mandatory = must be completed for the CAS diploma
*elective = may be substituted with different course
more information: https://www.cas-clinicalresearch.ch/course-program/modules/
Dates | Course Title | Duration | Teacher/s | ECTS | mandatory |
4 April 2023 | Kickoff-Meeting, General Introduction | ½ day, 14-17 | Marcel Zwahlen, Sven Trelle | – | yes |
12 + 15 May 2023 | Introduction to Epidemiology and Study Designs | 2 days | Marcel Zwahlen, Claudia Kühni | 1 | yes |
17 – 18 August + 31 August – 1 September 2023 | Basic Biostatistics | 4 days | Marcel Zwahlen | 3 | yes |
20 – 22 September 2023 | Fundamentals of randomized controlled clinical trials | 3 days | Sven Trelle, Marcel Zwahlen | 1 | yes |
22 – 24 November 2023 | Introduction to Statistical Software R and Electronic Data Capture Software REDCap | 2 days 1 day | Georgia Salanti, Orestis Efthimiou, Team Datamanagement | 1 | yes |
January 24 – 26 and 15 – 17 + 19 (optional test exam) + 26 (exam) April 2024 | Biostatistics II (Regression Models in Clinical Epidemiology) | 6 days | Marcel Zwahlen | 3 | yes |
5 – 7 June 2024 | Diagnostic Studies | 3 days | Marcel Zwahlen, Anne W.S. Rutjes | 1 | yes |
26+28 August + 13 September 2024 | Writing a Study Protocol | 3 days | Kristin Bivens, Sven Trelle, Felix Rintelen | 1 | elective* |
4 – 6 September 2024 | Prognostic Research: Concepts and Models | 3 days | Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti, Orestis Efthimiou | 1 | yes |
14 – 16 October 2024 | Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A practical Approach | 3 days | Georgia Salanti, Matthias Egger, Orestis Efthimiou | 1 | yes |
20.-25. January 2025 | Swiss Epidemiology Winter School | 3 days | 1 | elective* | |
17-18 February 2025 | Workshop with own Data | 2 days | 0.5 | yes | |
12 March 2025 | Final Session/ Exam | 1 day | 0.5 | yes | |
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