Course Program 2024/2025

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
2 April 2024 Kickoff-Meeting, General Introduction ½ day Marcel Zwahlen, Sven Trelle yes
3 + 6  May 2024 Introduction to Epidemiology and Study Designs 2 days Marcel Zwahlen, Claudia Kühni 1 yes
15 – 16 August  + 29 – 30 August 2024 Basic Biostatistics 4 days Marcel Zwahlen 3 yes
18 – 20 September 2024 Fundamentals of randomized controlled clinical trials 3 days Sven Trelle, Marcel Zwahlen 1 yes
20 – 22 November 2024 Introduction to Statistical Software R and Electronic Data Capture Software REDCap 2 days

1 day

Georgia Salanti, Orestis Efthimiou, Team Datamanagement 1 yes
tbd January  + April 2025 Biostatistics II (Regression Models in Clinical Epidemiology) 6 days Marcel Zwahlen 3 yes
tbd June 2025 Diagnostic Studies 3 days Marcel Zwahlen, Anne W.S. Rutjes 1 yes
tbd August 2025 Writing a Study Protocol 3 days Nicola Low, Sven Trelle 1 elective
tbd September 2025 Prognostic Research: Concepts and Models 3 days Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti, Orestis Efthimiou 1 yes
tbd October 2025 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A practical Approach 3 days Georgia Salanti, Matthias Egger 1 yes
tbd January 2026 Swiss Epidemiology Winter School 3 days   1 elective
tbd March 2026 Workshop with own Data 2 days   0.5 yes
tbd April 2026 Final Session/ Exam 1 day   0.5 yes
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