Monday 31 March – Friday 04 April 2014. Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data was an intensive course of five days in duration, designed to instruct participants in the theory and practice of analysis of large sets of linked health data at an intermediate to advanced level. Advanced principles of health care epidemiology are combined with hands-on practical exercises in the implementation of computing solutions.
Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data was an intensive course of five days in duration, designed to instruct participants in the theory and practice of analysis of large sets of linked health data at an intermediate to advanced level. Advanced principles of health care epidemiology are combined with hands-on practical exercises in the implementation of computing solutions.
Monday 31 March – Friday 04 April 2014
The modular structure of the unit provided students with a theoretical grounding in the classroom on each topic, followed by a training session on the corresponding technological computing solutions. Students used fictitious but realistic linked data files in the hands-on exercises. One-on-one coaching and instruction was available in the computing laboratory session each afternoon on how to problem-solve complex research scenarios covered by the hands-on exercises.
The course catered to users of SPSS, SAS or Stata with course materials and exercises covering all three statistical software packages. Advanced principles of health and social epidemiology were combined with hands-on practical exercises in the implementation of computing solutions for managing and analysing a range of complex linked data sets.