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

March 2010

Virus Discovery in the Clinical Setting (A Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)
Date: 7-12 March 2010 (deadline for registrations 6 Nov)
Location:
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Website/further information:
Click here for Wellcome website
Hitch hikers' guide to microbiology
Date: 16 March 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, NW London
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website
Invasive Fungal Infections: Host-Pathogen Interaction, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
Date: 16-17 March 2010
Location:
Oslo, Norway
Website/further information:
See ESCMID website.
Role of Anaerobic Bacteria in Infections: Diagnostics, Antibiotic Resistance, New Therapy Options, Workshop
Date:
22-27 March 2010
Location:
Groningen, Netherlands
Website/further information:
See ESCMID website.
Update in Infection for Clinicians and Scientists
Date: 25-26 March 2010
Location:
Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London
Website/further information:
http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/is/cipm/courses/
Neurological Infectious Diseases Course
Date: 25-26 March 2010
Location:
Liverpool
Website/further information:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/neuroidcourse/

April 2010

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Measuring, Auditing and Improving
Date: 8-10 April 2010
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Infectious Diseases in Humanitarian Emergencies
Date: 12-16 April 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/scidhe.htm
Molecular Typing Methods for Bacterial Pathogens
Date: 26-30 April 2010
Location:
Zagreb, Croatia
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Outbreak Investigation: a practical course
Date:
27-28 April 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, London
Website/further information:
See the HPA events webpage.

May 2010

Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection: Basic & Applied Research Approaches
(A Wellcome Trust Advanced Course)

Date: 9-15 May 2010 (application deadline 22 January 2010)
Location:
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Website/further information:
Click here for the Wellcome website.
Engineering aspects of infection control
Date: 17-21 May 2010
Location:
Falfield (near Bristol)
Website/further information:
Email Sheila.Culkin@hpa.org.uk
10th International Course on “Molecular tools and epidemiology of tuberculosis
Date: 31 May - 11 June 2010
Location:
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Website/further information:
http://www.pasteur.fr/ip/easysite/go/03b-000038-01t

June 2010

Postgraduate Workshop in Clinical Parasitology
Date: 7-11 June 2010
Location:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Infectious Diseases Course for CCDC Support Staff
Date: 16 June 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, NW London
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website
Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance - a Practical Approach
Date: 20-25 June 2010
Location:
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Website/further information:
http://www.escmid.org/dates_events/escmid_courses/
Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasites
Date: 28-30 June 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sldp.html
Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria
Date: 28-30 June 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sldm.html
Infection & Immunity in Children
Date: 28-30 June 2010
Location:
Keble College, Oxford
Website/further information:
http://www.oxfordiic.org/
Hitch hikers' guide to microbiology
Date: 29 June 2010
Location:
HPA Centre for Infections, Colindale, NW London
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website

July 2010

Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling & Its Applications
Date: 5–16 July 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/siidma.html
Principles and practices of working at ACDP Containment Level 3
Date: 5–9 July 2010
Location:
HPA Porton Down, Wiltshire
Website/further information:
Click here for HPA website
Advanced Short Course in Pharmacoepidemiology
Date: 26-28 July 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/sascp.htm

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/
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/

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/
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

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
Infection Control and Related Microbiology
Date: contact university.
Location:
University of Leeds
Website/further information:
http://webprod1.leeds.ac.uk/banner/dynmodules.asp?Y=200708&M=DAHS-2020
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

March 2010

The Incomplete and Utter Guide to Statistics
Date: 8-9 March 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html

April 2010

Introduction to Statistics Using SPSS
Date: 12-13 April 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/spsscourses/introductiontospss
Multilevel Modelling
Date: 13-14 April 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html
Intermediate Statistics Using SPSS
Date: 14-16 April 2010
Location:
Imperial College London
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/spsscourses/intermediatestatisticsusingspss
A Review of Basic Statistics
Date: 19-20 April 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html
Introduction to Statistics Using Stata
Date: 28 April 2010
Location:
Imperial College London
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/statacourses/introductiontostata

Methods for Missing Data
Date:
28-29 April 2010
Location:
Lancaster University
Website/further information:
http://shortcourses.maths.lancs.ac.uk/methods_for_missing_data

May 2010

Methodological and Statistical Issues in Clinical HIV Research
Date: 4-7 May 2010
Location:
UCL, Royal Free Campus, NW London
Website/further information:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iph/research/hiv/index.htm
Introduction to Statistics Using SPSS
Date: 5 May 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/spsscourses/introductiontospss
 
Analysis of Binary and Categorical Data
Date: 20-21 May 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Date: 28-29 May 2010
Location:
Lancaster University
Website/further information:
http://shortcourses.maths.lancs.ac.uk/longitudinal_data_analysis

June 2010

Data Management & Statistical Analysis Using Stata
Date: 1-2 June 2010
Location:
Imperial College London
Website/further information:
Click here for more information.
Introduction to Statistics Using SPSS
Date: 9 June 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/spsscourses/introductiontospss
Starter Course in Statistics
Date: 9-10 June 2010
Location:
University of Hertfordshire
Website/further information:
Click here for more information.
Applied Multilevel Modelling
Date:
16-18 June 2010
Location:
University of Southampton
Website/further information:
http://www.s3ri.soton.ac.uk/cass/showcourse.php?id=89
Statistical Modelling Using Stata (Continuous outcomes)
Date: 16 and 22 June 2010
Location:
Imperial College London
Website/further information:
Click here for more information.
Intermediate/Refresher Course in Statistics
Date: 22-24 June 2010
Location:
University of Hertfordshire
Website/further information:
Click here for more information.
Intermediate Statistics Using SPSS
Date: 23-25 April 2010
Location:
Imperial College London
Website/further information:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/stathelp/courses/spsscourses/intermediatestatisticsusingspss
Higher Course in Statistics
Date: 29-30 June 2010
Location:
University of Hertfordshire
Website/further information:
Click here for more information.
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Date: 30 June - 2 July 2010
Location:
University of Southampton
Website/further information:
http://www.s3ri.soton.ac.uk/cass/showcourse.php?id=89

July 2010

Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling & Its Applications
Date: 5–16 July 2010
Location:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Website/further information:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/siidma.html
A Review of Basic Statistics
Date: 19-20 July 2010
Location:
University of Reading
Website/further information:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/courses/intro.html

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

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

March 2010

Monitoring Skills for Non-commercial Trials
Date: 10-11 March 2010
Location:
Leicester General Hospital
Website/further information:
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/004c.asp?entryid=286
Ethics & GCP Forum
Date: 17 March 2010
Location:
London South Bank University
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/community/calendar-of-events/?entryid22=6047&p=3
Effective Clinical Trial Project Management
Date: 23-25 March 2010
Location:
Institute of Clinical Research, Bourne End, Bucks
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/community/calendar-of-events/?entryid22=5979&p=3
Monitoring Skills for Non-commercial Trials
Date: 24-25 March 2010
Location:
Leeds
Website/further information:
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/004c.asp?entryid=287

April 2010

Fundamentals of Clinical Research
Date: 14-15 April 2010
Location:
Manchester
Website/further information:
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/004c.asp?entryid=354
Monitoring Skills for Non-commercial Trials
Date: 21-22 April 2010
Location:
University of Birmingham
Website/further information:
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/004c.asp?entryid=349
Management Essentials for Clinical Research Professionals
Date:
28-29 April 2010
Location:
Institute of Clinical Research, Bourne End, Bucks
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/community/calendar-of-events/?entryid22=5985&p=3

May 2010

GCP Compliance in Document Management
Date:
5 May 2010
Location:
Institute of Clinical Research, Bourne End, Bucks
Website/further information:
http://www.icr-global.org/community/calendar-of-events/?entryid22=5985&p=3
Monitoring Skills for Non-commercial Trials
Date: 10-11 May 2010
Location:
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Website/further information:
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/004c.asp?entryid=351

June 2010

Preparing for GCP Inspections
Date: 9 June 2010
Location:
Manchester
Website/further information:
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/004c.asp?entryid=352
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