DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL MEDICINE,
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
RESEARCH METHODS SHORT COURSE PROGRAMME 2003
Courses for clinicians, researchers, public health
specialists and other health care professionals in:
1. Basic statistics: 6th - 10th Jan 2003
2. Basic Epidemiological Methods: 17th - 21st Feb 2003
3. Critical appraisal of quantitative research: 28th Feb 2003
4. Introduction to qualitative research methods: 10th - 14th
March 2003
5. Introduction to Regression Models: 12th - 16th May 2003
6. Analysis of longitudinal studies: 19th - 20th May 2003
7. Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in
Context: 18th - 20th June 2003
8. Health economics: 25th - 27th June 2003
9. Critically appraising a qualitative paper: 3rd July 2003
10. Design and Analysis of randomised trials: 7th - 11th July 2003
All courses are accredited for PGEA and CME
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1. Basic Statistics
Dates: Monday 6 January to Friday 10 January 2003
Course covers: types and presentation of data; sampling
variation and hypothesis testing; comparison of means;
comparison of proportions; principles of correlation and regression;
sample size calculations; Non-parametric methods;
Bayesian approaches, Teaching is by
lectures and practical exercises.
Course fee: £500
Course organiser: Elise Whitley
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2. Basic Epidemiological Methods
Dates: Monday 17 February to Friday 21 February 2003
Course covers: assessment of disease risk, epidemiological study designs,
in particular case-control, cohort and ecological
studies, their strengths and weaknesses; measurement
of disease risk; confounding; causality.
Teaching is by lectures, practical
exercises and small group work.
Course fee: £500
Contributors include: Richard Martin (course organiser) Shah Ebrahim,
Matthias Egger, Charles Florey, Yoav Ben Shlomo, David Gunnell,
Andy Ness, Una Fallon, Alan Montgomery
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3. Critical appraisal of quantitative research
Dates: Friday 28 February
Course covers: systematic approaches to critically appraising
randomised controlled trials, cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies.
Teaching is by lectures and practical exercises.
Course fee: £100
Contributiors include: Sanjay Kinra (course organiser), David Gunnell
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4. Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
Dates: Monday 10 March to Friday 14 March 2003
Course covers: a brief history of qualitative research
methods; sampling techniques; anthropological approaches;
interviewing; focus groups; data analysis; and
qualitative methods in health services research. Teaching
is by lectures, practical exercises and small group work.
Course fee: £500
Contributors include: Jenny Donovan (course organiser), Cathy Pope, Helen
Lambert, Michael Calnan, Joy Adamson
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5. Introduction to Regression Models
Dates: Monday 12 April to Friday 16 May 2003
Course covers: basic terminology and concepts in modeling
(stratified analysis to control for confounding,
interaction, dummy variables); simple and multiple
regression and its synonyms (ANOVA, ANCOVA); odds ratios
and relative risks; logistic regression. Teaching is by
lectures and computer practicals using Stata software.
Course fee: £500
Contributors include: Tim Peters (course organiser), Jonathan Sterne, Sara
Brookes, Alan Montgomery
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6. Analysis of longitudinal (cohort) studies
Dates: Monday 19 to Tuesday 20 May 2003
Course covers: analysis of person - time data in Stata including Mantel-Haenszel
methods and Poisson regression of rates, an introduction to survival analysis,
log rank tests and Cox proportional hazards regression.
It is assumed that participants will have some familiarity with regression models.
Teaching methods include formal
lectures, group work and computer practicals using Stata software.
Course fee: £200
Contributors: Jonathan Sterne (course organiser), Elise Whitley, David Gunnell,
Margaret May
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7. Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in
Context
Dates: Wednesday 18 June to Friday 20 June 2003
Course covers: principles of meta-analysis; statistical
methods and software; search strategies; publication bias;
clinical applications. Teaching methods include formal
lectures, group work and computer practicals using Stata
software. An optional introductory session to Stata will be
available.
Course fee: £340
Contributors include: Matthias Egger (course organiser), Shah Ebrahim, George
Davey Smith, Jonathan Sterne, Theresa Moore, Margaret Burke
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8. Health Economics
Dates: Wednesday 25 June to Friday 27 June 2003
Course covers: basic economic concepts; supply and demand
for healthcare; measurement of costs and benefits for
economic evaluation; discounting and sensitivity analysis
in economic evaluation; rationing health care. Teaching
is by lectures, practical exercises and small group work.
Course fee: £300
Contributors include: Joanna Coast (course organiser), Jackie Brown,
David Gunnell
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9.Critically appraising a qualitative paper
Dates: Thursday 3 July 2003
Course covers: This session aims to introduce ways of appraising
the published output of qualitative research.
Teaching is by lectures and small group work.
Course fee: £100
Contributions include: Catherine Pope (course organiser), Joy Adamson
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10. Design and analysis of randomised trials
Dates: Monday 7 July to Friday 11 July 2003
Course covers: trial recruitment, sample size;
randomisation; multiple outcomes; repeated measures;
interim and sub-group analyses; economic
evaluation and qualitative methods alongside trials;
CONSORT guidelines. Teaching methods include formal
lectures, group work and computer practicals using Stata
software.
Cost £500
Contributors include: Sarah Brookes, Alan Montgomery (course organisers), Matthias Egger, Shah Ebrahim, Tim Peters, Laurence Moore, Marjorie Weiss, Jackie Brown, Paul Dieppe, Rona Campbell, Lucy Brindle, Salma Ayis
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For further information see Department of Social Medicine
web page: http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/shortc.htm
Course leaflets and booking forms are available from:
Iris Neale (course secretary),
Department of Social Medicine,
University of Bristol,
Canynge Hall,
Whiteladies Rd.
Bristol. BS8 2PR;
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel 0117 9287382;
Fax: 01179287325
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Iris Neale
Department of Social Medicine
University of Bristol
Canynge Hall
Whiteladies Road
Bristol BS8 2PR
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