Epidemiology, Surveillance and Public Health Courses

Hitchhikers Guide to Epidemiology

A one day course taking you on an expedition through the world of epidemiology. The course is suitable for those needing basic epidemiology knowledge and for those wanting a refresher.

Introduction to Epidemiology and Surveillance

An introduction to contemporary infectious diseases epidemiology and surveillance. It is suitable for public health medical trainees, environmental health professionals and professionals working in communicable disease control.

Introduction to Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology in Public Health

An introductory course for virologists and microbiologist providing an overview of molecular epidemiology, use of bioinformatics approaches and applications to current public health issues.

Legionella: risk assessment, outbreak investigation and control.

A practical course that will provide you with the skills to recognise the potential sources of legionnaires' disease; understand commonly applied methods and controls, develop your skills, confidence in risk assessment and outbreak investigation.

Outbreak Investigation: A practical course

The course will update and refresh your skills in outbreak investigation and provide you with in depth knowledge of current investigation methods. It will develop your skills and confidence in common statistical packages and software and give an insight into the legal framework and much more.

Surgical Site Infection Training

The course is designed for healthcare staff who are new to UKHSA SSI surveillance, have been doing surveillance but not been trained or wishing to refresh their knowledge. The delegates should be staff involved in surveillance co-ordination, data collection, data entry and feeding back results, surgeons, microbiologists; although other members of staff interested in learning about SSISS may also wish to attend. We currently, do not offer surveillance in caesarean section surgery. Please contact us before signing up for the training if you are planning to undertake in-house surveillance of caesarean section.

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Statistical Courses

Introduction to Epi-data Entry/ Analysis

The courses are aimed at those particularly in public health who would like to acquire the necessary skills to enable them to quickly set up databases, enter collected data and perform a variety of standard statistical analysis, whilst building on the knowledge of databases construction and analysis.

Introduction to Stata Software

This course provides participants with an introduction to the Stata software. After completing the course participants should be able to import and manipulate data and produce graphs and summary statistics in Stata.

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Microbiology Courses

Hitchhikers Guide to Microbiology

A one day course taking you on a journey through the fascinating world of microbiology. The course is suitable for those needing basic microbiology knowledge and for those wanting a refresher.

Introduction to Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology in Public Health

An introductory course for virologists and microbiologist providing an overview of molecular epidemiology, use of bioinformatics approaches and applications to current public health issues.

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Further Courses

Zoonoses: risk assessment, investigation and control

This one day multi-disciplinary course will provide a unique insight into the importance of zoonotic surveillance, investigation and control.

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