This online course provides a thorough foundation of statistical methods for developing and validating risk prediction and prognostic models in healthcare research. 

This 2-day programme will focus on the management of trials from the perspective of the Principal Investigator and the site delivery team. 

This 3-day Face - to - face course in research methods for clinical trials organised by the Birmingham Centre for Clinical Trials (BCCT) provides an overview of the research process from idea and design to analysis and publication.  This programme will be designed to combine the theoretical aspects of trial design and delivery with opportunities to apply knowledge to practice.

Allergy (May)

Non Credit Version

Teaching Dates - 8th - 9th May 2025

Introduction to Leadership and Management for Health (April)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 7th - 11th April 2025

Health Protection (March)

Non Credit Version 

Teaching Dates - 3rd - 7th, 10th - 14th March 2025

Sociology and Social Policy (March-April)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 31st March - 4th April 2025

Qualitative Research Methods (Jan & June)

Non Credit Version

Teaching Dates - 27th - 31st January 2025 OR 9th - 13th June 2025

Further Global Health (March)

Non Credit Version

Teaching Dates - 24th - 28th March 2025

Brain Injury (March - June)

Non Credit Version 

Teaching Dates - 20th, 27th March, 3rd April, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th May, 5th June

Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders (March - April)

Functional neurological disorders (£485) 14th-15th, 24th April 2025.

Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders (£485) 14th, 21st, 28th March, 25th April 2025 (PM only each day)

Non Credit Version

Perioperative management of oncology patients undergoing surgery (June)

Non Credit Version

Teaching Dates - 9th - 12th June 2025

Paediatric Oncology (March)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 10th - 14th March 2024

Cancer Therapy (April - May)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 28th April - 2nd May 2025

Palliative care and Cancer Patients (May)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 12th - 16th May 2025

Design and Delivery of Further Clinical Trials (April - May)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dares - 28th April - 2nd May 2025

Aim

To provide researchers and professionals/practitioners with coping strategies to manage their social and emotional wellbeing when they engage with distressing material

Key learning outcomes

• To understand the reasons content is emotionally demanding, and how that interacts with professional and home contexts?
• To be able to design and implement effective coping strategies to prevent or intervene against negative experiences associated with exposure to distressing material
• To create a professional toolkit to manage and evaluate emotional wellbeing in the context of exposure to distressing material.

Course Outline

The course will be split into 3, 3 hour themes, released over 3 weeks.

Each theme will contain 3 learning blocks of contents, each 1 hour long and split into 4x 15-minute activities including videos, audio, applied tasks and a reading. 

Early Phase Clinical Trials (March)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 24th - 28th March 2025

First Contact (May - June)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 6th - 7th, 20th - 21st May, 24th - 25th June

Mixed Methods Research Designs (Mar)

Non Credit Version

Teaching dates - 24th - 28th March 2025

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Non Credit Version

Teaching Dates: 3rd - 7th March 2025

This short 3-day or 5-day on-line course will provide training in the design, conduct and analysis of cluster randomized trials (CRTs) and stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials (SW-CRTs). Delivered by faculty of the University of Birmingham including Karla Hemming, Sam Watson and James Martin. With guest speaker Anges Caille (INSERM, France) who will give an overview of the bias issues raised by cluster randomised trials.

This CPD course introduces social marketing as a framework for developing behaviour and social change programmes applied to public health issues. It is aligned with UoB’s “Education for sustainable futures” strategic pillar, as social marketing is deeply rooted in equity, social justice, ethics, and sustainability principles.

Live online meetings on the 5^th, 12^th, and 19^th of May (UK PM).

This educational event covers an unmet need on dedicated courses on adrenal tumours in endocrinology (this year, it will cover adrenocortical carcinoma). The attendees will gain knowledge on these topics and on the relevant research findings of those delivering the course.

This module is aimed at those interested in the practice of public health in Global Health settings at programming, management, and/or policy level. It builds on core public health skills in order to understand and appreciate the key players and relevant health systems prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, and it uses an assessment assignment that in itself addresses important learning objectives, with group work aiming to build core skills for developing and planning a realistic project proposal.