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
Genetic Epidemiology
19-26 November 2025 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Medical Research Design and Management;Public Involvement in Research;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Introduction to Stata 1-3 December 2025 Statistical Computing;Show all  
Advanced Multiple Imputation Methods to deal with Missing Data
4-5 December 2025 Epidemiology;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Introduction to R (A) 8-10 December 2025 Health Data Science;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to Statistics 11-16 December 2025 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Medical Research Design and Management;Medical Statistics;Statistics;Show all  
Introduction to Data Collection in Research Studies [NEW] 25 June 2026 Medical Research Design and Management;Outcome Measurement;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Advanced Mendelian Randomization
TBC Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Analysis of Repeated Measures TBC Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Applying Qualitative Research to Randomised Controlled Trials
TBC Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods
TBC Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Co-Design, Co-Production and Participatory Action Research [NEW] TBC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Show all  
Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials
TBC Medical Research Design and Management;Medical Statistics;Outcome Measurement;Public Involvement in Research;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Economic Evaluation Modelling Using R
TBC Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Essentials of Infectious Disease Modelling and Economic Evaluation
TBC Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Show all  
Further Survival Analysis
TBC Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Improving your Stata: data management, publication-quality outputs, and automating tasks TBC Statistical Computing;Show all  
Inclusivity within Research Processes [NEW] TBC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Ethics Research;Health Data Science;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Research Inclusion;Show all  
Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R
TBC Data Visualisation;Informatics;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to Economic Evaluation TBC Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Economics;Outcome Measurement;Show all  
Introduction to Epidemiology
TBC Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Causal Inference;Show all  
Introduction to Empirical Bioethics
TBC Ethics Research;Show all  
Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models
TBC Medical Statistics;Show all  

Introduction to Network Meta-Analysis

TBC Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Introduction to Protocol Writing [NEW] TBC Epidemiology;Ethics Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Writing;Show all  
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
TBC Qualitative Research;Show all  
Introduction to Quantitative Bias Analysis
TBC Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Introduction to R (B) TBC Health Data Science;Statistical Computing;Show all  
Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis
TBC Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Introduction to Research Governance
TBC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Ethics Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
TBC Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;  Show all  
Knowledge Mobilisation [NEW] TBC Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Show all  
Machine Learning with Omics Data
TBC Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Health Data Science;Informatics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Mendelian Randomization
TBC Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Statistical Computing;Writing;Show all  
Mixed-Methods Research to inform Public Health Vaccine Policy [NEW]
TBC Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Mixed methods;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Molecular Epidemiology
TBC Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Health Data Science;Genetic Epidemiology;Informatics;Show all  
Multiple Imputation for Missing Data
TBC Medical Statistics;Show all  
Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials
TBC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  

Overview of Qualitative Review and Synthesis Methods

TBC Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Qualitative Research;Show all  
Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation TBC Epidemiology;Medical Research Design and Management;Outcome Measurement;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all  
Reproducible Health Data Science [NEW]  TBC Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Informatics;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis
TBC Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all  
Understanding Trusted Research Environments TBC Health Data Science;Informatics;Medical Statistics;Show all  

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