In this issue we highlight a selection of accredited short courses and free evening talks. The short courses draw on modules from our part-time postgraduate courses in Evidence-Based Health Care and Health Research .

Led by internationally recognised experts and leaders in evidence-based practice and education, the Programme has received worldwide recognition for the quality of its teaching and graduates.

3-7 June 2013

Evidence-based practice has enabled health practitioners to identify good quality evidence, but the process of translating research into meaningful knowledge that can be applied to patients and pathways of care is challenging.

This course will give you the skills to action research evidence in your local settings to inform decisions and improve practice.

Course coordinator: Dr Sharon Mickan, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford

17-21 June 2013

This unique course is delivered by expert historians, philosophers and leaders within the field of evidence-based health care. Students will learn from experts how and why the EBHC movement arose, and examine whether its’ philosophy of evidence is justified.

"History of science without philosophy of science is blind … philosophy of science without history of science is empty." – Norwood Russell Hanson.

Course coordinator: Jeremy Howick, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford

24 June - 30 August 2013

This 10-week online statistics course is designed for busy health and social care professionals who need to understand the basics of health statistics without becoming statisticians. Students can study at a time suites their schedule. Online discussion forums enable students to communicate with each other and with the tutor to analyse and understand real-life scenarios.

Course coordinator: Dr Susan Mallett, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford

9-13 September 2013

This course is aimed at all health care professionals who already have some knowledge of critical appraisal and evidence in the practice of evidence-based health care and want to explore issues around teaching evidence-based medicine.

Course coordinator: Dr Carl Heneghan, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford

9-13 December 2013

This course is designed for health care professionals or graduate students who already have some research experience and an understanding of basic statistical principles, and who wish to develop their statistical expertise.

Course coordinator: Dr Richard Stevens, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford

No need to book; all at Rewley House (address below).

People Power or Pester Power? Multiple Sclerosis, YouTube, and the Liberation Procedure
16 May 2013, 6pm

Braden O'Neill, DPhil student, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Evidence-Based Policy: Doing it Better
17 June 2013, 7pm

Prof Nancy Cartwright, FBA Professor of Philosophy University of Durham and at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

The History of Evidence into Practice and Health Inequalities: Utilitarianism, Justice and Capabilities
20 June 2013, 6pm

Prof Mike Kelly, Director of the Centre of Public Health Excellence at National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Forthcoming EBHC accredited short courses at Oxford

Knowledge into Action

The History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care

Introduction to Statistics for Health Care Research (online)

Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care

Essential Medical Statistics

Free evening talks

Application Deadlines

Location

Contact Details

Subscription Details

Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research:
31 July 2013 for admission in October 2013

MSc in Evidence-
Based Health Care:
17 January 2014 for admission in October 2014

Rewley House, Central Oxford

Located in a quiet enclave, Rewley House is a short walk from Oxford's historic colleges, museums, shops and restaurants.

Accommodation is available on site.