quality outputs, and automating tasks 20-24 Jan 2025 Statistical Computing;Show all  
Inclusivity within Research Processes [NEW, internal only] 2-3 Dec 2024 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Ethics Research;Health Data Science;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Introduction to Data Collection in Research Studies [NEW, internal only] 13 Jun 2025 Ethics Research;Health Economics;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R
3-4 Feb 2025 Data Visualisation;Informatics;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to Epidemiology
10-14 Feb 2025 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Causal Inference;Show all  
Introduction to Empirical Bioethics
18-20 Mar 2025 Ethics Research;Show all  
Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models
3-7 Mar 2025 Medical Statistics;Show all  
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
12-16 May 2025 Qualitative Research;Show all  
Introduction to Quantitative Bias Analysis [NEW]
3-4 Jun 2025 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Medical Statistics;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Introduction to R (A) 21-22 Nov 2024 Health Data Science;Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to R (B) 30-31 Jan 2025 Health Data Science;Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to Research Governance
10-11 Mar 2025 Medical Research Design and Management;Ethics Research;Epidemiology;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Introduction to Stata 18-20 Nov 2024 Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to Statistics 25-28 Nov 2024 Writing;Statistical Computing;Randomised Trials;Medical Statistics;Health Data Science;Epidemiology;Data Visualisation;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all  
Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
13-16 Jan 2025 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Show all  
Knowledge Mobilisation [NEW, internal only] 17 Mar 2025 Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all  
Machine Learning with Omics Data
19-20 Jun 2025 Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Health Data Science;Informatics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Mendelian Randomization
25-28 Feb 2025 Causal Inference;Molecular Epidemiology;Mathematical Modelling;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Mixed-Methods Research to inform Public Health Vaccine Policy [NEW, internal only]
6-8 May 2025 Epidemiology;Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Show all  
Molecular Epidemiology
31 Mar - 2 Apr 2025 Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Health Data Science;Genetic Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all  
Multiple Imputation for Missing Data
9-11 Jun 2025 Medical Statistics;Show all  
Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials
12 Jun 2025 Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Show all  
Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation 27-29 Jan 2025 Epidemiology;Health Economics;Medical Research Design and Management;Outcome Measurement;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Reproducible Health Data Science [NEW, internal only]  12-14 Mar 2025 Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Informatics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis
16-18 Jun 2025 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Understanding Trusted Research Environments [NEW] 24-28 Mar 2025 Health Data Science;Informatics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Writing a Journal Article [Bristol Medical School only, in person course] 20-22 May 2025 Writing;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all  
Writing a Qualitative Paper (A) [Internal only, in person course] 4 Dec 2024 Writing;Qualitative Research;Show all  
Writing a Qualitative Paper (B) [Internal only, in person course] 19 May 2025 Writing;Qualitative Research;Show all  

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Chart listing courses running each month for the 2024-2025 academic year with hyperlinks to full course details Explore our programme of short courses for 2024-2025.

Interactive short course programme chart 2024-2025 (PDF, 189kB)

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Biennial course

The following live online course is biennial and will not run in the 2024–2025 short course programme. University of Bristol staff and students may still access this course as a Materials & Recordings (UoB only) option:

Discontinued course

The following course has been discontinued and will no longer run in our programme. University of Bristol staff and students may still access this course as a Materials & Recordings (UoB only) option:

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