Course description
Course dates: 16 - 19 September 2019
The course is designed for students with a basic grounding in epidemiological methods and concepts and/or some prior knowledge of pharmacoepidemiology. During this course students will:
- Develop their knowledge of pharmacoepidemiological concepts and methods, with a particular focus on database studies.
- Gain practical experience of testing study feasibility and performing analyses in STATA, using primary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) (prior experience of STATA not required).
- Gain an understanding of biases and other sources of error that can occur in pharmacoepidemiology studies, and strategies to avoid them.
Who should apply?
Personnel concerned with the safe use of medicines, particularly in developed countries, especially those working in:
- The pharmaceutical industry who are involved in drug development, licensing or surveillance
- Regulatory bodies who are involved in licensing & surveillance
- Academics interested in evaluating the effects of drugs
- The health service who are involved in drug policy/decision making
Applicants will normally have a science, biomedical or biostatistical background, hold a second class honours degree of a United Kingdom university (or equivalent) in a science, medical, statistical or related subject and will have some post-graduate experience in the area of pharamacoepidemiology, including an understanding of methodological concepts such as bias and confounding. It is not expected that applicants will actually be conducting pharmacoepidemiology studies.
Up to 30 participants will be accepted.
Accreditation
The course has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 20 Category 1 (external) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits.
Brexit and advice for EU nationals
Whatever the outcome of the ongoing Brexit process, students from the EU are very welcome at LSHTM and we would strongly encourage applications from EU nationals to this course.
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