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Courses related to specific infections or areas of expertise (including epidemiology, microbiology)

September 2010

An Infection That Will Never Be Out of Date: Influenza
Date: 2-4 September 2010
Location:
Istanbul, Turkey
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Meningitis 2010
Date: 6-8 September 2010
Location:
Izmirl, Turkey
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy
Date: 13-24 September 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/seev.htm
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Surveillance: from Laboratory to Clinic
Date: 27-30 September 2010
Location:
Madrid, Spain
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Surgical Site Infection Training
Date: 28 September 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, London
Website/further information:
See the HPA events webpage.

October 2010

Infectious Diseases in Pregnant Women, Fetuses and Newborns
Date: 3-7 October 2010
Location:
Bologna, Italy
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Introductory course on the epidemiology and surveillance of infectious diseases - 2010
Date: 4-8 October 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, London
Website/further information:
See the HPA events webpage.
Engineering aspects of infection control
Date: 18-22 October 2010
Location:
Falfield (near Bristol)
Website/further information:
Email Sheila.Culkin@hpa.org.uk

November 2010

Outbreak Investigation: a practical course
Date:
2-3 November 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, London
Website/further information:
See the HPA events webpage.
Intracellular Bacteria: from Biology to Clinic
Date: 2-5 November 2010
Location:
Sousse, Tunisia
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Hitch hikers' guide to microbiology
Date: 30 November 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, NW London
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website

December 2010

Surgical Site Infection Training
Date: 1 December 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, London
Website/further information:
See the HPA events webpage.
January 2011
Genomics and Clinical Microbiology (A Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Date: 23-28 January 2011
Location:
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge
Website/further information:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/advancedcourses
February 2011
Mathematical Models for Infectious Disease Dynamics (A Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Date: 14-27 February 2011
Location:
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge
Website/further information:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/advancedcourses
Malaria Experimental Genetics (A Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Date: 20-26 February 2011
Location:
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge
Website/further information:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/advancedcourses

No specified date

Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (DipHIC)
Date: Throughout the academic year
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/shic.html
Identibac Training Courses (Identibac is a range of new bacterial genotyping
kits from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency)
Date: Two day course, typically held monthly. Ad hoc courses can be arranged.
Location:
Weybridge, Surrey (but can be held in other locations)
Website/further information:
http://www.identibac.com/training.php
Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Date: Annually, January for three months
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/stmh.html
Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention & Control
Date: contact university.
Location:
University of Leeds
Website/further information:
Contact b.a.gallacher@leeds.ac.uk
Immunisation and Vaccination Update
Date: contact CPD unit for forthcoming dates(see website)
Location:
Faculty of Health, Birmingham
Website/further information:
http://www.bcu.ac.uk/health/
Tuberculosis: Diploma Level Module
Date: via distance learning
Location:
Education for Health, Warwick
Website/further information:
http://www.educationforhealth.org.uk/
Paediatric HIV in Europe
Date: via distance learning / online
Location:
Tr@inforPedHIV 2008
Website/further information:
http://www.pentatrials.org/other.htm
Safety of Medicines (introductory and advanced modules)
Date: via distance learning
Location:
Drug Safety Research Unit
Website/further information:
http://www.dsru.org/learningmodule/index.php
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Courses related to statistics / modelling / analysis

September 2010

Advanced Course in Epidemiological Analysis
Date: 6-17 September 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sacea.html
Validation of Diagnostic Tests
Date: 23 September 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html

Introductory Medical Statistics Course
Date:
23-24 September 2010
Location:
National Heart and Lung Institute, London SW3
Website/further information:
http://www.lungsatwork.org.uk/courses.php

Regression Analysis: A Hands-on Approach
Date: 29-30 September 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html

October 2010

General Linear Models
Date: 4-5 October 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html
Introduction to EpiData Entry
Date: 13 October 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, NW London
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website.
Introduction to EpiData Analysis
Date: 14 October 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, NW London
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website.
 

December 2010

What Sample Size Do I Need?
Date: 1 December 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html

No specified date

Data analysis and statistics
Date: various, contact City University
Location:
London
Website/further information:
http://www.city.ac.uk/communityandhealth/cpd/modules/SGM205.html
Courses on Stata, Minitab, SPSS, R, Matlab
Date: various courses on various dates
Location:
Run by Statistical Advisory Service, Imperial College London
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses
Epidemiology, Statistics and Health Information
Date: distance learning course
Location:
Run by the University of Birmingham
Website/further information:
http://pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/programmes/mph/coremodules/phes.htm
Medical Statistics Using SPSS: an Introductory Course (online course)
Date: online course
Location:
Run by the University of Sheffield
Website/further information:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/spss/
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Courses related to governance, best practice, systematic reviews and clinical trials

September2010

Clinical Trial Administration; an Introduction
Date: 7 September 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/
Good Clinical Practice in Research
Date: 20 September 2010
Location:
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
Website/further information:
Email randd@southportandormskirk.nhs.uk
Literature Searching & Critical Appraisal Quantitative Research
Date: 27 September 2010
Location:
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
Website/further information:
Email randd@southportandormskirk.nhs.uk
Introduction to Clinical Trials & Clinical Trials Practice
Date: 27-29 September 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/

October2010

Clinical Trial Administration; Beyond the Basics
Date: 5 October 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/
Good Clinical Practice; an Introduction
Date: 6 October 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/
Improving Access to Clinical Research in the NHS
Date: 12 October 2010
Location:
City Inn, Birmingham
Website/further information:
http://www.sbk-healthcare.com/event_agenda/RD1047/
Clinical Pharmacology; an Introduction
Date: 19 October 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/
Clinical Pharmacology; Beyond the Basics
Date: 20-21 October 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/

November2010

Clinical Trial Administration; an Introduction
Date: 9 November 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/

December2010

Medical Device Trials; an Introduction
Date: 2 December 2010
Location:
Institute for Clinical Research, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/learning/training/
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