Course Program 2019/2020

Due to the current pandemic situation, we would like to inform you that at the moment we assume that we will be able to offer the course of studies in presence classes. Should this not be possible due to official measures to prevent the corona virus, we reserve the right to carry out and/or postpone modules or parts thereof digitally.

Dates Course Title Duration Teacher/s ECTS
April 25, 2019 Kickoff-Meeting, General Introduction, Including Lunch Meeting ½ day, 9-15 Matthias Egger,
Marcel Zwahlen,
Sven Trelle
May 23/27, 2019 Introduction to Epidemiology and Study Designs 2 days Marcel Zwahlen,
Claudia Kühni
1
August 19-21, 2019
August 26/27, 2019
Basic Biostatistics 5 days Marcel Zwahlen 3
September 23-25, 2019 Fundamentals of randomized controlled clinical trials 3 days Sven Trelle,
Marcel Zwahlen
1
November 20-22, 2019 Introduction to Statistical Software Stata and Electronic Data Capture Software REDCap 2 days
1 day
Adrian Spörri,
Yves Bochud
1
Jan 29-31, 2020
April 20-22, 2020
April 24, 2020 (optional test exam)
May 1, 2020 (exam)
Biostatistics II (Regression Models in Clinical Epidemiology) 6 days Marcel Zwahlen 3
June 10-12, 2020 Diagnostic Studies 3 days Marcel Zwahlen, Anne W.S. Rutjes 1
 August 17 – 19, 2020 Writing a Study Protocol 3 days Nicola Low, Sven Trelle, Claudia Kühni, Dianne Egli, Matthias Briel, Sasha Hugentobler, Peter Kleist 2
September 9-11, 2020 Prognostic Research: Concepts and Models 3 days Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti
Orestis Efthimiou
1
September 16 – 18, 2020 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: a Practical Approach 3 days Georgia Salanti,
Matthias Egger
1
January 18 – 23, 2021 Swiss Epidemiology Winter School 3 days 1
15
March 30 – 31, 2021 Workshop with own Data 0.5
 April 9, 2021 Final session/Exam 0.5