Course Program 2021/2022

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
28 April 2021 Kickoff-Meeting, General Introduction, Including Lunch Meeting ½ day, 9-15 Matthias Egger, Marcel Zwahlen,
Sven Trelle
12+17 May 2021 Introduction to Epidemiology and Study Designs 2 days Marcel Zwahlen,
Claudia Kühni
1
19 – 20 + 30 – 31 August 2021 Basic Biostatistics 4 days Marcel Zwahlen 3
20 – 22 September 2021 Fundamentals of randomized controlled clinical trials 3 days Sven Trelle,
Marcel Zwahlen
1
1 – 3 December 2021 Introduction to Statistical Software Stata and Electronic Data Capture Software REDCap 2 days
1 day
Adrian Spörri,
Yves Bochud
1
Jan 26-28,
April 4-6,
April 8 (optional test exam),
April 29 (exam) 2022
Biostatistics II (Regression Models in Clinical Epidemiology) 6 days Marcel Zwahlen 3
19 May 2022 Introduction to the Statistical Software R 1 day Georgia Salanti, Orestis Efthimiou 0
8 – 10 June 2022 Diagnostic Studies 3 days Marcel Zwahlen, Anne W.S. Rutjes 1
22 – 24 August 2022 Writing a Study Protocol 3 days Nicola Low,
Sven Trelle
1
31 August – 2 September 2022 Prognostic Research: Concepts and Models 3 days Matthias Egger,
Georgia Salanti, Orestis Efthimiou
1
17 – 19 October 2022 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A practical Approach 3 days Georgia Salanti,
Matthias Egger
1
16 – 21 January 2023 Swiss Epidemiology Winter School 3 days 1
28 – 29 March 2023 Workshop with own Data 2 days 0.5
 12 April 2023 Final Session/ Exam 1 day 0.5
15